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Art.4 |
Article 4 |
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Art.4.1x |
There shall be two categories of membership in the Organization, namely: |
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Art.4.1x.a |
(a) Producing; and |
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Art.4.1x.b |
(b) Consuming. |
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Art.5 |
Article 5 |
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Art.5.1 |
1. Any reference in this Agreement to "Governments" shall be construed as including the European Community and any other intergovernmental organization having responsibilities in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements, in particular commodity agreements. Accordingly, any reference in this Agreement to signature, ratification, acceptance or approval, or to notification of provisional application, or to accession shall, in the case of such intergovernmental organizations, be construed as including a reference to signature, ratification, acceptance or approval, or to notification of provisional application, or to accession, by such intergovernmental organizations. |
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Art.5.2 |
2. In the case of voting on matters within their competence, such intergovernmental organizations shall vote with a number of votes equal to the total number of votes attributable to their member States in accordance with article 10. In such cases, the member States of such intergovernmental organizations shall not be entitled to exercise their individual voting rights. |
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Sect.4 |
CHAPTER IV. INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER COUNCIL |
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Art.38 |
Article 38 |
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Art.38.1 |
1. This Agreement shall be open for signature, at United Nations Headquarters from 1 April 1994 until one month after the date of its entry into force, by Governments invited to the United Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983. |
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Art.38.2 |
2. Any Government referred to in paragraph 1 of this article may: |
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Art.38.2.a |
(a) At the time of signing this Agreement, declare that by such signature it expresses its consent to be bound by this Agreement (definitive signature); or |
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Art.38.2.b |
(b) After signing this Agreement, ratify, accept or approve it by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the depositary. |
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Art.39 |
Article 39 |
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Art.39.1 |
1. This Agreement shall be open for accession by the Governments of all States upon conditions established by the Council, which shall include a time limit for the deposit of instruments of accession. The Council may, however, grant extensions of time to Governments which are unable to accede by the time-limit set in the conditions of accession. |
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Art.39.2 |
2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the depositary. |
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Art.40 |
Article 40 |
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Art.40.1x |
A signatory Government which intends to ratify, accept or approve this Agreement, or a Government for which the Council has established conditions for accession but which has not yet been able to deposit its instrument, may, at any time, notify the depositary that it will apply this Agreement provisionally either when it enters into force in accordance with article 41, or, if it is already in force, at a specified date. |
