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Art.12 |
ARTICLE XII |
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Art.12.1 |
1. This Agreement may be amended at any ordinary or extraordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties. |
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Art.12.2 |
2. Any Party may make proposals for amendment. |
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Art.12.3 |
3. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be communicated to the Secretariat not less than one hundred and fifty days before the opening of the session. The Secretariat shall transmit copies of any proposed amendment forthwith to the Parties. Any comments on a proposed amendment by the Parties shall be communicated to the Secretariat not less than sixty days before the opening of the session. The Secretariat shall, as soon as possible after the last day for submission of comments, communicate to the Parties all comments submitted by that day. |
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Art.12.4 |
4. An amendment to the Agreement, other than an amendment to its annexes, shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Parties present and voting. Parties accepting the amendment shall deposit their instruments of acceptance with the Depositary. Amendments enter into force for accepting Parties on the thirtieth day after the date on which two-thirds of the Parties to the Agreement on the date of the amendment's adoption have deposited their instruments of acceptance. For each Party that deposits an instrument of acceptance after the date on which two-thirds of the Parties have deposited their instruments of acceptance, the amendment shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date on which it deposits its instrument of acceptance. |
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Art.12.5 |
5. Any additional annex or amendment to an annex shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Parties present and voting and shall enter into force for all Parties on the ninetieth day after the date of its adoption by the Meeting of the Parties, except for Parties that have entered a reservation in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Article. |
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Art.12.6 |
6. During the period of ninety days provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article, any Party may, by written notification to the Depositary, enter a reservation with respect to an additional annex or an amendment to an annex. Such reservation may be withdrawn at any time by written notification to the Depositary, and the additional annex or the amendment shall enter into force for that Party on the thirtieth day after the date of withdrawal of the reservation. |
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Art.15 |
ARTICLE XV |
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Art.15.1 |
1. This Agreement shall be open for signature by any Range State or regional economic integration organisation, whether or not areas under its jurisdiction lie within the area of this Agreement, by: |
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Art.15.1.a |
a) Signature without reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval; or |
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Art.15.1.b |
b) Signature with reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval. |
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Art.15.2 |
2. This Agreement shall remain open for signature at Canberra until the date of its entry into force. |
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Art.15.3 |
3. This Agreement shall be open for accession by any Range State or regional economic integration organisation on and after the date of its entry into force. |
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Art.15.4 |
4. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. |
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Art.19 |
ARTICLE XIX |
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Art.19.1 |
1. The original of this Agreement, in the English, French and Spanish languages, each version being equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Government of Australia, which shall be the Depositary. The Depositary shall transmit certified copies of these versions to all Range States and regional economic integration organisations referred to in Article XV(1) of this Agreement, and to the Secretariat after it has been established. |
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Art.19.2 |
2. As soon as this Agreement enters into force, a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted by the Depositary to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. |
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Art.19.3 |
3. The Depositary shall inform all Range States and regional economic integration organisations that have signed or acceded to the Agreement, and the Secretariat, of: |
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Art.19.3.a |
a) any signature; |
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Art.19.3.b |
b) any deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; |
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Art.19.3.c |
c) the date of entry into force of this Agreement as well as of any amendment to the Agreement; |
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Art.19.3.d |
d) any reservation with respect to the Agreement; |
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Art.19.3.e |
e) any notification of withdrawal of a reservation; and |
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Art.19.3.f |
f) any notification of denunciation of the Agreement. |
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Art.19.4 |
4. The Depositary shall immediately transmit to all Range States and regional economic integration organisations that have signed or acceded to this Agreement, and to the Secretariat, the text of any reservation, any additional annex or amendment to the Agreement or to its annexes. |
