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Art.17 |
ARTICLE 17 |
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Art.17.1 |
1. Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to this Convention or its protocols. Such amendments shall be adopted at a meeting of the Contracting Parties convened by the Executive Secretariat at the request of a Contracting Party. |
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Art.17.2 |
2. Amendments to this Convention and its protocols shall be adopted by consensus of the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.17.3 |
3. Amendments shall be subject to ratification or accession and shall enter into force in the form established for the Convention and its protocols respectively to enter into force. |
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Art.20 |
ARTICLE 20 |
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Art.20.1 |
1. No State or economic integration organization may be a Contracting Party to a protocol that may be established in the future unless it is, or at the same time becomes a Contracting Party to this Convention. |
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Art.20.2 |
2. Protocols to this Convention shall be obligatory only for the Contracting Parties to the protocol in question. |
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Art.20.3 |
3. Decisions relating to any protocol pursuant to articles 15 and 17 of this Convention may only be adopted by the Contracting Parties to the protocol in question. |
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Art.21 |
ARTICLE 21 |
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Art.21.1x |
This Convention shall be open for signature in the city of Antigua Guatemala on February 18th, 2002 and in Guatemala City from February 19th, 2002 to February 18th, 2003 for States invited to participate in the Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the Adoption of the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the Northeast Pacific and its respective Action Plan. |
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Art.22 |
ARTICLE 22 |
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Art.22.1 |
1. This Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Depositary. |
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Art.22.2 |
2. This Convention shall be subject to compliance with the internal procedures of each Contracting Party. |
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Art.23 |
ARTICLE 23 |
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Art.23.1 |
1. This Convention shall be open for accession by any State from the date on which the Convention is closed for signature, and once the Convention enters into force, it shall be open for accession by the economic integration organizations that have been invited to form part of this Convention. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Depositary, who shall inform the Contracting Parties thereof. |
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Art.23.2 |
2. In their instruments of accession, the organizations referred to in paragraph 1 above shall declare the extent of their competence with respect to the matters governed by the Convention. These organizations shall also inform the Depositary of any substantial modification in the extent of their competence. |
