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Decides according to the application of Article 17 of the Barcelona convention and of the article 14 of the Protocol SPA/BD, to amend the Annexes II and III of the Protocol. Article 23 2.Except as may be otherwise provided in any protocol, the following procedure shall apply to the adoption and entry into force of any amendments to annexes to this Convention or to any protocol, with the exception of amendments to the annex on arbitration: (i)Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to the annexes to this Convention or to any protocol at the meetings referred to in article 18; (ii)Such amendments shall be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the Contracting Parties to the instrument in question; (iii)The Depositary shall without delay communicate the amendments so adopted to all Contracting Parties; (iv)Any Contracting Party that is unable to approve an amendment to the annexes to this Convention or to any protocol shall so notify in writing the Depositary within a period determined by the Contracting Parties concerned when adopting the amendment; (v)The Depositary shall without delay notify all Contracting Parties of any notification received pursuant to the preceding sub-paragraph; (vi)On expiry of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (iv) above, the amendment to the annex shall become effective for all Contracting Parties to this Convention or to the protocol concerned which have not submitted a notification in accordance with the provisions of that sub-paragraph.