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Art.16 |
ARTICLE XVI |
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Art.16.1 |
1. Each Contracting State may propose amendments to this Convention. Any such proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Depositary Government and communicated by it to all Contracting States, which shall inform the Depositary Government about either their acceptance or rejection of the amendment as soon as possible after the receipt of the communication. |
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Art.16.1.ax |
The amendment shall enter into force ninety days after the Depositary Government has received notifications of acceptance of that amendment from all Contracting States. |
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Art.16.2 |
2. Each State which shall become a party to this Convention after the entry into force of an amendment in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, is obliged to apply the Convention as amended. |
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Art.17 |
ARTICLE XVII |
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Art.17.1 |
1. This Convention shall be subject to ratification or approval by the Signatory States. Instruments of ratification or instruments of approval shall be deposited with the Government of the Polish People's Republic which shall perform the functions of the Depositary Government. |
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Art.17.2 |
2. This Convention shall be open for accession to any State interested in the preservation and rational exploitation of living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts, or to any intergovernmental economic integration organization to which the competence in the matters regulated by this Convention has been transferred by its Member States, provided that this state or organization is invited by the Contracting States. |
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Art.17.3 |
3. Any reference to "Contracting State" in this Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to the organizations mentioned under the previous paragraph and which have become Parties of this Convention. |
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Art.17.4 |
4. In case of conflict between the obligations of an organization mentioned in paragraph 2 under this Convention and its obligations arising under the terms of the agreement establishing such an organization or any acts relating to it, the obligations under this Convention shall prevail. |
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Art.20 |
ARTICLE XX |
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Art.20.1 |
1. The Depositary Government shall inform all Signatory and Acceding States: |
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Art.20.1.a |
a) of signatures of this Convention and deposit of each instrument of ratification, approval or accession, as well as of submitted declarations, |
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Art.20.1.b |
b) of the date of entry into force of this Convention, |
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Art.20.1.c |
c) of proposals relating to amendments to the Convention, notifications of acceptance and of the entry into force of such amendments, |
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Art.20.1.d |
d) of notifications of withdrawal. |
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Art.20.2 |
2. The original of this Convention shall be deposited with the Government of the Polish People's Republic, which shall transmit certified copies thereof to the Government of all Signatory States and of all States which accede to this Convention. |
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Art.20.3 |
3. The Depositary Government shall register this Convention with the Secretariat of the United Nations. |
