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Art.10 |
ARTICLE X |
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Art.10.1 |
1. This Agreement shall be open to acceptance by any Member or Associate Member of FAO, and to any nonmember State that is a Member of the United Nations, or of any of the specialized agencies of the United Nations or of the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
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Art.10.2 |
2. Acceptance of this Agreement shall be affected by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance with the Director General of FAO, hereinafter referred to as the Director-General. |
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Art.10.3 |
3. The Director General shall inform all Parties, all Members and Associate Members of FAO and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of all instruments of acceptance received. |
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Art.10.4 |
4. When a regional economic integration organization becomes a Party to this Agreement, such regional economic integration organization shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article II.7 of the FAO Constitution, as appropriate, notify such modifications or clarifications to its declaration of competence submitted under Article II.5 of the FAO Constitution as may be necessary in light of its acceptance of this Agreement. Any Party to this Agreement may, at any time, request a regional economic integration organization that is a Party to this Agreement to provide information as to which, as between the regional economic integration organization and its Member States, is responsible for the implementation of any particular matter covered by this Agreement. The regional economic integration organization shall provide this information within a reasonable time. |
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Art.12 |
ARTICLE XII |
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Art.12.1x |
Acceptance of this Agreement may be made subject to reservations which shall become effective only upon unanimous acceptance by all Parties to this Agreement. The Director General shall notify forthwith all Parties of any reservation. Parties not having replied within three months from the date of the notification shall be deemed to have accepted the reservation. Failing such acceptance, the State or regional economic integration organization making the reservation shall not become a Party to this Agreement. |
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Art.13 |
ARTICLE XIII |
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Art.13.1 |
1. Any proposal by a Party for the amendment of this Agreement shall be communicated to the Director General. |
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Art.13.2 |
2. Any proposed amendment of this Agreement received by the Director General from a Party shall be presented to a regular or special session of the Conference for approval and, if the amendment involves important technical changes or imposes additional obligations on the Parties, it shall be considered by an advisory committee of specialists convened by FAO prior to the Conference. |
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Art.13.3 |
3. Notice of any proposed amendment of this Agreement shall be transmitted to the Parties by the Director General not later than the time when the agenda of the session of the Conference at which the matter is to be considered is dispatched. |
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Art.13.4 |
4. Any such proposed amendment of this Agreement shall require the approval of the Conference and shall come into force as from the thirtieth day after acceptance by two thirds of the Parties. Amendments involving new obligations for Parties, however, shall come into force in respect of each Party only on acceptance by it and as from the thirtieth day after such acceptance. Any amendment shall be deemed to involve new obligations for Parties unless the Conference in approving the amendment, decides otherwise by consensus. |
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Art.13.5 |
5. The instruments of acceptance of amendments involving new obligations shall be deposited with the Director General, who shall inform all Parties of the receipt of acceptance and the entry into force of amendments. |
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Art.13.6 |
6. For the purpose of this Article, an instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by Member States of such an organization. |
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Art.14 |
ARTICLE XIV |
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Art.14.1x |
Any Party may withdraw from this Agreement at any time after the expiry of two years from the date upon which the Agreement entered into force with respect to that Party, by giving written notice of such withdrawal to the Director General who shall immediately inform all the Parties and the Members and Associate Members of FAO of such withdrawal. Withdrawal shall become effective at the end of the calendar year following that in which the notice of withdrawal has been received by the Director General. |
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Art.15 |
ARTICLE XV |
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Art.15.1x |
The Director General shall be the Depositary of this Agreement. The Depositary shall: |
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Art.15.1x.a |
(a) send certified copies of this Agreement to each Member and Associate Member of FAO and to such nonmember States as may become Party to this Agreement; |
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Art.15.1x.b |
(b) arrange for the registration of this Agreement, upon its entry into force, with the Secretariat of the United Nations in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations; |
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Art.15.1x.c |
(c) inform each Member and Associate Member of FAO and any nonmember States as may become Party to this Agreement of: |
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Art.15.1x.c.i |
(i) instruments of acceptance deposited in accordance with Article X; |
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Art.15.1x.c.ii |
(ii) the date of entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with Article XI; |
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Art.15.1x.c.iii |
(iii) proposals for and the entry into force of amendments to this Agreement in accordance with Article XIII; |
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Art.15.1x.c.iv |
(iv) withdrawals from this Agreement pursuant to Article XIV. |
