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Art.10 |
Article X |
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Art.10.1 |
1. This Agreement may be amended at any ordinary or extraordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties. |
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Art.10.2 |
2. Proposals for amendments to the Agreement may be made by any Party. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be communicated to the Agreement secretariat not less than one hundred and fifty days before the opening of the session. The Agreement secretariat shall transmit copies forthwith to the Parties. Any comments on the text by the Parties shall be communicated to the Agreement secretariat not less than sixty days before the opening of the session. The Secretariat shall communicate to the Parties, as soon as possible after the last day for submission of comments, all comments submitted by that day. |
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Art.10.3 |
3. Any additional annex or any 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 and shall enter into force for those Parties which have accepted it on the thirtieth day after the date on which two thirds of the Parties to the Agreement at the date of the adoption of the additional annex or amendment have deposited their instruments of acceptance with the Depositary. For any Party that deposits an instrument of acceptance after the date on which two thirds of the Parties have deposited their instruments of acceptance, the additional annex or 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.10.4 |
4. Any amendment to an annex to the Agreement shall be adopted by a two thirds majority of the Parties present and voting and shall enter into force for all Parties on the one hundred and fiftieth 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 5 of this Article. |
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Art.10.5 |
5. During the period of one hundred and fifty days provided for in paragraph 4 of this Article, any Party may by written notification to the Depositary enter a reservation with respect to an amendment to an annex to the Agreement. Such reservation may be withdrawn by written notification to the Depositary, and thereupon 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.13 |
Article XIII |
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Art.13.1 |
1. This Agreement shall be open for signature by any Range State, whether or not areas under its jurisdiction lie within the Agreement area, or regional economic integration organization, at least one member of which is a Range State, either by: |
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Art.13.1.a |
a) signature without reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval; or |
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Art.13.1.b |
b) signature with reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval. |
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Art.13.2 |
2. This Agreement shall remain open for signature at Monaco until the date of its entry into force. |
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Art.13.3 |
3. This Agreement shall be open for accession by any Range State or regional economic integration organization mentioned in paragraph 1, above, on and after the date of entry into force of the Agreement. |
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Art.13.4 |
4. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. |
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Art.17 |
Article XVII |
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Art.17.1 |
1. The original of this Agreement, in the Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, each version being equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Government of the Principality of Monaco, which shall be the Depositary. The Depositary shall transmit certified copies of the Agreement to all States and regional economic integration organizations referred to in Article XIII, paragraph 1, of this Agreement, and to the Agreement secretariat after it has been established. |
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Art.17.2 |
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.17.3 |
3. The Depositary shall inform all States and regional economic integration organizations that have signed or acceded to the Agreement, and the Agreement secretariat, of: |
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Art.17.3.a |
a) any signature; |
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Art.17.3.b |
b) any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; |
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Art.17.3.c |
c) the date of entry into force of this Agreement and of any additional annex as well as of any amendment to the Agreement or to its annexes; |
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Art.17.3.d |
d) any reservation with respect to an additional annex or an amendment to an annex; |
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Art.17.3.e |
e) any notification of withdrawal of a reservation; and |
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Art.17.3.f |
f) any notification of denunciation of this Agreement. |
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Art.17.4x |
The Depositary shall transmit to all States and regional economic integration organizations that have signed or acceded to this Agreement, and to the Agreement secretariat, the text of any reservation, any additional annex and any amendment to the Agreement or to its annexes. |
