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Art.39 |
ARTICLE 39. SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, ACCESSION |
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Art.39.1 |
1. This Convention shall be open for signature by all States at the Headquarters of the Agency in Vienna from 29 September 1997 until its entry into force. |
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Art.39.2 |
2. This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States. |
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Art.39.3 |
3. After its entry into force, this Convention shall be open for accession by all States. |
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Art.39.4 |
4. (i) This Convention shall be open for signature subject to confirmation, or accession by regional organizations of an integration or other nature, provided that any such organization is constituted by sovereign States and has competence in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements in matters covered by this Convention. |
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Art.39.4.ii |
(ii) In matters within their competence, such organizations shall, on their own behalf, exercise the rights and fulfil the responsibilities which this Convention attributes to States Parties. |
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Art.39.4.iii |
(iii) When becoming party to this Convention, such an organization shall communicate to the Depositary referred to in Article 43, a declaration indicating which States are members thereof, which Articles of this Convention apply to it, and the extent of its competence in the field covered by those articles. |
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Art.39.4.iv |
(iv) Such an organization shall not hold any vote additional to those of its Member States. |
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Art.39.5 |
5. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or confirmation shall be deposited with the Depositary. |
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Art.41 |
ARTICLE 41. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION |
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Art.41.1 |
1. Any Contracting Party may propose an amendment to this Convention. Proposed amendments shall be considered at a review meeting or at an extraordinary meeting. |
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Art.41.2 |
2. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be provided to the Depositary who shall communicate the proposal to the Contracting Parties at least ninety days before the meeting for which it is submitted for consideration. Any comments received on such a proposal shall be circulated by the Depositary to the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.41.3 |
3. The Contracting Parties shall decide after consideration of the proposed amendment whether to adopt it by consensus, or, in the absence of consensus, to submit it to a Diplomatic Conference. A decision to submit a proposed amendment to a Diplomatic Conference shall require a two-thirds majority vote of the Contracting Parties present and voting at the meeting, provided that at least one half of the Contracting Parties are present at the time of voting. |
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Art.41.4 |
4. The Diplomatic Conference to consider and adopt amendments to this Convention shall be convened by the Depositary and held no later than one year after the appropriate decision taken in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article. The Diplomatic Conference shall make every effort to ensure amendments are adopted by consensus. Should this not be possible, amendments shall be adopted with a two-thirds majority of all Contracting Parties. |
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Art.41.5 |
5. Amendments to this Convention adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 above shall be subject to ratification, acceptance, approval, or confirmation by the Contracting Parties and shall enter into force for those Contracting Parties which have ratified, accepted, approved or confirmed them on the ninetieth day after the receipt by the Depositary of the relevant instruments of at least two thirds of the Contracting Parties. For a Contracting Party which subsequently ratifies, accepts, approves or confirms the said amendments, the amendments will enter into force on the ninetieth day after that Contracting Party has deposited its relevant instrument. |
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Art.43 |
ARTICLE 43. DEPOSITARY |
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Art.43.1 |
1. The Director General of the Agency shall be the Depositary of this Convention. |
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Art.43.2 |
2. The Depositary shall inform the Contracting Parties of: |
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Art.43.2.i |
(i) the signature of this Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or confirmation in accordance with Article 39; |
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Art.43.2.ii |
(ii) the date on which the Convention enters into force, in accordance with Article 40; |
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Art.43.2.iii |
(iii) the notifications of denunciation of the Convention and the date thereof, made in accordance with Article 42; |
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Art.43.2.iv |
(iv) the proposed amendments to this Convention submitted by Contracting Parties, the amendments adopted by the relevant Diplomatic Conference or by the meeting of the Contracting Parties, and the date of entry into force of the said amendments, in accordance with Article 41. |
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Art.44 |
ARTICLE 44. AUTHENTIC TEXTS |
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Art.44.1x |
The original of this Convention of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Depositary, who shall send certified copies thereof to the Contracting Parties. |
