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Paragraphs in "Agreement On The Conservation Of Albatrosses And Petrels" coded as

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Art.14.2 2. Where a dispute between two or more Parties is agreed to be of a technical nature, the Parties shall confer with each other and the Chair of the Advisory Committee with a view to resolving the dispute amicably. Where the Parties are unable to resolve the dispute within twelve months of the Chair having been informed in writing of the dispute by one of the parties, and prolongation of the dispute could, in the view of the Chair, have an adverse effect on the conservation status of albatrosses and petrels listed in this Agreement, they shall refer the dispute to a technical arbitration panel.
Art.14.3 3. The technical arbitration panel shall be established by the Chair of the Advisory Committee, in consultation with the Parties in dispute, and shall be drawn from members of the Advisory Committee, and such other experts as necessary. The panel shall confer with the Parties in dispute and endeavour to reach a final decision within five months of establishment of the panel. That decision shall be binding on the Parties in dispute.
Art.14.4 4. The procedures relating to technical arbitration panels and other procedures to resolve disputes shall be determined by the Meeting of the Parties.
Art.14.5 5. Any other dispute, that may arise between two or more Parties with respect specifically to the interpretation or application of this Agreement, shall be subject to the provisions of Article XIII of the Convention, which shall apply whether or not the Parties to the dispute are also Parties to the Convention.
Art.14.6 6. This Article does not preclude the application of the dispute settlement provisions of any other treaty in force between the Parties in dispute in relation to disputes covered by those provisions.
Art.15 ARTICLE XV
Art.15.1 1. This Agreement shall be open for signature by any Range State or regional economic integration organisation, whether or not areas under its jurisdiction lie within the area of this Agreement, by:
Art.15.1.a a) Signature without reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval; or
Art.15.1.b b) Signature with reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval.
Art.15.2 2. This Agreement shall remain open for signature at Canberra until the date of its entry into force.
Art.15.3 3. This Agreement shall be open for accession by any Range State or regional economic integration organisation on and after the date of its entry into force.
Art.15.4 4. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Art.16 ARTICLE XVI
Art.16.1 1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month after at least five Range States or regional economic integration organisations have signed without reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval, or have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval in accordance with Article XV.
Art.16.2 2. For any Range State or regional economic integration organisation which has:
Art.16.2.a a) signed without reservation in respect of ratification, acceptance, or approval;
Art.16.2.b b) ratified, accepted, or approved; or
Art.16.2.c c) acceded to
Art.16.2.dx this Agreement after the date on which the number of Range States or regional economic integration organisations necessary to enable entry into force have signed it without reservation or have ratified, accepted or approved it, this Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the signature without reservation, or deposit, by that State or regional economic integration organisation of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Art.17 ARTICLE XVII
Art.17.1 1. The provisions of this Agreement shall not be subject to general reservations.
Art.17.2 2. However, a specific reservation in respect of any species covered by the Agreement or any specific provision of the Action Plan may be entered by any Range State or regional economic integration organisation on signature without qualification in respect of ratification, acceptance or approval or, as the case may be, on depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Art.17.3 3. Such a reservation may be withdrawn at any time by the Range State or regional economic integration organisation which had entered it, by notification in writing to the Depositary. Such a State or regional economic integration organisation shall not be bound by the provisions that are the object of the reservation until thirty days after the date on which the reservation has been withdrawn.
Art.17.4 4. The provisions contained in paragraph 1 of this Article do not preclude a Party to this Agreement that is not a Party to the Convention from making declarations or statements to the effect of clarifying its status vis-à-vis each instrument, provided that such declarations or statements do not purport to exclude or to modify the legal effect of the provisions of this Agreement in their application to that Party.
Art.18 ARTICLE XVIII
Art.18.1x A Party may denounce this Agreement by written notification to the Depositary at any time. The denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the date on which the Depositary has received the notification.
Art.19 ARTICLE XIX
Art.19.1 1. The original of this Agreement, in the English, French and Spanish languages, each version being equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Government of Australia, which shall be the Depositary. The Depositary shall transmit certified copies of these versions to all Range States and regional economic integration organisations referred to in Article XV(1) of this Agreement, and to the Secretariat after it has been established.
Art.19.2 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.
Art.19.3 3. The Depositary shall inform all Range States and regional economic integration organisations that have signed or acceded to the Agreement, and the Secretariat, of:
Art.19.3.a a) any signature;
Art.19.3.b b) any deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;
Art.19.3.c c) the date of entry into force of this Agreement as well as of any amendment to the Agreement;
Art.19.3.d d) any reservation with respect to the Agreement;
Art.19.3.e e) any notification of withdrawal of a reservation; and
Art.19.3.f f) any notification of denunciation of the Agreement.
Art.19.4 4. The Depositary shall immediately transmit to all Range States and regional economic integration organisations that have signed or acceded to this Agreement, and to the Secretariat, the text of any reservation, any additional annex or amendment to the Agreement or to its annexes.
Conc.1 In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised to that effect, have signed this Agreement.
Conc.2 Done at Canberra this nineteenth day of June 2001.

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