Displaying 201 - 243 of 243

Paragraphs in "International Treaty On Plant Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture" coded as

Label Provision
Art.22 Article 22 - Settlement of Disputes
Art.22.1 22.1 In the event of a dispute between Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Treaty, the parties concerned shall seek solutions by negotiation.
Art.22.2 22.2 If the parties concerned cannot reach agreement by negotiation, they may jointly seek the good offices of, or request mediation by, a third party.
Art.22.3 22.3 When ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Treaty, or at any time thereafter, a Contracting Party may declare in writing to the Depositary that for a dispute not resolved in accordance with Article 22.1 or Article 22.2 above, it accepts one or both of the following means of dispute settlement as compulsory:
Art.22.3.a (a) Arbitration in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part 1 of Annex II to this Treaty;
Art.22.3.b (b) Submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice.
Art.22.4 22.4 If the parties to the dispute have not, in accordance with Article 22.3 above, accepted the same or any procedure, the dispute shall be submitted to conciliation in accordance with Part 2 of Annex II to this Treaty unless the parties otherwise agree.
Art.23 Article 23 - Amendments of the Treaty
Art.23.1 23.1 Amendments to this Treaty may be proposed by any Contracting Party.
Art.23.2 23.2 Amendments to this Treaty shall be adopted at a session of the Governing Body. The text of any proposed amendment shall be communicated to Contracting Parties by the Secretary at least six months before the session at which it is proposed for adoption.
Art.23.3 23.3 All amendments to this Treaty shall only be made by consensus of the Contracting Parties present at the session of the Governing Body.
Art.23.4 23.4 Any amendment adopted by the Governing Body shall come into force among Contracting Parties having ratified, accepted or approved it on the ninetieth day after the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval by two-thirds of the Contracting Parties. Thereafter the amendment shall enter into force for any other Contracting Party on the ninetieth day after that Contracting Party deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of the amendment.
Art.23.5 23.5 For the purpose of this Article, an instrument deposited by a Member Organization of FAO shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member states of such an organization.
Art.24 Article 24 - Annexes
Art.24.1 24.1 The annexes to this Treaty shall form an integral part of this Treaty and a reference to this Treaty shall constitute at the same time a reference to any annexes thereto.
Art.24.2 24.2 The provisions of Article 23 regarding amendments to this Treaty shall apply to the amendment of annexes.
Art.25 Article 25 - Signature
Art.25.1x This Treaty shall be open for signature at the FAO from 3 November 2001 to 4 November 2002 by all Members of FAO and any States that are not Members of FAO but are Members of the United Nations, or any of its specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Art.26 Article 26 - Ratification, Acceptance or Approval
Art.26.1x This Treaty shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the Members and non-Members of FAO referred to in Article 25. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, or approval shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Art.27 Article 27 - Accession
Art.27.1x This Treaty shall be open for accession by all Members of FAO and any States that are not Members of FAO but are Members of the United Nations, or any of its specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency from the date on which the Treaty is closed for signature. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Art.28 Article 28 - Entry into force
Art.28.1 28.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 29.2, this Treaty shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, provided that at least twenty instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited by Members of FAO.
Art.28.2 28.2 For each Member of FAO and any State that is not a Member of FAO but is a Member of the United Nations, or any of its specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency that ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Treaty after the deposit, in accordance with Article 28.1, of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Treaty shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Art.29 Article 29 - Member Organizations of FAO
Art.29.1 29.1 When a Member Organization of FAO deposits an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession for this Treaty, the Member Organization shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article II.7 of the FAO Constitution, notify any change regarding its distribution of competence 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 Treaty. Any Contracting Party to this Treaty may, at any time, request a Member Organization of FAO that is a Contracting Party to this Treaty to provide information as to which, as between the Member Organization and its member states, is responsible for the implementation of any particular matter covered by this Treaty. The Member Organization shall provide this information within a reasonable time.
Art.29.2 29.2 Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or withdrawal, deposited by a Member Organization of FAO, shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by its Member States.
Art.30 Article 30 - Reservations
Art.30.1x No reservations may be made to this Treaty.
Art.31 Article 31 - Non-Parties
Art.31.1x The Contracting Parties shall encourage any Member of FAO or other State, not a Contracting Party to this Treaty, to accept this Treaty.
Art.32 Article 32 - Withdrawals
Art.32.1 32.1 Any Contracting Party may at any time after two years from the date on which this Treaty has entered into force for it, notify the Depositary in writing of its withdrawal from this Treaty. The Depositary shall at once inform all Contracting Parties.
Art.32.2 32.2 Withdrawal shall take effect one year from the date of receipt of the notification.
Art.33 Article 33 - Termination
Art.33.1 33.1 This Treaty shall be automatically terminated if and when, as the result of withdrawals, the number of Contracting Parties drops below forty, unless the remaining Contracting Parties unanimously decide otherwise.
Art.33.2 33.2 The Depositary shall inform all remaining Contracting Parties when the number of Contracting Parties has dropped to forty.
Art.33.3 33.3 In the event of termination the disposition of assets shall be governed by the financial rules to be adopted by the Governing Body.
Art.34 Article 34 - Depositary
Art.34.1x The Director-General of FAO shall be the Depositary of this Treaty.
Art.35 Article 35 - Authentic Texts
Art.35.1 The Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of this Treaty are equally authentic.

Pages