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paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty may at the 

 same time transmit the information relating to the implementation 

 of these Agreed Measures. 



Article XIII _ 



1. After the receipt by the Government designated in Recommenda- 

 tion I-XIV (5) of notification of approval by all Governments 

 whose representatives are entitled to participate in meetings pro- 

 vided for mider Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty, these Agreed 

 Measures shall become effective for those Governments. 



2. Thereafter any other Contracting Party to the Antarctic Treaty 

 may, in consonance with the purposes of Recommendation 

 III- VII, accept these Agreed Measures by notifying the desig- 

 nated Government of its intention to apply the Agreed Measures 

 and to be bound by them. The Agreed Measures shall become 

 effective with regard to such Governments on the date of receipt 

 of such notification. 



3. The designated Government shall inform the Governments re- 

 ferred to in paragraph 1 of this Article of each notification of 

 approval, the effective date of these Agreed Measures and of each 

 notification of acceptance. The designated Government shall also 

 inform any Government which has accepted these Agreed Meas- 

 ures of each subsequent notification of acceptance. 



Article XIV 



1. These Agreed Measures may be amended at any time by unanimous 

 agreement of the Governments whose Representatives are entitled 

 to participate in meetings under Article IX of the Antarctic 

 Treaty. 



2. The Annexes, in particular, may be amended as necessary through 

 diplomatic channels. 



3. An amendment proposed through diplomatic channels shall be 

 submitted in writing to the designated Government which shall 

 communicate it' to the Governments referred to in paragraph 1. of 

 the present Article for approval; at the same time, it shall be 

 communicated to the other Participating Govermnents. 



