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 Article 8 



amendments to the convention 



( 1 ) This Convention may be amended at any time. The text of any 

 amendment proposed by a Contracting Party shall be submitted to 

 the Depositary, which shall transmit it to all the Contracting Parties. 



(2) If one-third of the Contracting Parties request a meeting to dis- 

 cuss the proposed amendment the Depositary shall call such a meeting. 



(3) An amendment shall enter into force when the Depositary has 

 received instruments of ratification or acceptance thereof from all the 

 Contracting Parties. 



Article 9 



amendments to the annex 



( 1 ) Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to the Annex 

 to this Convention. The text of any such proposed amendment shall 

 be submitted to the Depositary which shall transmit it to all Contract- 

 ing Parties. 



(2) Each such proposed amendment shall become effective for all 

 Contracting Parties six months after the date appearing on the notifi- 

 cation from the Depositary to the Contracting Parties, if within 120 

 days of the notification date, no objection has been received and two- 

 thirds of the Contracting Parties have notified the Depositary in writ- 

 ing of their approval. 



(3) If an objection is received from any Contracting Party within 

 120 days of the notification date, the matter shall be considered by the 

 Contracting Parties at their next meeting. If unanimity on the matter 

 is not reached at the meeting, the Contracting Parties shall notify the 

 Depositary within 120 days from the date of closure of the meeting of 

 their approval or rejection of the original amendment or of any new 

 amendment proposed by the meeting. 



If, by the end of this period, two-thirds of the Contracting Parties 

 have approved such amendment, it shall become effective six months 

 from the date of the closure of the meeting for those Contracting 

 Parties Avhicli have by then notified their approval. 



(4) Any Contracting Party which has objected to a proposed 

 amendment may at any time withdraw that objection, and the pro- 

 posed amendment shall become effective with respect to such Party 

 immediately if the amendment is already in effect, or at such time as 

 it becomes effective under the terms of this Article. 



(5) The Depositary shall notify each Contracting Party immedi- 

 ately upon receipt of each approval or objection, of each withdrawal 

 of objection, and of the entry into force of any amendment. 



(6) Any State which becomes a party to this Convention after an 

 amendment to the Annex has entered into force shall be bound by 

 the Annex as so amended. Any State which becomes a Party to this 

 Convention during the period when a proposed amendment is pending 

 may approve or object to such an amendment within the time limits 

 applicable to other Contracting Parties. 



