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4. A State party to the present Convention, which is also a party to 

 any other treaty, convention or international agreement which is in 

 force at the time of the coming into force of the present Convention 

 and under the provisions of whieh protection is afforded to marine 

 species hicluded in Appendix II. shall be relieved of the obligations 

 imposed on it nnder the provisions of the present Convention with 

 respect to trade in specimens of species included in Appendix II that 

 are taken by ships registered in that State and in accordance with the 

 provisions of such other treaty, convention or international agreement. 



5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles III, IV and V, any 

 "-export of a specimen taken in accordance with panigraph 4 of this 



Article shall only require a certificate from a ^Management Authority 

 of the State of introduction to the effect that the s^^ecimen was taken 

 in accordance with the provisions of the other treaty, convention or 

 international agreement in question. 



6. Nothing in the present Convention shall prejudice the codification 

 and development of the law of the sea by the United Nations Confer- 

 ence on the Law of the Sea convened pursuant to Resolution 2750 C 

 (XXV) of the General Assembly of the United Nations nor the 

 present or future claims and legal views of any State concerning the 

 law of the sea and the nature and extent of coastal and flag State 

 jurisdiction. 



Article XV 



AMEXDMEXTS TO APPEXDICES I AXD II 



1. The following provisions shall apply in relation to amendments 

 to Appendices I and II at meetings of the Conference of the Parties : 



(a) Any Party may propose an amendment to Appendix I or II 

 for consideration at the next meeting. The text of the proposed amend- 

 ment shall be communicated to the Secretariat at least 150 days before 

 the meeting. The Secretariat shall consult the other Parties and inter- 

 -ested bodies on the amendment in accordance with the provisions of 

 sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 2 of this Article and shall 

 communicate the response to all Parties not later than 30 days before 

 the meeting. 



(h) Amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of 

 Parties present and voting. For these purposes "Parties present and 

 voting'' means Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative 

 vote. Parties abstaining from voting shall not be counted among the 

 two-thirds required for adopting an amendment. 



(c) Amendments adopted at a meeting shall enter into force 90 days 

 after that meeting for all Parties except those which make a reserva- 

 tion in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article. 



2. The following provisions shall apply in relation to amendments 

 to Appendices I and II between meetings of the Conference of the 

 Parties : 



