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ment make a reservation with respect to the amendment. Until snch 

 reservation i=! withdrawn the Party shall be treated as a State not a 

 party to the present Convention with respect to trade in the species 

 concerned. 



Article XVI 



APPENDIX ni AND AMENDMENTS TTIERETO 



1. Any party may at any time submit to the Secretariat a list of 

 species which it identifies as being subject to regulation within its 

 jurisdiction for the purpose mentioned in paragraph 3 of Article II. 

 Appendix III shall include the names of the Parties submitting the 

 species for inclusion therein, the scientific names of tlie species so sub- 

 mitted, and any parts or derivatives of the animals or plants concerned 

 that are specified in relation to the species for the purposes of sub- 

 paragraph (b) of Article I. 



2. Each list submitted under the provisions of paragraph 1 of this 

 Article shall be communicated to the Parties by tlio Secretariat as 

 soon as possible after receiving it. The list shall take effect as part of 

 Appendix III 90 days after the date of such communication. At any 

 time after the communication of such list, any Party may by notifica- 

 tion in writing to the Depositary Government enter a wsiorvation with 

 respect to any species or any parts or derivatives, and until such 

 reservation is withdrawn, the State shall be treated as a State not a 

 Party to the present Convention with respect to trade in the species or 

 part or derivative concerned. 



3. A Party which has submitted a species for inclusion in Appendix 

 II I may withdraw it at any ti me by notificati on to the Secretariat 

 which shall communicate the withdrawal to all Parties. The with- 

 drawal shall take effect 30 days after the date of such communication. 



4. Any Party submitting a list under the provisions of paragraph 1 

 of this Article shall submit to the Secretariat a copy of all domestic 

 laws and regulations applicable to the protection of such species, to- 

 gether with" any interpretations which the Party may deem appro- 

 priate or the Secretariat ma}^ request. The Party shall, for as long 

 as the species in question is included in Appendix III, submit any 

 amendments of such laws and regulations or any new interpretations 

 as they are adopted. 



Article XVII 



AMENDMENT OF THE CONVENTION 



1. An extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties slAai], 

 be convened by the Secretai'iat on the written request of at least one- 

 third of the Parties to consider and adopt amendments to the present 

 Convention. Such amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds major- 

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

 and voting'* means Parties present and casting an affirmative or nega- 

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

 the two-thirds required for adopting an amendment. 



