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Article VIII 



Each Contracting Party shall take action as appropriate to promote 

 compliance with the provisions of this Agreement by nationals of 

 States not party to this Agreement. 



Article IX 



The Contracting Parties shall continue to consult with one another 

 with the object of giving further protection to polar bears. 



Article X 



1. This Agreement shall be open for signature at Oslo by the 

 Governments of Canada, Denmark, Norway, the Union of Soviet 

 Socialist Republics and the United States of America until 31st 

 March 1974. 



2. This Agreement shall be subject to ratification or aproval by the 

 signatory Governments. Instruments of ratification or approval shall 

 be deposited with the Government of Norway as soon as possible. 



3. This Agreement shall be open for accession by the Governments 

 referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Instruments of accession 

 shall be deposited with the Depositary Government. 



4. This Agreement shall enter into force ninety days after the 

 deposit of the third instrument of ratification, approval or accession. 

 Thereafter, it shall enter into force for a signatory or acceding Gov- 

 ernment on the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, ap- 

 proval or accession. 



5. This Agreement shall remain in force initially for a period of five 

 years from its date of entry into force, and unless any Contracting 

 Party during that period requests the termination of the Agreement at 

 the end of that period, it shall continue in force thereafter. 



6. On the request addressed to the Depositary Government by any 

 of the Governments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, con- 

 sultations shall be conducted with a view to convening a meeting of 

 representatives of the five Governments to consider the revision or 

 amendment of this Agreement. 



7. Any Party may denounce this Agreement by written notification 

 to the Depositary Government at any time after five years from the 

 date of entry into force of this Agreement. The denunciation shall 

 take effect twelve months after the Depositary Government has re- 

 ceived the notification. 



8. The Depositary Government shall notify the Governments re- 

 ferred to in paragraph 1 of this Article of the deposit of instruments 

 of ratification, approval or accession, of the entry into force of this 

 Agreement and of the receipt of notifications of denunciation and any 

 other communications from a Contracting Party specifically provided 

 for in this Agreement. 



9. The original of this Agreement shall be deposited with the Gov- 

 ernment of Norway which shall deliver certified copies thereof to each 

 of the Governments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 



