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Article II 



1. The provisions of paragraph 2 of Article I and of Articles II to 

 VIII of the Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in 

 Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, and the Annex thereto as they 

 relate to oil, shall be applicable with regard to the substances referred 

 to in Article I of the present Protocol. 



2. For the purpose of the present Protocol the list of experts referred 

 to in Articles III(c) and IV of the Convention shall be extended to 

 include experts qualified to give advice in relation to substances other 

 than oil. Nominations to the list may be made by Member States of the 

 Organization and by Parties to the present Protocol. 



Article III 



1. The list referred to in paragraph 2(a) of Article I shall be main- 

 tained by the appropriate body designated by the Organization. 



2. Any amendment to the list proposed by a Party to the present 

 Protocol shall be submitted to the Organization and circulated by it 

 to all Members of the Organization and all Parties to the present Pro- 

 tocol at least three months prior to its consideration by the appropriate 

 body. 



3. Parties to the present Protocol whether or not Members of the Or- 

 ganization shall be entitled to participate in the proceedings of the ap- 

 propriate body. 



4. Amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of only 

 the Parties to the present Protocol present and voting. 



5. If adopted in accordance with paragraph 4 above, the amendment 

 shall be communicated by the Organization to all Parties to the pres- 

 ent Protocol for acceptance. 



6. The amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted at the end 

 of a period of six months after it has been communicated, unless within 

 that period an objection to the amendment has been communicated to 

 the Organization by not less than one-third of the Parties to the pres- 

 ent Protocol. 



7. An amendment deemed to have been accepted in accordance with 

 paragraph 6 above shall enter into force three months after its accept- 

 ance for all Parties to the present Protocol, with the exception of those 

 which before that date have made a declaration of non-acceptance of 

 the said amendment. 



Article IV 



1. The present Protocol shall be open for signature by the States 

 which have signed the Convention referred to in Article II or acceded 

 thereto, and by any State invited to be represented at the International 

 Conference on Marine Pollution 19Y3. The Protocol shall remain open 

 for signature from 15 January 1974 until 31 December 1974 at the 

 Headquarters of the Organization. 



2. Subject to paragraph 4 of this Article, the present Protocol shall 

 be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the States which 

 have signed it. 



3. Subject to paragraph 4. this Protocol shall be open for accession 

 by States which did not sign it. 



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