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Article 38 



1. Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be cfTocted 

 by tlie deposit of a formal instrument to that effect with the Secretary- 

 General of the Organization. 



2. Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, apj)roval or accession 

 deposited after the entry into force of an amendment to this Conven- 

 tion with respect to all ex'istins; Contractin<>; States or after the com- 

 pletion of all measures required for the entrj'^ into force of the amend- 

 ment with respect to those Parties shall be deemed to apply to the 

 Convention as modified by the amendment. 



Article 39 



Before this Convention comes into force a State shall, when dcposit- 

 iuL' an instrument referred to in Article 38, parao;r;vi)h 1, and annualh' 

 thereafter at a date to be determined by the vSccretarv-Geucral of the 

 Organization, conununicatc to him the name and address of any 

 person who in respect of that State would be liable to contribute to 

 the P'und pursuant to Article 10 as well as data on the relevant quanti- 

 ties of contributing oil received by any such person in the territory of 

 that State during the preceding calendar year. 



Article 40 



1. This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day 

 following the date on which the following requirements are fulfilled: 



(a) at least eight States have deposited instruments of ratifica- 

 tion, acceptance, approval or accession with the Secrctarj'^-General 

 of the Organization, and 



(b) the Secretary-General of the Organization has rec-cived 

 information in accordance with Article 39 that those persons in 

 such States who would be liable to conti'ibute ])ursuant to Article 

 10 ha\e received during the ])rece(ling calendar year a total 

 quantity of at least 750 million tons of contributing oil. 



2. However, this Convention shall not enter into force before the 

 Liability Convention has entered into force. 



3. For each State wliich subsequently ratifies, a(H',e|)ts, approx'cs 

 or accedes to it, this Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth 

 day after deposit by such State of the ai)proi)riate instrument. 



Article 41 



1. This Convention may be denounced by any Contracting State 

 at any time after the date on which the Convention comes into force 

 for that State. 



2. Denunciation shall be efTected by the deposit of an instrunuMit 

 with the Secr(>.tary-General of the Organization. 



3. A denunciation shall take effect one year,. or such longer period 

 as may be specified in the instnunent of demmciation, after its 

 deposit Avith the Secretary-General of the Organization. 



4. Denunciation of the Liability Convei\tion shall be deemed to 

 be a denunciation of this Convention. Such demmciation shall take 



