6 DE MARCO DE 1981

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CHAPTER X Final provisions

ARTICLE 61

1 — Each Signatory State shall, not later than 1st May, 1975, notify the Government of Belgium that, having complied with its constitutional procedures, it consents to be bound by this Agreement.

2 — On the tenth day following the day on which at least six states holding at least 60 per cent of the combined voting weights mentioned in article 62 have deposited a notification of consent to be bound or an instrument of accession, this Agreement shall enter into force for such states.

3 — For each Signatory State which deposits its notification thereafter, this Agreement shall enter into force on the tenth day following the day of deposit.

4 — The Governing Board, acting by majority, may upon request from any Signatory State decide to extend, with respect to that state, the time limit for notification beyond 1st May, 1975.

ARTICLE 68

1 — Notwithstanding the provisions of article 67, this Agreement shall be applied provisionally by all Signatory States, to the extent possible not inconsistent wich their legislation, as from 18th November, 1974, following the first meeting of the Governing Board.

2 — Provisional application of the Agreement shall continue until:

The Agreement enters into force for the state concerned in accordance with article 67; or

60 days after the Government of Belgium receives notification that the state concerned will not consent to be bound by the Agreement; or

The time limit for notification of consent by the state concerned referred to in article 67 expires.

ARTICLE 69

1 — This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of ten years from the date of its entry into force and shall continue in force thereafter unless and until the Governing Board, acting by majority, decides on its termination.

2 — Any Participating Country may terminate the application of this Agreement for its part upon twelve months' written notice to the Government of Belgium to that effect, given not less than three years after the first day of the provisional application of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 70

1—Any state may, at the time of signature, notification of consent to be bound in accordance with article 67, accession or at any later date, declare by notification addressed to the Government of Belgium that this Agreement shall apply to all or any of the territories for whose international relations it is responsible, or to any territories within its

frontiers for whose oil supplies it is legally responsible.

2 — Any declaration made pursuant to paragraph 1 may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn in accordance with the provisions of article 69, paragraph 2.

ARTICLE 71

1 — This Agreement shall be open for accession by any Member of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development which is able and willing to meet the requeriments of the Program. The Governing Board, acting by majority, shall decide on any request for accession.

2 — This Agreement shall enter into force for any state whose request for accession has been granted on the tenth day following the deposit of its instrument of accession with the Government of Belgium, or on the date of entry into force of the Agreement pursuant to article 67, paragraph 2, whichever is the later. ^

3 — Accession may take place on a provisional basis under the conditions set out in article 68, subject to such time limits as the Governing Board, acting by majority, may fix for an acceding State to deposit its notification of consent to be bound.

ARTICLE 72

1 — This Agreement shall be open for accession by the European Communities.

2 — This Agreement shall not in any way impede the further implementation of the treaties establishing the European Communities.

ARTICLE 73

This Agreement may at any time be amended by the Governing Board, acting by unanimity. Such amendment shall come into force in a manner determined by the Governing Board, acting by unanimity and making provision for Participating Countries to comply with their respective constitutional procedures.

ARTICLE 74

This Agreement shall be subject to a general review after 1st May, 1980.

ARTICLE 75

The Government of Belgium shall notify all Participating Countries of the deposit of„ each notification of consent to be bound in accordance with article 67, and of each instrument of accession, of the entry into force of this Agreement or any amendment thereto, of any denunciation thereof, and of any other declaration or notification received.

ARTICLE 76

The original of this Agreement, of which the English, French and German texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Government of Belgium, and a certified copy thereof shall be