22 DE JULHO DE 1994

976-(15)

period of 90 days after circulation of the proposed amendment, the depositaries shall convene a conference of the States Parties to consider the proposed amendment. Such a conference shall open no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days after receipt of the third of such requests.

2 — An amendment to this Treaty shall be subject to the approval of all States Parties, either by providing notification, in writing, of their approval to a depositary within a period of 90 days after circulation of the proposed amendment, or by expressing their approval at a conference convened in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article. An amendment so approved shall be subject to ratification in accordance with the provisions of article xvii, paragraph 1, and shall enter into force 60 days after the deposit of instruments of ratification by the States Parties.

3 — Unless requested to do so earlier by no less than three States Parties, the depositaries shall convene a conference of the States Parties to review the implementation of this Treaty three years after entry into force of this Treaty and at five-year intervals thereafter.

ARTICLE XVH Depositaries, entry into force and accession

1 — This Treaty shall be subject to ratification by each State Party in accordance with its constitutional procedures. Instruments of ratification and instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Government of Canada or the Government of the Republic of Hungary or both, hereby designated the depositaries. This Treaty shall be registered by the depositaries pursuant to article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

2 — This Treaty shall enter into force 60 days after the deposit of 20 instruments of ratification, including those of the depositaries, and of States Parties whose individual allocation of passive quotas as set forth in annex A is eight or more.

3 — This Treaty shall be open for signature by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgistan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and shall be subject to ratification by them. Any of these States which do not sign this Treaty before it enters into force in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article may accede to it at any time by depositing an instrument of accession with one of the depositaries.

4 — For six months after entry into force of this Treaty, any other State participating in the Conference on Security and Co-Operation in Europe may apply for accession by submitting a written request to one of the depositaries. The depositary receiving such a request shall circulate it promptly to all States Parties. The States applying for accession to this Treaty may also, if they so wish, request an allocation of a passive quota and the level of this quota.

The matter shall be considered at the next regular meeting of the Open Skies Consultative Commission and decide in due course.

'5 — Following six months after entry into force of this Treaty, the Open Skies Consultative Commission may consider the accession to this Treaty of any State which, in the judgement of the Commission, is able and willing to contribute to the objectives of this Treaty.

6 — For any State which has not deposited an instrument of ratification by the time of entry into force, but which subsequently ratifies or accedes to this Treaty, this Treaty shall enter into force 60 days after the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession.

7 — The depositaries shall promptly inform all States Parties of:

A) The date of deposit of each instrument of ratification and the date of entry into force of this Treaty;

B) The date of an application for accession, the name of the requesting State and the result of the procedure;

Q The date of deposit of each instrument of accession' and the date of entry into force of this Treaty for each State that subsequently accedes to it;

D) The convening of a conference pursuant to articles xv and xvr,

E) Any withdrawal in accordance with article xv and its effective date;

F) The date of entry into force of any amendments to this Treaty; and

G) Any other matters of which the depositaries are required by this Treaty to inform the States Parties.

ARTICLE XVBJ

Provisional application and phasing of implementation of the Treaty

In order to facilitate the implementation of this Treaty, certain of its provisions shall be provisionally applied and others shall be implemented in phases.

Section I

Provisional application

1 — Without detriment to article xvii, the signatory States shall provisionally apply the following provisions of this Treaty:

A) Article vi, section i, paragraph 4;

B) Article x, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7;

C) Article xi;

D) Article xin, section i, paragraphs 1 and 2; £) Article xiv; and

F) Annex L, section i.

2 — This provisional application shall be effective for a period of 12 months from the date when this Treaty is opened for signature. In the event that this Treaty does not enter into force before the period of provisional application expires, that period may be extended if all the signatory States so decide. The period of provisional application shall in any event terminate when this Treaty enters into force. However, the States Parties may then decide to extend the period of provisional application in respect of signatory States that have not ratified this Treaty.