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3 — Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, if compensated, the secretariat will assume the translation into the designated language of reports submitted in any other language of the meeting.

Article 27 Confidentiality

1 — The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Contracting Parties under their law to protect information from disclosure. For the purposes of this article, «information» includes, inter alia:

i) Personal data;

ii) Information protected by intellectual property rights or by industrial or commercial confidentiality; and

ii) Information relating to national security or to the physical protection of nuclear materials or nuclear installations.

2 — When, in the context of this Convention, a Contracting Party provides information identified by it as protected as described in paragraph 1, such information shall be used only for the purposes for which it has been provided and its confidentiality shall be respected.

3 — The content of the debates during the reviewing of the reports by the Contracting Parties at each meeting shall be confidential.

Article 28 Secretariat

1 — The International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as the «Agency») shall provide the secretariat for the meetings of the Contracting Parties.

2 — The secretariat shall:

i) Convene, prepare and service the meetings of the Contracting Parties;

ii) Transmit to the Contracting Parties information received or prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.

The cost incurred by the Agency in carrying out the functions referred to in subparagraphs i) and ii) above shall be borne by the Agency as part of its regular budget.

3 — The Contracting Parties may, by consensus, request the Agency to provide other services in support of meetings of the Contracting Parties. The Agency may provide such services if they can be undertaken within its programme and regular budget. Should this not be possible, the Agency may provide such services if voluntary funding is provided from another source.

CHAPTER 4 Final clauses and other provisions

Article 29 Resolution of disagreements

In the event of a disagreement between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, the Contracting Parties

shall consult within the framework of a meeting of the Contracting Parties with a view to resolving the disagreement.

Article 30

Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession

1 — This Convention shall be open for signature by all States at the Headquarters of the Agency in Vienna from 20 September 1994 until its entry into force.

2 — This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States.

3—After its entry into force, this Convention shall be open for accession by all States.

4 — i) This Convention shall be open for signature or accession by regional organizations of an integration or other nature, provided that any such organization is constituted by sovereign States and has competence in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements in matters covered by this Convention.

ii) In matters within their competence, such organizations shall, on their own behalf, exercise the rights and fulfil the responsibilities which this Convention attributes to States Parties.

Hi) When becoming party to this Convention, such an organization shall communicate to the Depositary referred to in article 34 a declaration indicating which States are members thereof, which articles of this Convention apply to it, and the extent of its. competence in the field covered by those articles.

iv) Such an organization shall not hold any vote additional to those of its Member States.

5 — Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.

Article 31

Entry into force

1 — This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit with the Depositary of the twenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval, including the instruments of seventeen States, each having at least one nuclear installation which has achieved criticality in a reactor core.

2 — For each State or regional organization of an integration or other nature which ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Convention after the date of deposit of the last instrument required to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraph 1, this Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit with .the Depositary of the appropriate instrument by such a State or organization.

Article 32 Amendments to the Convention

1 — Any Contracting Party may propose an amendment to this Convention. Proposed amendments shall be considered at a review meeting or an extraordinary meeting.

2 — The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be provided to the Depositary who shall communicate the proposal to the Contracting Par-