Protocol of Accession of the Principality of Monaco to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps
Date: 1994-12-20
Institutions: Austria, European Community, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, Switzerland
Subjects: Alpine Region, Monaco, accession to an agreement, action programme, cross-border cooperation, environmental protection, international convention, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement

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of the Principality of Monaco to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps

PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN,

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE SWISS CONFEDERATION,

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

Signatories to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention),

on the one hand,

and THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO,

on the other,

WHEREAS the Principality of Monaco has requested to become a Contracting Party to the Alpine Conven-
tion,

IN THEIR DESIRE to ensure the protection of the Alps throughout the entire Alpine area,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Principality of Monaco hereby becomes a Contract-
ing Party to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps
as amended by this Protocol of Accession.

Article 2

The words ‘Principality of Monaco’ shall be added to the
preamble.

Article 3

The Annex describing and depicting the Alpine region to
which the Alpine Convention applies is hereby amended
as follows:

(a) the following shall be added to the list of adminis-

trative units of the Alpine area:

— the Principality of Monaco;

(b) the map in the Annex to the Alpine Convention shall
be replaced by the map attached to this Protocol of
Accession.

Article 4

Consent to be bound by this Protocol of Accession

1.
may be expressed by:

— signature not subject

to ratification, acceptance or
approval. The State availing itself of this possibility
shall notify the depositary at the time of its signature
that its signature is equivalent to consenting to be
bound by this Protocol of Accession,

— signature

subject

or
approval. The instruments of ratification, acceptance
or approval shall be deposited with the depositary.

ratification,

acceptance

to

2.
This Protocol of Accession shall enter into force
three months after the date on which the following three
conditions have been satisfied:

— the Alpine Convention has entered into force,

— the Contracting Parties to the Alpine Convention
have expressed their consent to be bound by this
Accession Protocol,

— the Principality of Monaco has expressed its consent

to be bound by this Protocol of Accession.

For signatory States which are not yet Contracting
3.
Parties to the Alpine Convention, consent to be bound by
this Protocol of Accession will take effect only on the
date on which the Alpine Convention enters into force
with regard to them.

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Article 5

Article 7

As from the date on which this Protocol of Accession is
signed, no State shall be able to assert its consent to be
bound by the Alpine Convention without having previ-
ously or simultaneously established its consent
to be
bound by this Protocol of Accession.

Article 6

The depositary shall notify each of the Contracting and
Signatory Parties of:

— any signature, specifying whether it is subject or not

to ratification, acceptance or approval,

— the deposit of any instrument of

ratification, ac-

ceptance or approval,

— any date of entry into force, in accordance with Article

4,

This Protocol of Accession may be denounced only by
denouncing the Alpine Convention.

— any notification of denunciation and the date on

which it becomes effective.

In witness thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol of
Accession.

Done at Chamb(cid:130)ry, on 20 December 1994, in the French, German, Italian and Slovene lan-
guages, each text being equally binding; the original text shall be deposited in the Austrian State
archives. The depositary shall send a certified copy to each of the Signatories.