DEFINITIVELY , THE PRESENT PROTOCOL SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE BEYOND 31 DECEMBER 1979 UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NEW AGREEMENT , PROVIDED THAT THE PERIOD OF SUCH EXTENSION SHALL NOT EXCEED 12 MONTHS .
ARTICLE 11
1 . ANY GOVERNMENT MAY , UPON SIGNATURE , OR UPON DEPOSIT OF ITS INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION , ACCEPTANCE OR APPROVAL OF THIS PROTOCOL , OR UPON ACCESSION THERETO , DECLARE BY NOTICE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITARY THAT THE AGREEMENT AS EXTENDED BY THIS PROTOCOL SHALL EXTEND TO ANY OF THE TERRITORIES FOR WHOSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THAT GOVERNMENT IS FOR THE TIME BEING ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE . THE AGREEMENT SHALL EXTEND TO THE TERRITORIES NAMED IN THE NOTIFICATION FROM THE DATE OF SUCH NOTIFICATION OR FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE PRESENT PROTOCOL ENTERS INTO FORCE FOR THAT GOVERNMENT , WHICHEVER IS THE LATER .
2 . ANY CONTRACTING PARTY WHICH HAS MADE A DECLARATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS ARTICLE MAY , AT ANY LATER TIME , BY NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPOSITARY , DECLARE THAT THE AGREEMENT , AS EXTENDED BY THIS PROTOCOL , SHALL CEASE TO EXTEND TO THE TERRITORY NAMED IN THE NOTIFICATION AND THE AGREEMENT SHALL CEASE TO EXTEND TO SUCH TERRITORY FROM THE DATE OF SUCH NOTIFICATION .
3 . WHEN A TERRITORY TO WHICH THE AGREEMENT , AS EXTENDED BY THIS PROTOCOL , HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNDER PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS ARTICLE SUBSEQUENTLY ATTAINS INDEPENDENCE , ITS GOVERNMENT MAY , WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE ATTAINMENT OF INDEPENDENCE , DECLARE BY NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPOSITARY THAT IT HAS ASSUMED THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF A PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT , AS EXTENDED BY THIS PROTOCOL . IT SHALL BECOME A PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT FROM THE DATE OF SUCH NOTIFICATION .
ARTICLE 12
THE DEPOSITARY OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL WITHOUT DELAY INFORM THE SIGNATORY AND ACCEDING GOVERNMENTS OF ANY SIGNATURE , RATIFICATION , ACCEPTANCE OR APPROVAL OF , OR ACCESSION TO , THIS PROTOCOL ; OF ANY NOTIFICATION MADE UNDER ARTICLES 6 AND 7 OF THIS PROTOCOL ; AND OF THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS PROTOCOL .
ARTICLE 13
ANY REFERENCE IN THIS PROTOCOL TO A GOVERNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS INCLUDING A REFERENCE TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , OR ANY INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAVING RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE NEGOTIATION , CONCLUSION AND APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS , IN PARTICULAR COMMODITY AGREEMENTS .
ARTICLE 14
THE TEXTS OF THIS PROTOCOL IN THE ARABIC , ENGLISH , FRENCH , ITALIAN AND SPANISH LANGUAGES SHALL ALL BE EQUALLY AUTHENTIC , THE ORIGINALS BEING DEPOSITED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , THE UNDERSIGNED , HAVING BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED TO THIS EFFECT BY THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS , HAVE SIGNED THIS PROTOCOL ON THE DATES APPEARING OPPOSITE THEIR SIGNATURES .
DONE AT GENEVA , 7 APRIL 1978 .
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DECLARATION OF PROVISIONAL APPLICATION OF THE PROTOCOL OF 7 APRIL 1978 FURTHER EXTENDING THE OLIVE OIL AGREEMENT , 1963
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE