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Secretary‑General of any permits issued.

    4 Any transitional period specified in a notification made under paragraph 1 shall not extend beyond five years after such notification is submitted.

    5 Contracting Parties that have made a notification under paragraph 1 shall submit to the first Meeting of Contracting Parties occurring after deposit of their instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession a programme and timetable to achieve full compliance with this Protocol, together with any requests for relevant technical co‑operation and assistance in accordance with article 13 of this Protocol.

    6 Contracting Parties that have made a notification under paragraph 1 shall establish procedures and mechanisms for the transitional period to implement and monitor submitted programmes designed to achieve full compliance with this Protocol. A report on progress toward compliance shall be submitted by such Contracting Parties to each Meeting of Contracting Parties held during their transitional period for appropriate action.

ARTICLE 27

WITHDRAWAL

    1 Any Contracting Party may withdraw from this Protocol at any time after the expiry of two years from the date on which this Protocol enters into force for that Contracting Party.

    2 Withdrawal shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of withdrawal with the Secretary‑General.

    3 A withdrawal shall take effect one year after receipt by the Secretary‑General of the instrument of withdrawal or such longer period as may be specified in that instrument.

ARTICLE 28

DEPOSITARY

    1 This Protocol shall be deposited with the Secretary‑General.

    2 In addition to the functions specified in articles 10.5, 16.5, 21.4, 22.5 and 26.5, the Secretary‑General shall:

         .1 inform all States which have signed this Protocol or acceded thereto of:

              .1 each new signature or deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, together with the date thereof;

              .2 the date of entry into force of this Protocol; and

              .3 the deposit of any instrument of withdrawal from this Protocol together with the date on which it was received and the date on which the withdrawal takes effect;

         .2 transmit certified copies of this Protocol to all States which have signed this Protocol or acceded thereto.

    3 As soon as this Protocol enters into force, a certified true copy thereof shall be transmitted by the Secretary‑General to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 29

AUTHENTIC TEXTS

    This Protocol is established in a single original in the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, each text being equally authentic.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorized by their respective Governments for that purpose have signed this Protocol.

    [Signatures omitted]

    DONE AT LONDON, this seventh day of November,