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amendment shall be submitted to the Depositary which shall communicate it to the other Parties at least sixty days before convening a meeting of the Parties to consider the proposed amendment.  An amendment adopted by consensus of the Parties, or by such other means as the Parties may determine by consensus, shall enter into force sixty days after the deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval by all of the Parties, or in such other circumstances as may be specified by the Parties at the time of adoption of the amendment.

Article 17
Withdrawal

A Party may withdraw from this Convention by submitting written notification to the Depositary.  Such withdrawal shall be effective one year after the date of the receipt of the notification.  After withdrawal, co-operation shall continue between the Parties and the Party which has withdrawn on all requests for assistance and extradition made before the effective date of withdrawal which remain pending.

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ANNEX

DAFFE/IME/BR(97)18/FINAL
STATISTICS ON OECD EXPORTS

OECD EXPORTS
                    1990-1996    1990-1996        1990-1996
                    US$ million  % of total OECD  % of 10 largest

United States        287 118      15,9%            19,7%
Germany              254 746      14,1%            17,5%
Japan                212 665      11,8%            14,6%
France               138 471      7,7%             9,5%
United Kingdom       121 258      6,7%             8,3%
Italy                112 449      6,2%             7,7%
Canada               91 215       5,1%             6,3%
Korea (1)            81 364       4,5%             5,6%
Netherlands          81 264       4,5%             5,6%
Belgium-Luxembourg   78 598       4,4%             5,4%
Total 10 largest     1 459 148    81,0%            100%

Spain                42 469       2,4%
Switzerland          40 395       2,2%
Sweden               36 710       2,0%
Mexico (1)           34 233       1,9%
Australia            27 194       1,5%
Denmark              24 145       1,3%
Austria*             22 432       1,2%
Norway               21 666       1,2%
Ireland              19 217       1,1%
Finland              17 296       1,0%
Poland (1)**         12 652       0,7%
Portugal             10 801       0,6%
Turkey*              8 027        0,4%
Hungary**            6 795        0,4%
New Zealand          6 663        0,4%
Czech Republic***    6 263        0,3%
Greece*              4 606        0,3%
Iceland              949          0,1%
TOTAL OECD           1 801 661    100%

Notes: * 1990-1995; ** 1991-1996; *** 1993-1996

Source:  OECD, (1) IMF.

Concerning Belgium-Luxembourg:  Trade statistics for Belgium and Luxembourg are available only on a combined basis for the two countries.  For purposes of Article 15, paragraph 1 of the Convention, if either Belgium or Luxembourg deposits its instrument of acceptance, approval or ratification, or if both Belgium and Luxembourg deposit their instruments of acceptance, approval or ratification, it shall be considered that one of the countries which have the ten largest exports shares has deposited its instrument and the joint exports of both countries will be counted towards the 60 percent of combined total exports of those ten countries, which is required for entry into force under this provision.

Notes to the Extradition (Bribery of Foreign