Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00699:schedule:1:p12
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of the Organization from 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998 and shall thereafter remain open for accession by any State.

2 States may become Contracting Parties to this Protocol by:

         .1 signature not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval; or

         .2 signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval; or

         .3 accession.

    3 Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the Secretary‑General.

ARTICLE 25

ENTRY INTO FORCE

    1 This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date on which:

         .1 at least 26 States have expressed their consent to be bound by this Protocol in accordance with article 24; and

         .2 at least 15 Contracting Parties to the Convention are included in the number of States referred to in paragraph 1.1.

    2 For each State that has expressed its consent to be bound by this Protocol in accordance with article 24 following the date referred to in paragraph 1, this Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date on which such State expressed its consent.

ARTICLE 26

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD

    1 Any State that was not a Contracting Party to the Convention before 31 December 1996 and that expresses its consent to be bound by this Protocol prior to its entry into force or within five years after its entry into force may, at the time it expresses its consent, notify the Secretary‑General that, for reasons described in the notification, it will not be able to comply with specific provisions of this Protocol other than those provided in paragraph 2, for a transitional period that shall not exceed that described in paragraph 4.

    2 No notification made under paragraph 1 shall affect the obligations of a Contracting Party to this Protocol with respect to incineration at sea or the dumping of radioactive wastes or other radioactive matter.

    3 Any Contracting Party to this Protocol that has notified the Secretary‑General under paragraph 1 that, for the specified transitional period, it will not be able to comply, in part or in whole, with article 4.1 or article 9 shall nonetheless during that period prohibit the dumping of wastes or other matter for which it has not issued a permit, use its best efforts to adopt administrative or legislative measures to ensure that issuance of permits and permit conditions comply with the provisions of Annex 2, and notify the 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