Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591:schedule:3:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 9/23)
Character Range: 640437–643408

the conservation of living marine resources.

Article X

ACCEPTANCE

1. This Agreement shall be open to acceptance by any Member or Associate Member of FAO, and to any non‑member State that is a member of the United Nations, or of any of the specialized agencies of the United Nations or of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

2. Acceptance of this Agreement shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance with the Director‑General of FAO, hereinafter referred to as the Director‑General.

3. The Director‑General shall inform all Parties, all Members and Associate Members of FAO and the Secretary‑General of the United Nations of all instruments of acceptance received.

4. When a regional economic integration organization becomes a Party to this Agreement, such regional economic integration organization shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article II.7 of the FAO Constitution, as appropriate, notify such modifications or clarifications to its declaration of competence submitted under Article II.5 of the FAO Constitution as may be necessary in light of its acceptance of this Agreement. Any Party to this Agreement may, at any time, request a regional economic integration organization that is a Party to this Agreement to provide information as to which, as between the regional economic integration organization and its Member States, is responsible for the implementation of any particular matter covered by this Agreement. The regional economic integration organization shall provide this information within a reasonable time.

Article XI

ENTRY INTO FORCE

1. This Agreement shall enter into force as from the date of receipt by the Director‑General of the twenty‑fifth instrument of acceptance.

2. For the purpose of this Article, an instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of such an organization.

Article XII

RESERVATIONS

Acceptance of this Agreement may be made subject to reservations which shall become effective only upon unanimous acceptance by all Parties to this Agreement. The Director‑General shall notify forthwith all Parties of any reservation. Parties not having replied within three months from the date of the notification shall be deemed to have accepted the reservation. Failing such acceptance, the State or regional economic integration organization making the reservation shall not become a Party to this Agreement.

Article XIII

AMENDMENTS

1. Any proposal by a Party for the amendment of this Agreement shall be communicated to the Director‑General.

2. Any proposed amendment of this Agreement received by the Director‑General from a Party shall be presented to a regular or special session of the Conference for approval and, if the amendment involves important technical changes or imposes additional obligations on the Parties, it shall be considered by an advisory committee of specialists