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BASEL SÖZLEŞMESİ THE BASEL CONVENTION

(b) To provide for reporting and establish guidelines and procedures for such reporting where
necessary; Article 27: Ratification, acceptance, Formal Confirmation or Approval

(c) To consider and adopt, where necessary, proposals for amendment of the Protocol or any 1. The Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and to formal
annexes and for any new annexes; and confirmation or approval by regional economic integration organizations. Instruments of ratifica-
(d) To consider and undertake any additional action that may be required for the purposes of tion, acceptance, formal confirmation, or approval shall be deposited with the Depositary.
the Protocol.
2. Any organization referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article which becomes a Contracting Party
Article 25: Secretariat without any of its member States being a Contracting Party shall be bound by all the obligations
under the Protocol. In the case of such organizations, one or more of whose member States is a
Contracting Party, the organization and its member States shall decide on their respective respon-
1. For the purposes of the Protocol, the Secretariat shall: sibilities for the performance of their obligations under the Protocol. In such cases, the organizati-
on and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under the Protocol concurrently.
(a) Arrange for and service Meetings of the Parties as provided for in Article 24;
3. n their instruments of formal confirmation or approval, the organizations referred to in pa-
(b) Prepare reports, including financial data, on its activities carried out in implementation of ragraph 1 of this Article shall declare the extent of their competence with respect to the matters
its functions under the Protocol and present them to the Meeting of the Parties; governed by the Protocol. These organizations shall also inform the Depositary, who will inform
the Contracting Parties, of any substantial modification in the extent of their competence.
(c) Ensure the necessary coordination with relevant international bodies, and in particular
enter into such administrative and contractual arrangements as may be required for the ef-
fective discharge of its functions; Article 28: Accession
(d) Compile information concerning the national laws and administrative provisions of Cont- 1. The Protocol shall be open for accession by any States and by any regional economic integration
racting Parties implementing the Protocol; organization Party to the Basel Convention which has not signed the Protocol. The instruments of
accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
(e) Cooperate with Contracting Parties and with relevant and competent international or-
ganisations and agencies in the provision of experts and equipment for the purpose of rapid 2. In their instruments of accession, the organizations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article
assistance to States in the event of an emergency situation; shall declare the extent of their competence with respect to the matters governed by the Protocol.
These organizations shall also inform the Depositary of any substantial modification in the extent
(f) Encourage non-Parties to attend the Meetings of the Parties as observers and to act in of their competence.
accordance with the provisions of the Protocol; and
3. The provisions of Article 27, paragraph 2, shall apply to regional economic integration organi-
(g) Perform such other functions for the achievement of the purposes of this Protocol as may zations which accede to the Protocol.
be assigned to it by the Meetings of the Parties.
Article 29: Entry into force
2. The secretariat functions shall be carried out by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention.
1. The Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the twentieth
Article 26: Signature instrument of ratification, acceptance, formal confirmation, approval or accession.

The Protocol shall be open for signature by States and by regional economic integration organi- 2. For each State or regional economic integration organization which ratifies, accepts, approves
zations Parties to the Basel Convention in Berne at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of or formally confirms the Protocol or accedes thereto after the date of the deposit of the twentieth
Switzerland from 6 to 17 March 2000 and at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1
April to 10 December 2000.

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