ARTICLE 22:
RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL OR ACCESSION
1. The Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by States and by
regional economic integration organizations. It shall be open for accession from the day after the date on
which the Convention is closed for signature. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a Party to the Convention without any of
its member States being a Party shall be bound by all the obligations under the Convention. In the case of
such organizations, one or more of whose member States is a Party to the Convention, the organization and
its member States shall decide on their respective responsibilities for the performance of their
obligations under the Convention. In such cases, the organization and the member States shall not be
entitled to exercise rights under the Convention concurrently.
3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration
organizations shall declare the extent of their competence with respect to the matters governed by the
Convention. These organizations shall also inform the Depositary, who shall in turn inform the Parties, of
any substantial modification in the extent of their competence.
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