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1. Any State or separate customs territory listed in Annex I, II or III to this Agreement may become a Member of the Centre by accepting this Agreement, by signature or by signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, during the third Ministerial Conference of the WTO to be held at Seattle from 30 November to 3 December 1999, and thereafter until 31 March 2000. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited no later than 30 September 2002.
2. This Agreement shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date upon which all of the following conditions are met:
– The twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval or signature not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval has been deposited;
– The total of the one-time contributions to the Centre's endowment fund that the States or customs territories which have accepted this Agreement are obliged to make in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Agreement and Annexes I and II to this Agreement exceeds six million US dollars; and
– The total of the annual contributions that the States or customs territories which have accepted this Agreement are obliged to make in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Agreement and Annex I to this Agreement exceeds six million US dollars.
3. For each signatory of this Agreement that deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval after the date on which the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article are met the Agreement shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date on which the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval has been deposited. th day following the date on which the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval has been deposited.