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This Agreement including the Annex shall come into force on the date on which the two Governments have notified each other in writing that the required procedures have been fulfilled. This Agreement may be amended by an exchange of diplomatic notes between the two Governments and shall take effect on the date on which the two Governments have notified each other in writing that the required procedures have been fulfilled.
This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of five years and shall be automatically renewed thereafter each time for a further period of three years, unless either Government gives written notice, six months in advance, of its desire to terminate the Agreement. In the event of such termination the two Governments shall mutually agree upon the completion of the projects undertaken under this Agreement. With respect to the Kingdom of the Netherlands this Agreement shall apply to the European part of the Kingdom only.