Artikel 8

1. The present Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Contracting Parties have informed each other in writing that the procedures constitutionally required therefor in their respective countries have been completed, and shall remain in force for a period of 5 years.
2. Unless notice of termination has been given by either Contracting Party at least six months before the date of expiry of its validity, the present Agreement shall be extended tacitly for periods of one year, each Contracting Party reserving the right to terminate the Agreement upon notice of at least six months before the date of expiry of the current period of validity.
3. Subject to the period mentioned in paragraph (2) of this Article the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall be entitled to terminate the application of the present Agreement separately in respect of the Netherlands Antilles.