Artikel 36

(1). Any Government which has been invited by the Governments of the French Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, or by any of them, and by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to sign the present Agreement may either sign or accede thereto in accordance with the terms of its invitation. Any other Government which may, after the entry into force of the present Agreement, establish diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, may accede thereto. Accession shall be accomplished by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which shall notify the other signatory and acceding Governments of such deposit and the date thereof.
(2). The present Agreement shall come into force for any acceding Government on the deposit of its instrument of accession, but not before it comes into force in accordance with Article 35.