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The Agreement shall come into force, as respects Governments which have signed it before it comes into force, as soon as it has been signed at any time before September 1, 1948, on behalf of Governments which, under Part I, Article 1 B of the Paris Agreement on Reparations of January 24, 1946, are collectively entitled to not less than 35 percent of the aggregate of shares in Category A of German reparations.
The Agreement shall remain open for signature by other Governments Members of the Inter Allied Reparation Agency for a period of six months from the date upon which it comes into force, and shall become effective with respect to those Governments immediately upon signature.