Artikel XVIII

1. The Organization may postpone or change the venue and/or timing of COP9 and/or MOP2 upon consultation with the Netherlands if the security phase determined by the United Nations Department of Safety and Security increases from the security rating at the time of signature of the Agreement and prior to the opening of COP9. Regardless of an increase in the security phase determined by the United Nations Department of Safety and Security, the Bureaus of the Conference of the Parties and of the Meeting of the Parties may decide to postpone or change the already agreed venue and/or timing of COP9 and/or MOP2, should an event occur which disrupts or risks to disrupt the conduct of COP9 and/or MOP2. If the Organization chooses to exercise this right, the Organization shall be released from any and all commitments related to the postponed and/or changed meeting or meetings under this Agreement and the Parties shall immediately consult with a view to limiting and equitably distributing reasonable costs associated with such a decision. In the event of such an increase in the security rating, and if the Organization does not postpone or change the venue of COP9 and/or MOP2, any additional costs incurred by the Organization for measures deemed by the Parties in consultation to be necessary, shall be borne by the Netherlands.
2. Any notice or request required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand, mail or fax to the entity to which it is required to be given or made at the address specified below or such other address as will be hereafter notified. Any such communication shall be deemed to have been given or made on the date it was hand delivered, registered or transmitted from the sender’s facsimile operator, but any assumption of the actual notice shall be subject to rebuttal to show that it has not actually been received.
The Netherlands:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Parnassusplein 5
2511 VX The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Organization:
Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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3. This Agreement, including its Annexes I, II and III, which are an integral part thereof, replaces and supersedes all prior oral and written representations, understandings or arrangements on the organization and holding of COP9 and MOP2. This Agreement and its Annexes I, II and III may only be amended by mutual agreement formalized in writing by the Netherlands and the Organization.
4. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of signature and shall remain in force for the duration of COP9 and MOP2 and for a period thereafter as is necessary for all matters relating to any of its provisions to be settled. The total duration of the agreement however shall not exceed one year.