BWBV0007074
Artikel 48
Verdrag inzake de overeenkomst van internationaal spoorwegvervoer van goederen
1. After this Convention has been in force for one year, it may be amended according to the procedure defined in this Article.
2. Any proposed amendment to this Convention presented by a Party to this Convention shall be submitted to the Working Party on Rail Transport of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe for consideration and decision.
3. The Parties to this Convention shall make all possible efforts at the sessions of the Working Party to achieve consensus for adoption of the proposed amendment. If, despite these efforts, consensus is not reached on the proposed amendment, it shall require, as a last resort, an adoption by a two-thirds majority of Parties present and voting. A proposed amendment adopted either by consensus or by a two-thirds majority of Parties shall be submitted by the secretariat of the Convention to the Depositary to be circulated for acceptance to all Parties to this Convention, as well as to signatory States.
4. Within a period of nine months from the date on which the adopted amendment is communicated by the Depositary, any Party may inform the Depositary that it has objection to the amendment.
5. The amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted if, by the end of the period of nine months foreseen in the paragraph 4 of this Article, no objection has been notified by a Party to this Convention. If an objection is stated, the adopted amendment shall be of no effect.
6. In the case of a State which becomes a Party to this Convention between the moment of notification of the amendment and the end of the nine-month period foreseen in paragraph 4 of this Article, the secretariat of the Convention shall notify the new Party about the amendment as soon as possible. The latter may inform the Depositary before the end of this period of nine months that it has an objection to the amendment.
7. The Depositary shall notify, as soon as possible, all the Parties of objections raised in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article as well as of any amendment accepted according to paragraph 5 of this Article.
8. Any amendment deemed to have been accepted shall enter into force six months after the end of the period of nine months set out in paragraph 4 of this Article.
9. Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited after an amendment has been accepted in accordance with the procedure in this Article, but before it has entered into force, shall be deemed to apply to the Convention as amended on the date when the amendment enters into force.
10. Any such instrument deposited after the entry into force of an amendment to this Convention shall be deemed to apply to the Convention as amended.
2. Any proposed amendment to this Convention presented by a Party to this Convention shall be submitted to the Working Party on Rail Transport of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe for consideration and decision.
3. The Parties to this Convention shall make all possible efforts at the sessions of the Working Party to achieve consensus for adoption of the proposed amendment. If, despite these efforts, consensus is not reached on the proposed amendment, it shall require, as a last resort, an adoption by a two-thirds majority of Parties present and voting. A proposed amendment adopted either by consensus or by a two-thirds majority of Parties shall be submitted by the secretariat of the Convention to the Depositary to be circulated for acceptance to all Parties to this Convention, as well as to signatory States.
4. Within a period of nine months from the date on which the adopted amendment is communicated by the Depositary, any Party may inform the Depositary that it has objection to the amendment.
5. The amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted if, by the end of the period of nine months foreseen in the paragraph 4 of this Article, no objection has been notified by a Party to this Convention. If an objection is stated, the adopted amendment shall be of no effect.
6. In the case of a State which becomes a Party to this Convention between the moment of notification of the amendment and the end of the nine-month period foreseen in paragraph 4 of this Article, the secretariat of the Convention shall notify the new Party about the amendment as soon as possible. The latter may inform the Depositary before the end of this period of nine months that it has an objection to the amendment.
7. The Depositary shall notify, as soon as possible, all the Parties of objections raised in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article as well as of any amendment accepted according to paragraph 5 of this Article.
8. Any amendment deemed to have been accepted shall enter into force six months after the end of the period of nine months set out in paragraph 4 of this Article.
9. Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited after an amendment has been accepted in accordance with the procedure in this Article, but before it has entered into force, shall be deemed to apply to the Convention as amended on the date when the amendment enters into force.
10. Any such instrument deposited after the entry into force of an amendment to this Convention shall be deemed to apply to the Convention as amended.
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- Art. 48
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- BWBV0007074
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