Art. VII Overeenkomst inzake de bescherming van vleermuizen in Europa

1. This Agreement may be amended at any meeting of the Parties. 2. Proposals for amendment may be made by any Party. 3. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be communicated to the Depositary at least 90 days before the opening of the meeting. The Depositary shall transmit copies forthwith to the Parties. 4. An Amendment to the Agreement other than an Amendment to its Annexes shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Parties present and voting and shall enter into force for those Parties which have accepted it 60 days after the deposit of the fifth instrument of acceptance of the Amendment with the Depositary. Thereafter, it shall enter into force for a Party 30 days after the date of deposit of its instrument of acceptance of the Amendment with the Depositary. 5. Any additional Annexes and any Amendment to an Annex shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Parties present and voting and shall enter into force for all Parties on the sixtieth day after the date of its adoption by the Meeting of the Parties, except for Parties which have entered a reservation in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Article. 6. During the period of 60 days provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article, any Party may by written notification to the Depositary enter a reservation with respect to an additional Annex or an Amendment to an Annex. Such reservation may be withdrawn at any time by written notification to the Depositary, and there upon the additional Annex or the Amendment shall enter into force for that Party on the sixtieth day after the date of withdrawal of the reservation. 7. Any State which becomes a Party to the Agreement after the entry into force of an Amendment shall, failing an expression of a different intention by that State: be considered as a Party to the Agreement as amended; and be considered as a Party to the unamended Agreement in relation to any Party not bound by the Amendment.

Amendment of the Agreement

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