Article 24
1. This Protocol shall be open for signature and subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and regional economic integration organizations which are Parties to the Convention. It shall be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 16 March 1998 to 15 March 1999. This Protocol shall be open for accession from the day after the date on which it is closed for signature. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Simply where and when a party can find the Protocol and sign it having ratified it within the government of the country or otherwise.
2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a Party to this Protocol without any of its member States being a Party shall be bound by all the obligations under this Protocol. In the case of such organizations, one or more of whose member States is a Party to this Protocol, the organization and its member States shall decide on their respective responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under this Protocol. In such cases, the organization and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under this Protocol concurrently.
The USA recognizes regional economic integration organizations under Title 15, Commerce and Trade, Section 88, International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance.
An example:
The European Union (EU), (click here) through the European Community (EC), is the only regional organisation that has the declared policy to pursue both the objectives of economic growth and environmental protection.
The organization can decide how best to address their commitment, but, no one state can act alone.
3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration organizations shall declare the extent of their competence with respect to the matters governed by this Protocol. These organizations shall also inform the Depositary, who shall in turn inform the Parties, of any substantial modification in the extent of their competence.
The decisions an organization such as the EU makes in regard to compliance with the Protocol is to be reported to the Depositary. And, is the organization able (competent) to carry out such compliance. Basically, will one or more country of the organization strike out on it's own and even refuse to cooperate.
1. This Protocol shall be open for signature and subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and regional economic integration organizations which are Parties to the Convention. It shall be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 16 March 1998 to 15 March 1999. This Protocol shall be open for accession from the day after the date on which it is closed for signature. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Simply where and when a party can find the Protocol and sign it having ratified it within the government of the country or otherwise.
2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a Party to this Protocol without any of its member States being a Party shall be bound by all the obligations under this Protocol. In the case of such organizations, one or more of whose member States is a Party to this Protocol, the organization and its member States shall decide on their respective responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under this Protocol. In such cases, the organization and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under this Protocol concurrently.
The USA recognizes regional economic integration organizations under Title 15, Commerce and Trade, Section 88, International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance.
An example:
The European Union (EU), (click here) through the European Community (EC), is the only regional organisation that has the declared policy to pursue both the objectives of economic growth and environmental protection.
The organization can decide how best to address their commitment, but, no one state can act alone.
3. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration organizations shall declare the extent of their competence with respect to the matters governed by this Protocol. These organizations shall also inform the Depositary, who shall in turn inform the Parties, of any substantial modification in the extent of their competence.
The decisions an organization such as the EU makes in regard to compliance with the Protocol is to be reported to the Depositary. And, is the organization able (competent) to carry out such compliance. Basically, will one or more country of the organization strike out on it's own and even refuse to cooperate.
