Convention on Volatile Organic Compounds, 1991

Article 15
Depositary

The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall
be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who will
perform the functions of Depositary.

Article 16
Entry Into force

1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day
following the date on which the sixteenth instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession has been deposited.

2. For each State and organization referred to in article 13, paragraph
1, which ratifies, accepts or approves the present Protocol or accedes
thereto after the deposit of the sixteenth instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on
the ninetieth day following the date of deposit by such Party of its
instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

Article 17
Withdrawal

At any time after five years from the date on which the present Protocol
has come into force with respect to a Party, that Party may withdraw from
it by giving written notification to the Depositary. Any such withdrawal
shall take effect on the ninetieth day following the date of its receipt
by the Depositary, or on such later date as may be specified in the
notification of the withdrawal.

Article 18
Authentic Texts

The original of the present Protocol, of which the English, French and
Russian texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have
signed the present Protocol.

Done at Geneva this eighteenth day of November one thousand nine hundred
and ninety-one.

Author: international

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Convention on Volatile Organic Compounds, 1991.