Treaty Name:
Amendment to the list in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (deleting Czechoslovakia and adding Croatia, the Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovakia and Slovenia)
Notes:
At its third session, the COP adopted amendments to the list in Annex I to the Convention (decision 4/CP.3). In accordance with Article 16, paragraph 3, of the Convention, 'an annex that has been adopted in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 2] shall enter into force for all Parties to the Convention six months after the date of the ommunication by the Depositary to such Parties of the adoption of the annex, except for those Parties that have notified the Depositary, in writing, within that period of their non-acceptance of the annex. The annex shall enter into force for Parties which withdraw their notification of non-acceptance on the ninetieth day after the date on which withdrawal of such notification has been received by the Depositary.' Article 16, paragraph 4, also provides that 'the proposal, adoption and entry into force of amendments to annexes to the Convention shall be subject to the same procedure as that for the proposal, adoption and entry into force of annexes to the Convention in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 above [of Article 16].' On the expiry of the period of six months from the date of the above-mentioned depositary notification, the Depositary issued another notification, C.N.377.1998. Treaties-5 (Depositary Notification), to inform all Parties that in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Amendments entered into force on 13 August 1998. No notification of non-acceptance was received by the Depositary.
