The procedures set out in article
VIII of the Convention shall apply to amendments to the present
Protocol, provided that:
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(a) references in that article to the Convention
and to Contracting Governments shall be taken to mean references to
the present Protocol and to the Parties to the present Protocol respectively;
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(b) amendments to the articles of the present
Protocol and to the Annex thereto shall be adopted and brought into
force in accordance with the procedure applicable to amendments to
the articles of the Convention or to chapter I of the annex thereto;
and
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(c) amendments to the appendix to the annex to
the present Protocol may be adopted and brought into force in accordance
with the procedure applicable to amendments to the annex to the Convention
other than chapter I.