Article 17 - Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval and Accession
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Article 17 - Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval and Accession

  1 This Convention shall be open for signature by any State at the Headquarters of the Organization from 1 June 2004 to 31 May 2005 and shall thereafter remain open for accession by any State.

  2 States may become Parties to the Convention by:

  • (a) signature not subject to ratification, acceptance, or approval; or

  • (b) signature subject to ratification, acceptance, or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval; or

  • (c) accession.

  3 Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the Secretary-General.

  4 If a State comprises two or more territorial units in which different systems of law are applicable in relation to matters dealt with in this Convention, it may at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession declare that this Convention shall extend to all its territorial units or only to one or more of them and may modify this declaration by submitting another declaration at any time.

  5 Any such declaration shall be notified to the Depositary in writing and shall state expressly the territorial unit or units to which this Convention applies.

Parent topic: Articles of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004
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