(1) The present Protocol shall enter into force
twelve months after the date on which not less than fifteen States
have either signed it without reservation as to ratification, acceptance
or approval or have deposited the requisite instruments of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession in accordance with article 9, the
aggregate number of whose fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and
over is not less than 14,000.
(2) For States which have deposited an instrument
of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in respect of the
present Protocol after the requirements for entry into force thereof
have been met but prior to the date of entry into force, the ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession shall take effect on the date of
entry into force of the present Protocol or three months after the
date of deposit of the instrument, whichever is the later date.
(3) For States which have deposited an instrument
of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession after the date
on which the present Protocol entered into force, the present Protocol
shall become effective three months after the date of deposit of the
instrument.
(d) After the date on which an amendment to the
present Protocol is deemed to have been accepted under article 11, any instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession deposited shall apply to the present
Protocol as amended.