Art. 4
En vigor desde 4 dic 2006
Article 4
1. Subject to the entry into force of the Agreement, this Protocol shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date of receipt by at least one of the depositaries of the instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval referred to in Article 3(2) from the Russian Federation and from any other signatory to this Protocol and it shall remain in force for a period of five years from that date. For each signatory ratifying, accepting or approving thereafter, this Protocol shall enter into force for it on the 30th day following the receipt by at least one of the depositaries of the instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval referred to in Article 3(2) and it shall remain in force until the expiration of its original five-year period.
2. For each Party acceding to this Protocol, it shall enter into force for it 30 days following the receipt by at least one of the depositaries of the instrument of accession referred to in Article 3(4) and it shall remain in force until the expiration of the original five-year period mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. This Protocol shall be extended automatically for further periods of five years. Any Party may request at least one of the depositaries, at least 90 days before the expiration of the five-year period, to convene a meeting of the Parties to consider the continuation, modification or amendment of this Protocol.
4. Any Party may withdraw from this Protocol upon giving 90 days written notification to at least one of the depositaries. The MNEPR Committee shall immediately be seized of the matter and shall make recommendations to the Parties on the further continuation of this Protocol and the Agreement.
5. The obligations under this Protocol shall remain in effect regardless of any subsequent transfer of ownership of the object of cooperation, and regardless of any termination of, or withdrawal from, this Protocol or the Agreement, or the expiration of their validity.
6.
(a)
Notwithstanding any termination of this Protocol, it shall continue to apply to any Implementing Agreement which the Parties to such Implementing Agreement agree to continue, for the duration of such Implementing Agreement.
(b)
Where a Party withdraws from this Protocol but continues to be a Party to an Implementing Agreement, this Protocol shall continue to apply to such Party with respect to its participation in such Implementing Agreement.
7. Where,
(a)
the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of 21 May 1963 (hereinafter referred to as the Vienna Convention) and the Joint Protocol relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention of 21 September 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Protocol) have both come into force for the Russian Federation, and
(b)
the Vienna Convention or the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29 July 1960 and the Joint Protocol have both come into force for any other Party to this Protocol, such other Party may, in its discretion and by notice in writing to the Russian Federation, terminate the application of Article 2(2) of this Protocol as between it and the Russian Federation with respect to any activity undertaken pursuant to the Agreement to which these instruments apply. The Russian Federation and such other Party shall each inform the other in writing of the dates upon which such instruments come into force in their respective territories.
8. This Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis from the date of its signature.
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