Resource Manual to Support Application of the Protocol on SEA
Draft Final
THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL TEXT
UNECE Protocol
on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention
on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary
Context (Kiev, 2003)
22. Depositary |
Contents |
24. Entry into force |
Article 23
Ratification, acceptance, approval and
accession
1. This Protocol shall be subject to ratification,
acceptance or approval by signatory States and regional
economic integration organizations referred to in
article 21.
2. This Protocol shall be open for accession as
from 1 January 2004 by the States and regional economic
integration organizations referred to in article
21.
3. Any other State, not referred to in paragraph
2 above, that is a Member of the United Nations
may accede to the Protocol upon approval by the
Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving
as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol.
4. Any regional economic integration organization
referred to in article 21
which becomes a Party to this Protocol without any
of its member States being a Party shall be bound
by all the obligations under this Protocol. If one
or more of such an organization's member States
is a Party to this Protocol, the organization and
its member States shall decide on their respective
responsibilities for the performance of their obligations
under this Protocol. In such cases, the organization
and its member States shall not be entitled to exercise
rights under this Protocol concurrently.
5. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession, the regional economic integration
organizations referred to in article
21 shall declare the extent of their competence
with respect to the matters governed by this Protocol.
These organizations shall also inform the Depositary
of any relevant modification to the extent of their
competence.