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follows the general lines of orresponding provisions in other agreements establishing bodies under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution.
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33.
If New Articles III and IV are inserted between the present Articles II and III, the following consequential amendments would be necessary:
renumber paragraph o of Article II as paragraph 5;
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The procedure for ame: † and involves a number of st amendment must be proposed by Director-General through the
I to XII as Articles V to XIV and renumber the Article X accordingly.
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g the Agreement is set forth in Article IX of the Agreement
First, as provided in paragraph 1 of Article IX, an Contracting Government and communicated to the mission.
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35. Inasmuch as the Commission which is made up of Contracting Governments the amendements in the form in which they are set out in Annex I to this paper, and has communicated them to the Director-General in its Report, the requirements of Article IX.1 have been satisfied.
36. The next step, laid down in paragraph 2 of Article IX, is for the Director-General to present the proposed amendments to the FAO Council for approval. As mentioned earlier, notice of these amendments has alredy been communicated to Contracting Governments by the Director-General in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article IX.
37.
The entry into force of amendments is governed by paragraph 4 of Article IX which distinguishes between amendments that do not involve new obligations for Contracting Governments and those that do involve such obligations.
38. All amendments enter into force as from the thirtieth day after they have been accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting Governments. If no new obligations are involved, the amendments are binding on all Contracting Governments. If there are new obligations, when the amendments enter into force they are only binding on the Contracting Governments that have accepted them and are only binding on other Contracting Governments if and when they accept them by depositing an instrument of acceptance.
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Amendments introducing mandatory financial obligations for the Contracting Governments clearly involve new obligations. Consequently, such amendments will only create new obligations for those Contracting Governments that formally accept them.
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