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within the Region, such measures of prohibition, certification, inspection, disinfection, - disinfestation, quarantine, destruction or other measures as may be recommended by the
Commission, in addition to measures already adopted by each Contracting Government.
ARTICLE /VI/ VIII
General Exemption
This Agreement shall not apply to the following plants and plant products except insofar as any such plants or plant products are explicitly made subject to specific measures of control provided in this Agreement or recommended by the Commission:
(a)
(b)
any plants imported for food or for analytical, medicinal or manufacturing purposes;
all seeds of annual or biennial field crops or vegetables, and all seeds or cut flowers of annual, biennial or perennial ornamental plants which are essentially herbaceous in character; and
(c) any processed plant products.
ARTICLE /VII/ IX
Settlement of Disputes
If there be any dispute regarding the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement, or regarding action taken by any Contracting Government under this Agreement, and such dispute cannot be resolved by the Commission, the Government or Governments concerned may request the Director-General of the Organization to appoint a committee of experts to consider such dispute.
ARTICLE VIII X
Rights and Obligations of Contracting Governments not Parties to the International Plant Protection Convention
Nothing in the International Plant Protection Convention shall affect the rights and obligations of Contracting Governments which are not parties to the Convention.
ARTICLE /IX XI
Amendment
Any proposal by a Contracting Government for the amendment of this Agreement, except Appendices A and B, shall be communicated, through the Commission, to the Director-General of the Organization.
1.
Any proposed amendment of this Agreement received by the Director-General of the Organization shall be presented to a session of the Council of the Organization for approval.
2.
3. Notice of any proposed amendment of this Agreement shall be transmitted to the Contracting Governments by the Director-General of the Organization not later than the time when the agenda of the session of the Council at which the matter is to be considered is despatched.
Any such amendment of this Agreement, approved by the Council of the Organization, shall come into force with respect to all Contracting Governments as from the thirtieth
Amendments involving day after acceptance by two-thirds of the Contracting Governments.
new obligations for Contracting Governments, however, shall come into force in respect of each Contracting Government only on acceptance by it and as from the thirtieth day after such acceptance.
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