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ARTICLE 16

ENTRY INTO FORCE AND TERMINATION

1.

This Agreement shall apply to any request presented

after its entry into force even if the relevant acts or

omissions occurred before that date.

2.

This Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after

the date on which the Governments have notified each other in

writing that their respective requirements for the entry into

force of the Agreement have been complied with, and shall

remain in force for 3 years from that date. Thereafter the

Agreement shall remain in force for further successive

periods of one year provided that both Parties have agreed no

less than 180 days before the end of the initial period, and

each current one year period, to extend it for a further

year.

3.

Either Party may

terminate this Agreement.

The

termination shall take effect 180 days from the date on which

it was notified to the other Party.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly

duly authorised

thereto by their respective Governments,

have signed this

Agreement.

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