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Notes on Article 16

156. This is an Article of the usual kind. In order to allow those relying on the adherence to the Treaty by a Contracting Party to adjust their affairs in the event that such a Contracting Party should denounce the Treaty, a period

of one year is provided in paragraph (2) before a denunciation takes effect.