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If a State which is the object of a declaration under paragraph (2) of this article subsequently becomes a Contracting State, the declaration made shall, as from the date on which this Convention enters into force in respect of the new Contracting State, have the effect of a declaration aade under paragraph (1), provided that the new Contracting State joins in such declaration or makes a recíprocal unilateral declaration."

Article V

The provisions of article 37 are deleted and are replaced by the following provisions;

"This Convention shall not prevail over any international agreement which has already been or may be entered into and which contains provisions concerning the matters governed by this Convention, provided that the seller and buyer have their places of business in States parties to such agreement."

Article VI

At the end of paragraph 1 of article 40, the following provision is added:

*Reciprocal unilateral declarations under article 34 shall take effect on the first day of the month following the expiration of six months after the receipt of the latest declaration by the Secretary-General of the United Nations."

FINAL PROVISIONS

Artiole VII

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is hereby designated as the depositary for this Protocol.

Artiole VIII

(1) This Protocol shall be open for accession by all States.

(2) Accession to this Protocol by any State which is not a Contracting Party

to the 1974 Limitation Convention shall have the effect of accession to that Convention

as amended by this Protocol, subject to the provisions of article XI.

(3) Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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