Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 3.djvu/1037

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62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TRADE, WESTERN GERMANY-SEPT. 14 ,1948 are or may be established by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or by the Havana Charter. ARTICLE V I. This Agreement shall be open for signature at Geneva on this day and shall remain open for signature thereafter at the Headquarters of the United Nations. The Agreement shall enter into force for each signatory upon the expiration of thirty days from the day on which such signatory signs the Agreement. 2. The undertakings in this Agreement shall remain in force until 1 January 1951, and, except for any signatory which at least six months before 1 January 1951 shall have deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations a notice in writing of intention to withdraw from this Agreement on that date, they shall remain in force thereafter subject to the right of any signatory to withdraw upon the expiration of six months from the date on which such a notice shall have been so deposited. 3. On the request of any three signatories to this Agreement, and in any event not later than 1 January 1951, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall promptly convene a meeting of all signatories with a view to reviewing the operation of the Agreement and agreeing upon such revisions as may be appropriate. 3655 61 Stat. , Pts. 5and6. Open for signature. Entry into force. Duration. Review. ARTICLE VI 1. The interpretative notes to this Agreement which are contained in the Annex shall constitute an integral part thereof. 2. The original of this Agreement shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send a certified copy thereof to each member of the United Nations and to each country which participated in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, and he is authorized to effect registration thereof pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 3. The Secretary-General shall notify each signatory of the date of each signature of this Agreement subsequent to the date of the Agree- ment or of any notice of intention to withdraw pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article V. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective representatives, duly author- ized, have signed this Agreement. DONE at Geneva, in a single copy, in the English and French languages, both texts authentic, this fourteenth day of September 1948. Deposit of original; registration. 59 Stat. 1052. Authentic texts.