Article XX: Entry into Force
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(a)
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This
Agreement shall enter into force sixty days after the date on which it has
been signed not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, or has been
ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to, by two-thirds of the States which
were parties to the Interim Agreement as of the date upon which this
Agreement is opened for signature, provided that:
(i)
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such
two-thirds include parties to the Interim Agreement which then held, or whose
signatories to the Special Agreement then held, at least two-thirds of the
quotas under the Special Agreement; and
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(ii)
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such parties
or their designated telecommunications entities have signed the Operating
Agreement.
Upon the
commencement of such sixty days, the provisions of paragraph 2 of the Annex
to the Operating Agreement shall enter into force for the purposes stated in
that paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, this Agreement
shall not enter into force less than eight months or more than eighteen
months after the date it is opened for signature.
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(b)
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For a State
whose instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession is
deposited after the date this Agreement enters into force pursuant to
paragraph (a) of this Article, this Agreement shall enter into force on the
date of such deposit.
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(c)
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Upon entry
into force of this Agreement pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Article, it
may be applied provisionally with respect to any State whose Government
signed it subject to ratification, acceptance or approval if that Government
so requests at the time of signature or at any time thereafter prior to the
entry into force of this Agreement. Provisional application shall terminate:
(i)
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upon deposit
of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of this Agreement by
that Government;
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(ii)
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upon
expiration of two years from the date on which this Agreement enters into
force without having been ratified, accepted or approved by that Government;
or
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(iii)
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upon
notification by that Government, before expiration of the period mentioned in
subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, of its decision not to ratify, accept or
approve this Agreement.
If
provisional application terminates pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of
this paragraph, the provisions of paragraphs (g) and (l) of Article XVI of
this Agreement shall govern the rights and obligations of the Party and of
its designated Signatory.
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(d)
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Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Article, this Agreement shall neither enter into force
for any State nor be applied provisionally with respect to any State until
the Government of that State or the telecommunications entity designated
pursuant to this Agreement shall have signed the Operating Agreement.
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(e)
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Upon entry
into force, this Agreement shall replace and terminate the Interim Agreement.
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