negotiation,17 and by any other WTO Members the participants may agree to by
consensus, from 1 May 2011 until 1 May 2013.
ARTICLE 40: ENTRY INTo FORCE
1. This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after the date of deposit of the
sixth instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval as between those Signatories
that have deposited their respective instruments of ratification, acceptance, or approval.
2. This Agreement shall enter into force for each Signatory that deposits its
instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval after the deposit of the sixth
instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval, thirty days after the date of deposit
by such Signatory of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval.
ARTICLE 41: WITHDRAWAL
A Party may withdraw from this Agreement by means of a written notification
to the Depositary. The withdrawal shall take effect 180 days after the Depositary
receives the notification.
ARTICLE 42: AMENDMENTS
1. A Party may propose amendments to this Agreement to the Committee. The
Committee shall decide whether to present a proposed amendment to the Parties for
ratification, acceptance, or approval.
2. Any amendment shall enter into force ninety days after the date that all the
Parties have deposited their respective instruments of ratification, acceptance, or
approval with the Depositary.
ARTICLE 43: ACCESSION
17 Australia, the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, Canada, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, the
European Union, the Republic of Finland, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the
Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Hungary, Ireland, the Italian Republic, Japan, the Republic of Korea,
the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of
Malta, the United Mexican States, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New
Zealand, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Singapore, the
Slovak Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swiss
Confederation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of
America.
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