Article 29 Member Organisations of the FAO

When a Member Organisation of the FAO deposits an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession for this Treaty, the Member Organisation shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article II.7 of the FAO Constitution, notify any change regarding its distribution of competence to its declaration of competence submitted under Article II.5 of the FAO Constitution as may be necessary in light of its acceptance of this Treaty. Any Contracting Party to this Treaty may, at any time, request a Member Organisation of the FAO that is a Contracting Party to this Treaty to provide information as to which, as between the Member Organisation and its Member States, is responsible for the implementation of any particular matter covered by this Treaty. The Member Organisation shall provide this information within a reasonable time.

Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or withdrawal, deposited by a Member Organisation of the FAO, shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by its Member States.