# Council Decision (EU) 2016/769 of 21 April 2016 on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Division 1: Paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:


‘3. Amendments to the present Protocol and to Annexes I to IV, VI and VIII shall be adopted by consensus of the Parties present at a session of the Executive Body, and shall enter into force for the Parties which have accepted them on the ninetieth day after the date on which two thirds of those that were Parties at the time of their adoption have deposited with the Depositary their instruments of acceptance thereof. Amendments shall enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after the date on which that Party has deposited its instrument of acceptance thereof. This paragraph shall be subject to paragraphs 5 bis and 5 ter below.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/769/attachment/1/division/D./division/1. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-769/attachment-1/division-D./division-1.
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