# 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 4: After paragraph 5, the following new paragraphs shall be added:


‘5 bis. For those Parties having accepted it, the procedure set out in paragraph 5ter below shall supersede the procedure set out in paragraph 3 above in respect of amendments to Annexes I to IV, VI and VIII.
5 ter. (a) Amendments to Annexes I to IV, VI and VIII shall be adopted by consensus of the Parties present at a session of the Executive Body. On the expiry of one year from the date of its communication to all Parties by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, an amendment to any such Annex shall become effective for those Parties which have not submitted to the Depositary a notification in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (b) below;
(b) Any Party that is unable to approve an amendment to Annexes I to IV, VI and VIII shall so notify the Depositary in writing within one year from the date of the communication of its adoption. The Depositary shall without delay notify all Parties of any such notification received. A Party may at any time substitute an acceptance for its previous notification and, upon deposit of an instrument of acceptance with the Depositary, the amendment to such an Annex shall become effective for that Party;
(c) Any amendment to Annexes I to IV, VI and VIII shall not enter into force if an aggregate number of sixteen or more Parties have either:
(i) Submitted a notification in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (b) above; or
(ii) Not accepted the procedure set out in this paragraph and not yet deposited an instrument of acceptance in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 above.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/769/attachment/1/division/D./division/4. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-769/attachment-1/division-D./division-4.
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