BUDAPEST TREATY FULL TEXT
CHAPTER III. REVISION
AND AMENDMENT
(1) This
Treaty may be revised from time to time by conferences of
the Contracting States.
(2) The convocation of any revision conference shall be
decided by the Assembly.
(3) Articles 10 and 11 may be amended either by a
revision conference or according to Article 14.
(1) (a)
Proposals under this Article for the amendment of
Articles 10 and 11 may be initiated by any Contracting
State or by the Director General.
(b) Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director
General h the Contracting States at least six months in
advance of their consideration by the Assembly.
(2) (a) Amendments to the Articles referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be adopted by the Assembly.
(b) Adoption of any amendment to Article 10 shall require
four-fifths of the votes cast; adoption of any amendment
to Article 11 shall require three-fourths of the votes
cast.
(3) (a) Any amendment to the Articles referred to in
paragraph (1) shall enter into force one month after
written notifications of acceptance, effected in
accordance with their respective constitutional
processes, have been received by the Director General
from three-fourths of the Contracting States members of
the Assembly at the time the Assembly adopted the
amendment.
(b) Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted
shall bind all the Contracting States which were
Contracting States at the time the amendment was adopted
by the Assembly, provided that any amendment creating
financial obligations for the said Contracting States or
increasing such obligations shall bind only those
Contracting States which have notified their acceptance
of such amendment.
(c) Any amendment which has been accepted and which has
entered into force in accordance with subparagraph (a)
shall bind all States which become Contracting States
after the date on which the amendment was adopted by the
Assembly.
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