Acceptance and Entry into Force Sample Clauses

Acceptance and Entry into Force. This Agreement shall enter into force on 1 January 1996 for those governments8 whose agreed coverage is contained in Annexes 1 through 5 of Appendix I of this Agreement and which have, by signature, accepted the Agreement on 15 April 1994 or have, by that date, signed the Agreement subject to ratification and subsequently ratified the Agreement before 1 January 1996. 8 For the purpose of this Agreement, the term "government" is deemed to include the competent authorities of the European Communities.

Acceptance and Entry into Force. 1. Any State or separate customs territory listed in Annex I, II or III to this Agreement may become a Member of the Centre by accepting this Agreement, by signature or by signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, during the third Ministerial Conference of the WTO to be held at Seattle from 30 November to 3 December 1999, and thereafter until 31 March 2000. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited no later than 30 September 2002. 2. This Agreement shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date upon which all of the following conditions are met: · The twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval or signature not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval has been deposited; · The total of the one-time contributions to the Centre’s endowment fund that the States or customs territories which have accepted this Agreement are obliged to make in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Agreement and Annexes I and II to this Agreement exceeds six million US dollars; and · The total of the annual contributions that the States or customs territories which have accepted this Agreement are obliged to make in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Agreement and Annex I to this Agreement exceeds six million US dollars. 3. For each signatory of this Agreement that deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval after the date on which the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article are met the Agreement shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date on which the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval has been deposited.

Acceptance and Entry into Force. 215 Further work is required on paragraphs 9 and 10. Some delegations note that funding of the MAI will need to be addressed by delegations in advance of ratification and that there may be a need to include a formula in the Agreement. 216 This text is a proposal by one delegation. Some delegations want to consider whether the MAI should contain such a provision. Assuming that it should, two questions have been raised: whether the provision should apply only in cases where the Commission has competence and whether the Commission should be restricted to casting a number of votes equal to the number of its Member States that are present when the vote takes place. It has also been suggested that a provision might be drafted that applied to Regional Economic Integration Organisations rather than specifically to the European Community. 217 Under this formulation, all signatories of the Agreement must agree the terms of a new signatory.

Acceptance and Entry into Force. 1 This Agreement shall enter into force on [] for those WTO Members whose agreed coverage is set out in Annexes 1 through 6 of Appendix I, and that have, by signature, accepted this Agreement on [], or have, by or on that date, signed this Agreement subject to rati- fication and have subsequently ratified this Agreement before []. 2 Between the Parties to this Agreement that are also Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement dated 15 April 1994 (‘1994 Agreement’), the 1994 Agreement shall cease to apply on the date of entry into force of this Agreement for those Parties. When all Parties to the 1994 Agreement have accepted this Agreement, the 1994 Agreement shall be terminated.3 3 The provisions of Articles XVIII and XX of this Agreement shall apply to covered procurement that has commenced after the entry into force of this Agreement.4