Entry into force and denunciation. 1. This Agreement shall be signed, ratified or approved in accordance with the applicable constitutional or internal rules and procedures of the respective Parties. 2. This Agreement shall enter into force the first day of the month following the deposit of the last instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. 3. Notifications shall be sent to the Secretary Generals of the Council of the European Union and the East African Community Secretariat, who shall be the depositories of this Agreement. 4. Pending entry into force of the Agreement, the EC Party and the EAC Partner States agree to apply the provisions of this Agreement which fall within their respective competences ("provisional application"). This may be effected either by provisional application where possible or by ratification of the Agreement. 5. Provisional application shall be notified to the depositories. The Agreement shall be applied provisionally 10 days after the latter of the receipt of notification of provisional application from the EC Party or from all the EAC Partner States. 6. Notwithstanding paragraph 4, the EC Party and EAC Partner States may unilaterally take steps to apply the agreement, before provisional application, to the extent feasible. 7. The EC Party or the EAC Party may give written notice to the other of its intention to denounce this Agreement. 8. Denunciation shall take effect one month after notification to the other Party.
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Samples: Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement
