Common use of Entry into force and duration Clause in Contracts

Entry into force and duration. 1. This Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date on which the contracting parties have exchanged their instruments of ratification. it shall remain in force for a period of ten years. Unless one of the contracting parties or denounces this agreement shall notify its intention to modify it at least six months before the expiration of the period of validity, whenever it shall be automatically renewed for a further period of ten years, each contracting party reserving the right to terminate the agreement by a notification made at least six months before the date of expiry of the current period of validity. 2. In respect of investments made prior to the date of termination of this Agreement, the provisions of the latter they shall continue to apply for a period of ten years from the date of expiry. In WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized thereto by representatives, their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement. Done at Kigali on 16 April 2007 in two originals each in French, Dutch and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. the English text will prevail in case of divergence of interpretation. Xxxx consent to the Agreement between the belgo-luxembourg Economic Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Rwanda, on the other hand, concerning the encouragement and reciprocal protection of investments, signed at Kigali on 16 April 2007 Article 1 This Law regulates a matter referred to in article 77 of the Constitution.