Parties to the Convention definition

Parties to the Convention means Contracting Parties to the Convention.

Parties to the Convention means Parties for whom the Convention has legally entered into force in accordance with the Convention’s provisions.

Parties to the Convention means those States or regional economic integration organizations as to which the Convention has entered into force in accordance with its terms, whether or not they are Parties to this Protocol.

Examples of Parties to the Convention in a sentence

• Accordingly, they will not be mandatory but of optional application by economic operators that desire to claim preferences based on them instead of on the basis of the rules of the Convention.They are not intended to modify the Convention, that will remain in full application among the Contracting Parties to the Convention, and will not alter the rights and obligations of the Contracting Parties under the Convention.

• Any dispute between two or more Parties to the Convention concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention shall, if settlement by negotiation between the Parties involved has not been possible, and if these Parties do not otherwise agree, be submitted upon request of any of them to arbitration as set out in Protocol II to the present Convention.

• The Convention continues to apply in full between the Contracting Parties to the Convention.

• This Agreement shall be open for signature and subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and regional economic integration organizations that are Parties to the Convention.

• Where it is possible to do so, such sessions should be held in conjunction with the ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

• Information on such agreement shall be communicated to the Organization within 30 days for further circulation to the Parties to the Convention for their information and appropriate action if any.

• The present Protocol shall be open for accession on behalf of all States Parties to the Convention and of any other State Member of the United Nations or member of any of the specialized agencies or to which an invitation to accede may have been addressed by the General Assembly of the United Nations.

• Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to this Agreement may participate as observers in the proceedings of any session of the subsidiary bodies.

• The CMA may provide further guidance to those subsidiary bodies and institutional arrangements [including the functions to be exercised by such bodies and institutional arrangements] [including for members of such bodies and institutional arrangements nominated by Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to this Agreement] [to the extent that these bodies and institutional arrangements serve this Agreement].

• At the expiry of the time-limit of one month GRETA’s report, together with eventual comments by the party concerned, is made public and sent to the Committee of the Parties to the Convention.