21998A0207(01) Official Journal L 033 , 07/02/1998 P. 0022

21998A0207(01)

Protocol of Accession of the Principality of Monaco to the

Convention on the Protection of the Alps

Official Journal L 033 , 07/02/1998 p. 0022 - 0024

Dates:

OF DOCUMENT: 20/12/1994

OF EFFECT: 00/00/0000; ENTRY INTO FORCE SEE ART 4.2

OF SIGNATURE: 20/12/1994; Chambry

OF END OF VALIDITY: 99/99/9999

Authentic language: FRENCH ; GERMAN ; ITALIAN ; SLOVENIAN

Author:

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ; SPAIN ; AUSTRIA ; FRANCE ; ITALY ;

LIECHTENSTEIN ; SLOVENIA ; SWITZERLAND ; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ; MONACO

Subject matter: EXTERNAL RELATIONS ; ENVIRONMENT

Directory code: 11306000 ; 15102000

EUROVOC descriptor: action programme ; cross-border cooperation ;

environmental protection ; international convention ; Alpine Region

; Monaco

Legal basis:

192E130S-P1...... ADOPTION

192E228-P2...... ADOPTION

192E228-P3L1...... ADOPTION

pd4ml evaluation copy. visit http://pd4ml.com Amendment to:

296A0312(01)...... AMENDMENT..... COMPLETION TEXT FR DAT.ENT.FORCE

296A0312(01)...... AMENDMENT..... COMPLETION ANN FR DAT.ENT.FORCE

Amended by:

ADOPTED-BY.... 398D0118...... FR 16/12/97

PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION of the Principality of Monaco to the

Convention on the Protection of the Alps

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN,

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,

THE SWISS CONFEDERATION,

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

Signatories to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps (Alpine

Convention),on the one hand,and THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO,on the other,

WHEREAS the Principality of Monaco has requested to become a

Contracting Party to the Alpine Convention,

IN THEIR DESIRE to ensure the protection of the Alps throughout theentire Alpine area,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

pd4ml evaluation copy. visit http://pd4ml.com The Principality of Monaco hereby becomes a Contracting Party to the

Convention on the Protection of the Alps as amended by this Protocolof Accession.

Article 2 The words 'Principality of Monaco` shall be added to the preamble.

Article 3 The Annex describing and depicting the Alpine region to which the

Alpine Convention applies is hereby amended as follows:

(a) the following shall be added to the list of administrative unitsof the Alpine area:

- the Principality of Monaco;

(b) the map in the Annex to the Alpine Convention shall be replacedby the map attached to this Protocol of Accession.

Article 4 1. Consent to be bound by this Protocol of Accession may beexpressed by:

- signature not subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The

State availing itself of this possibility shall notify thedepositary at the time of its signature that its signature isequivalent to consenting to be bound by this Protocol of Accession,

- signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Theinstruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall bedeposited with the depositary.

2. This Protocol of Accession shall enter into force three monthsafter the date on which the following three conditions have beensatisfied:

- the Alpine Convention has entered into force,

- the Contracting Parties to the Alpine Convention have expressedtheir consent to be bound by this Accession Protocol,

- the Principality of Monaco has expressed its consent to be boundby this

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3. For signatory States which are not yet Contracting Parties to the

Alpine Convention, consent to be bound by this Protocol of Accessionwill take effect only on the date on which the Alpine Conventionenters into force with regard to them.

Article 5 As from the date on which this Protocol of Accession is signed, no

State shall be able to assert its consent to be bound by the Alpine

Convention without having previously or simultaneously establishedits consent to be bound by this Protocol of Accession.

Article 6 This Protocol of Accession may be denounced only by denouncing the

Alpine Convention.

Article 7 The depositary shall notify each of the Contracting and Signatory

Parties of:

- any signature, specifying whether it is subject or not toratification, acceptance or approval,

- the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance orapproval,

- any date of entry into force, in accordance with Article 4,

- any notification of denunciation and the date on which it becomeseffective.

In witness thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto,have signed this Protocol of Accession.

Done at Chambry, on 20 December 1994, in the French, German,

Italian and Slovene languages, each text being equally binding; theoriginal text shall be deposited in the Austrian State archives. Thedepositary shall

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