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On 21 May 1963 Vienna Convention On Civil Liability For Nuclear Damage, And 21 September 1988 Joint Protocol Of The Vienna Convention And The Paris Convention Applications

Original Language Title: Par 1963. gada 21. maija Vīnes konvenciju par civilo atbildību par kodolkaitējumiem un 1988. gada 21. septembra Kopīgo protokolu par Vīnes konvencijas un Parīzes konvencijas pielietojumu

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: On 21 May 1963 Vienna Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage, and 21 September 1988 Joint Protocol of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention applications article 1. 21 May 1963 Vienna Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage (hereinafter referred to as the Vienna Convention) and 21 September 1988 Joint Protocol of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention applications (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Protocol) with this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. The law shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. With the law put the referred to in article 1 of the Vienna Convention, the Protocol and the Common translation of the Latvian language. 3. article. The Vienna Convention enters into force in the XXIII and XXIV. The Joint Protocol shall enter into force on it in article VII. The law adopted by the Parliament in 1994 10 November. The President g. Ulmanis in Riga in 1994 on November 26, the Vienna Convention on CIVIL liability for NUCLEAR DAMAGE of the Contracting Parties, recognizing the desirability of establishing a minimum standard of known financial protection against damage resulting from a specific way of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, taking the view that the Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage of DOS also contribute to the development of friendly relations among States, regardless of their differing constitutional and social systems To this purpose, decided to conclude a Convention and due to their agreed as follows-(I) article i. for the purposes of this Convention-(a) "Person" means any natural person, firm, Association, any private or public entity, regardless of whether or not it is a legal person, any international organization with legal personality under the law of the State responsible for the nuclear installations, and this country forming part of the law. (b) "Contracting Party" includes the Contracting Party or any of their constituent components of any association or any private or public entity, established within the territory of that Contracting Party, irrespective of whether it is legal or not. (c) "Operator" means, in respect of nuclear installations by country, the person responsible for the nuclear installations, has appointed or recognized by the operator of this equipment. (d) "national, responsible for nuclear facilities" shall mean the Contracting Party in the territory of which this plant is located, or, if it is not located in the territory of one State, it means a Contracting Party that uses or permits siting of nuclear installations is used. (e) "the law of the competent court" means the court right to exercise its jurisdiction in accordance with this Convention to include the following in any provisions of law relating to conflicts of laws. (f) "fuel" means any material that can create energy self-sufficient in nuclear fission chain reaction. (g) "radioactive products or waste" means any radioactive material resulting from nuclear fuel production or use, or any material that has become radioactive from the radiation kodoldegviei for production or use, but does not include the end-of-production stage reached the isotopes, which have become unusable for any scientific, medical, agricultural, commercial or industrial purposes. (h) "nuclear material" means-(i) nuclear fuel, other than natural uranium and depleted uranium, capable of producing energy self-sufficient in nuclear fission chain process outside a nuclear reactor, either alone or in combination with other materials; and (ii) radioactive products or waste. (i) "nuclear reactor" means any structure containing nuclear fuel, the arrangement that it may be self-sufficient nuclear fission chain process without additional neutron source. (j) "nuclear installation" means (i) any nuclear reactor, except those provided by sea or air vehicle for use as an energy source for the movement of the vehicle or for any other purpose; (ii) any factory using nuclear fuel for the production of nuclear material, or any plant that processed nuclear material, including any factory for the processing of irradiated nuclear fuel; and (iii) any location where nuclear material is stored, other than that associated with the transportation of such materials; provided that the country responsible for nuclear, you specify that the number of nuclear installations of one operator which are located on the same site, are treated as a single nuclear installation. (k) ' nuclear damage ' means: (i) death, any personal injury or any loss of property, or property damage arising from or are the result of radioactive properties or a combination of radioactive properties with toxic, explosive results or other hazardous properties of nuclear fuel or radioactive products or waste in, or of nuclear material, nuclear installations from coming or being sent to a nuclear installation; (ii) any other loss or damage so arising or as its result, if provided, and to the extent that it provides for the competent courts apply the law; and (iii) if provided for by the State, responsible for nuclear facilities, legislation, death, any personal injury or any loss of property, or property damage arising out of, or has a different result from ionizing radiation emitted by any other source of radiation inside a nuclear installation. (1) ' a nuclear incident ' means any occurrence, or series of events with the same origin, which causes nuclear damage. 2. A State which is responsible for the nuclear installations, you can, if you allow a small degree of risk associated with it, be excluded from the scope of application of the Convention, any small quantities of nuclear material provided that (a) the maximum limits to exclude this amount is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors; and (b) any exclusion that made the State responsible for the nuclear installations do not exceed these limits. Ceilings periodically review Manager. (II) article i. Nuclear operator is liable for nuclear damage, if it is proven that such damage caused by a nuclear incident-(a) his nuclear facilities; or (b) associated with nuclear material, come from these nuclear facilities or caused it and happened-(i) before the operator of another nuclear installation pursuant to an express written contract provisions taken over responsibility in respect of a nuclear incident, related to nuclear material; (ii) if any explicit provisions does not exist before the operator of another nuclear installation-takes charge of nuclear material; or (iii) if the nuclear material for use in nuclear reactors, which is the energy of motion of a vehicle or source, or for any other purpose, before a person who is duly authorized to operate the reactor, has taken possession of nuclear material; But if nuclear material (iv) had been sent to a person in the territory of the country, which is not party to the Convention until it has been unloaded from the vehicle, which it delivered to this country, which is not a party to the Convention, within the territory; (c) associated with the nuclear material sent to his nuclear facilities, and happening-(i) after he took over the responsibility for the nuclear incident connected with the nuclear material from another operator of a nuclear installation under the express written terms of the contract; (ii) if such explicit provisions do not exist, then, when he took over the charge of nuclear materials; or (iii) after he took over the charge of nuclear material from a person who is running the nuclear reactor, which is fitted for use as vehicle energy source movement; (iv) if the nuclear material with the written consent of the operator was sent to a person in the territory of a State which is not a party to the Convention, only after unloading from the vehicle with which it was carried out on the territory of the country; provided that, if the cause for nuclear damage has been a nuclear incident, which happened in nuclear installations and associated with the nuclear material stored in connection with the transport of such material, then the given point (a) does not apply in cases when the charge is another operator or other person in accordance with this paragraph (b) or (c) the provisions of subparagraph. 2. the State responsible for the nuclear installations, it may be provided in that legislation, in accordance with the rules which may be specified in it, the nuclear carrier or the person handling radioactive waste, may at his request with the consent of the interested operator be designated or recognized as the operator of this site, the interested operator activities relevant to nuclear material or radioactive waste. In this case, the carrier or such person, for the purposes of this Convention, is considered to be the operator of a nuclear installation in the territory of the country. 3. (a) where the nuclear damage is related to the responsibility of more than one operator, then, as far as the border of the injury may not be distributed to each of them, jointly and severally liable to the operator. (b) where a nuclear incident occurs in the same nuclear facilities, nuclear material during transport in one and the same vehicle, or storage to carriage and is the cause for nuclear damage liability, associated with more than one operator, the amount of the total liability shall not exceed the highest amount of liability to be applied to any of them, According to article V. (c) in any of the cases mentioned in this paragraph (a) and (b) subparagraphs, each operator's liability shall not exceed the amount applicable with respect to him pursuant to article V. 4. Subject to paragraph 3 of this article, if the same operator of the nuclear installation involved more of the same in a nuclear incident, the operator is responsible for each of these participating nuclear installations to the extent to which the applicable to him in accordance with article V. 5. except where otherwise provided for in this Convention, no other person except the operator shall not be liable for nuclear damage. However, this shall not affect the application of other international conventions in the transport sector, which is in force or open for signature, ratification or accession to the day when this Convention is open for signature. 6. No person shall not be liable for loss or damage which is not kodolkaitējurn in accordance with article 1, paragraph 1 (k), but which could be turned on, of such damage in accordance with article 1 (k) (ii). 7. direct action is brought against a person providing financial security, according to article VII, where the Court applied the law so provides. Article III the Operator, who is responsible under the Convention, provides the carrier with a certificate issued by the insurer or issued in his name, or by other financial guarantee, to provide financial support, according to article VII. Certificates must bear the name and address of the operator, the amount of the security, the type and duration of activity, and these messages cannot be challenged person issued by or on behalf of which the certificate is issued. The certificate must also indicate the nuclear material in respect of which the provision is applied and included in the country responsible for nuclear facilities, competent authorities in a statement that the person named is an operator within the meaning of this Convention. Article IV 1. Operator responsibility for nuclear damage under this Convention is absolute. 2. If the operator proves that the nuclear damage occurred wholly or partly as a result of neglect of the coarse of the people party, which harmed, or that person's Act or omission of with the intent to cause damage, the competent court may, if its law so provides, applied to exempt the operator wholly or partly from the obligation to pay compensation for the damage suffered by such person. 3. (a) no liability under this Convention shall not be imposed on the operator for nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident, which caused a direct armed conflict, hostilities, civil war or insurrection. (b) except where the State responsible for the nuclear installations, the legislation provides the contrary, the operator shall not be liable for nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident directly caused by the extreme nature of the severe natural disaster. 4. If both the nuclear damage and the injury, different from the nuclear damage, is derived from a nuclear incident or jointly by a nuclear incident and one or of several different events, the other types of injury, to the extent that it is not reasonably separable from the nuclear damage, is considered adequate for the purposes of this Convention for nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident in the. However, if the damage resulted from a nuclear incident together, to which this Convention applies, and the emission of ionising radiation to which it does not apply, then nothing in this Convention shall limit or otherwise affect the liability for any person who suffered from nuclear damage and claim for compensation or recourse of any person who may be recognized as responsible due to the emission of ionizing radiation. 5. Operator is not liable under this Convention for nuclear damage caused-(a) any nuclear installation itself or property in this location of the equipment, that is used or is to be used with this machine. or (b) a vehicle in which the nuclear material was nuclear. 6. Any State responsible for nuclear facilities, the law may provide that paragraph 5 of this article, (b) does not apply provided that the given operator liability for nuclear damage, as the other vehicle suffered nuclear damage, in no event will reduced to an amount less than $5 million for each of the nuclear incident. 7. Nothing in this Convention shall affect-(a) any natural person liable for nuclear damage for which the operator, in accordance with this article and paragraph 5, this Convention is not responsible, and what this individual has caused by action or omission in order to do damage; or (b) the operator's liability outside this Convention for nuclear damage for which, in accordance with paragraph 5 of this article, (b), of this Convention, he is not responsible. 1. Article v the State, responsible for nuclear, can limit the liability of the operator to the amount of not less than $5 million for each of the nuclear incident. 2. Any liability limit that can be set pursuant to this article, does not include interest or court costs imposed by the Court of claims for compensation for nuclear damage. 3. The United States dollar, referred to in this Convention, is a unit of account equivalent to the United States dollar value of gold terms 1963 April 29, and it's 35 us dollars per Troy ounce of pure gold. 4. the amount referred to in point 6 of article IV or paragraph 1 of this article may be converted into the national currency were numbers. Article vi 1. rights of compensation under this Convention shall be extinguished if an action is not brought within ten years from the date of the nuclear incident. If, however, in accordance with the country responsible for nuclear facilities, laws, the liability of the operator is covered by insurance or other financial security state funds for a period of more than ten years, the competent court of law may provide that the right to compensation from the operator are lost only after a period of more than ten years, but not longer than the time period where the liability of the operator is the way cover by the State responsible for the nuclear installations, laws. Following cancellation of the time extension does not in any way affect any person's right to compensation under this Convention, if that person is the proposed action against the operator in connection with the death or bodily injury before the above the ten-year period. 2. where nuclear damage is caused from a nuclear incident associated with nuclear material nuclear incident has been stolen, lost, dropped or left unattended, then in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, the prescribed period is counted from the date of the nuclear incident causing, but this period must not exceed twenty years from the date of the nuclear material stolen, lost, dropped or left unattended. 3. the competent court shall apply the law may be right to claim damages, or a limitation period of not less than three years from the date on which the person who suffered from nuclear damage is known, or should have been aware of the damage and of the operator liable for the damage, provided that the period established under this article, point 1 and 2. are not exceeded. 4. If the Court applied the law provides otherwise, any person who claims that it suffered nuclear damage and who proposed the requirement for compensation this article according to the period of time, you can amend your request, to ensure that any worsening of the injury, even after the expiry of a given period, provided that final judgement has not been adopted. 5. If the jurisdiction must be determined in accordance with article XI, paragraph 3 (b) and if the time period applicable in accordance with this article shall be requested for any of the Contracting Parties empowered to tell, but the remaining time of this determination is less than six months, then the period when you can sign up requirement is six months from the date of this determination. 1. Article VII of the operator is required to maintain insurance or other financial security covering his liability for nuclear damage in such a manner and on such terms as determined by the State, responsible for nuclear facilities. The country responsible for nuclear facilities, provides payments for claims for nuclear damage which have been brought against the operator, by the provision of the necessary funds to the extent that the insurance or other financial security is inadequate to satisfy such claims, but not more than the limit, if any, is determined according to article V. 2. nothing in paragraph 1 of this article shall not require Contracting Parties or any of the national components, such as the establishment of the Republic, or keep the policyholder or other financial security to cover their liability as operators. 3. Features that provide insurance or other financial guarantee, or country responsible for nuclear compliance with this article, is only used for the payment of compensation under this Convention. 4. No insurer or other financial guarantee may not suspend or terminate insurance or other financial security under paragraph 1 of this article, without a written notification to the competent authority at least two months previously, or, in so far as such insurance or other financial security relates to the carriage of nuclear material, the specified during transport. Article VIII provided that you comply with the provisions of this Convention, the nature of the refund form and proportions, like its fair allocation shall be fixed by the competent court of law applied. Article IX 1. If the State or the public health insurance, social insurance, social security, insurance against accidents at work or occupational disease insurance against systems include compensation for nuclear damage, then the persons who use these schemes, the right of compensation under this Convention and the rights-based recourse to such systems support operator against liability, are determined in accordance with this Convention the law of a Contracting Party that such a system is created, or with an intergovernmental organization of rules is created by the system. 2. (a) If a person who is a national of a Contracting Party other than the operator is paid compensation for nuclear damage under the International Convention or under the law of the country which is not a member of this Convention, then the person is obtained within the amount paid to compensation received for law requirements in the order of succession under this Convention. Not one person in this way does not acquire the right to an extent, an operator has the right of recourse against such person in accordance with this Convention. (b) Nothing in this Convention shall constitute an obstacle to the operator, which has paid compensation for nuclear damage from other means that they provided for under paragraph 1 of article VII, to recover those funds from the person providing financial security in accordance with that paragraph, or of the State, responsible for nuclear facilities, by then the extent to which the operator is paid the amount that a person in such a way received compensation should be obtained in accordance with this Convention. Article x the Operator's right of recourse only-(a) if the right is clearly intended for the written contract; or (b) if the nuclear incident occurred in consequence of acts or inactivity conducted with the intent of causing damage to a natural person, which for this purpose is worked or been inactive. Article XI 1. except where otherwise provided for in this article, jurisdiction for claims, according to article II, refer to the courts of the Contracting Party in whose territory the nuclear incident occurred. 2. If the nuclear incident occurred outside of any of the Contracting Parties, the territory of the community, or if a nuclear site could not reliably determine jurisdiction on such requirements apply to the courts in the country, responsible for nuclear facilities. 3. If in accordance with this article and in paragraph 2, jurisdiction may relate to more than one Contracting Party, the jurisdiction of the courts-(a) if the nuclear incident occurred partly outside the territory of any of the Līgumslēdzej party and partly in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, to the last court; and (b) in any other case, to the courts of the Contracting Party, established by agreement between the Contracting Parties, which court should be competent in accordance with this article, point 1 or 2. Article XII 1. subject to jurisdiction under article XI, the final judgment is recognized in the territory of each Contracting Party, except-(a) if the judgment was induced by fraud; (b) if the party against whom a judgment has been not been given a fair opportunity to present his case; or (c) if the judgment is inconsistent with the Contracting Party, of the public legal order in the territory of which the recognition is sought, or is not in accordance with the basic rules of Justice. 2. the Court of Justice recognised the final judgment after the completion of the transfer in accordance with the formalities required by the law of the Contracting Party in which it is subject to completion, is necessarily enforceable as if it were a Court of that Contracting Party. 3. the nature of the claim, which has been the subject of a judgment, is not subject to further lawsuits. Article XIII of the Convention and the applicable national legislation is applied without any discrimination by nationality, place of residence or temporary residence. Article XIV except issues that affect judgment enforcement measures cannot rely on legal immunities under national or international law, if the requirements proposed under this Convention, the courts competent pursuant to article XI. Article XV the Contracting Parties shall use appropriate means to ensure that the compensation for nuclear damage, interest and court costs awarded by the Court by virtue of nuclear damage, insurance and reinsurance premiums, as well as the amounts laid down in insurance, reinsurance, or other financial security, or amounts granted by the State, responsible for nuclear facilities, under this Convention are free to convert to the currency of the Contracting Party in whose territory the nuclear damage is suffered by the and currency of the Contracting Party in whose territory the applicant normally resides, and that applies to insurance premiums and payments-currencies that are specified in an insurance or reinsurance contract. Article XVI does not one person is not entitled to compensation under this Convention to the extent that the ai which it has already received the compensation in respect of the same nuclear damage under other international conventions on civil liability in the nuclear field. Article XVII this Convention does not affect that they are subject to, any international agreement or of international conventions on civil liability of the use of nuclear energy, which are in force or open for signature, ratification or accession to the date on which this Convention is opened for signature. Article XVIII of this Convention shall not be construed as such, which infringes upon the rights of a Contracting Party, if any, in accordance with public international law, the General rules in respect of nuclear damage. Article XIX 1. any Contracting Party which enters into an agreement in accordance with article XI, paragraph 3 (b), shall be submitted without delay a copy of the agreement of the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General information and dissemination between the other Contracting Parties. 2. the Contracting Parties shall submit to the Director-General information and dissemination between the other Contracting Parties to their respective copies of the laws and regulations that apply to the matters covered by this Convention. Article XX of this Convention regardless of the termination of the application of any of the Contracting Parties or the termination of the application of article XXV, or denouncing the under Article XXVI the provisions of this Convention shall continue to apply in respect of any nuclear damage arising from a nuclear incident that occurred before the termination of the application. Article XXI of This Convention shall be open for signature by the States represented at the International Conference on civil liability for nuclear damage, which took place in Vienna from 29 April 1963 to May 19. Article XXII of this Convention is ratificējam, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the article for the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Article XXIII, this Convention shall enter into force three months after the fifth instrument of ratification deposit of the type and for each State, which it ratified by then, after three months, when that State has deposited its instrument of ratification of the article. 1. All countries XXIVPANT-member of the United Nations or any specialized agency or the International Atomic Energy Agency members not represented on the International Conference on civil liability for nuclear damage, which took place in Vienna from 29 April 1963 to May 19,-may accede to this Convention. 2. instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 3. this Convention shall enter into force for the acceding State three months after that State's accession in the store, but not before the date of entry into force of the Convention in accordance with article XXIII. Article XXV 1. this Convention is in force for ten years from its entry into force. Any Contracting Party may at least twelve months before the expiry of the period by notifying the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to terminate the application of this Convention in respect of itself, after the expiry of this ten-year period. 2. this Convention after a ten year period remains in effect for the next five years, in respect of any Contracting Party which has not given up on the application of the Convention, at the end of one of the time periods with a minimum of twelve months before one such period ended, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Article XXVI 1. the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency convenes a meeting for the revision of this Convention at any time after five years from the expiry of the period, counted from the date of entry into force of this Convention, where one-third of the Contracting Parties expressed the wish. 2. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention by notifying the International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General during the twelve months following the first the review conference convened in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article. 3. The denunciation shall take effect one year from the date on which the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency has received a notice about it. Article XXVII 1. the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency shall notify the States invited to the International Conference on civil liability for nuclear damage, which took place in Vienna from 29 April 1963 to May 19, and the States which are parties to this Convention, the following-(a) on the signing, ratification and accessions received in accordance with XXI, XXII and XXIV; (b) the date when the Convention enters into force in accordance with article XXIII; (c) for the termination and notification of denunciation received in accordance with article XXV and XXVI; (d) for a request to convene a review conference in accordance with Article XXVI. Article XXVIII of this Convention will register the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations in article 102. Article XXIX the original of this Convention, of which the English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, will be deposited with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who will send certified copies. THIS CONFIRMS, the undersigned representatives, duly authorized to it, have signed this Convention. Done in Vienna, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-third year of the twenty-first day of May.

Joint Protocol on the Vienna and Paris Convention uses a common protocol on 1 of the Vienna and Paris Convention applications adopted and opened for signature by the 1988 September 21 Conference on relations between the Paris Convention and the Vienna Convention, jointly organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Organization for economic cooperation and development, the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna. This entered into force in 1992, April 27, according to article VII in which the Protocol enters into force three months after the date of deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited by at least five of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention, five of the Member States. 2. the text of the Joint Protocol, drawn from the certified copies are propagated to inform all the Member States. The Contracting Parties, taking into account the 21 May 1963 Vienna Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage; Taking into account the July 29 1960 Paris Convention on civil liability in the field of nuclear energy, according to 28 January 1964 and by the additional protocol of 28 November 1982 a protocol adopted amendments; NOTING that the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention are similar in nature and that no country is currently not a member of the two conventions; Convinced that the accession of each of the two conventions on the other parties to the Convention could invoke difficulties which arise, at the same time using both conventions in the event of a nuclear incident; and desiring to establish a connection between the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention, distributing benefits for the civil liability regime for nuclear damage special case provided for each of the conventions, and to prevent conflicts, which would, in the event of a nuclear incident at the same time using both conventions; Agreed as follows: article I of this Protocol: (a) "Vienna Convention" means the 21 May 1963 Vienna Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage, or any amendment thereto which is in force the Contracting Parties to this Protocol; (b) "Paris Convention" means the 29 July 1960 Paris Convention on civil liability in the nuclear field and any of its revisions, in force in the Contracting Parties to this Protocol. Article II for the purposes of this Protocol: (a) the operator of a nuclear installation located in the Vienna Convention on the territory of a Member State, are responsible in accordance with this Convention, for nuclear damage, which caused both the Paris Convention and the Protocol, in the territory of a Member State; (b) the operator of a nuclear installation, located in the territory of a Member State of the Paris Convention, is responsible in accordance with this Convention, for nuclear damage, which caused both the Vienna Convention and the Protocol, in the territory of a Member State. 1. Article III in the case of a nuclear incident shall apply either the Vienna Convention or the Paris Convention, to the exclusion of the other. 2. where a nuclear incident occurs in nuclear installations, apply to the Convention, of which the State is a State in whose territory the nuclear installation of the. 3. where a nuclear incident occurs outside of nuclear facilities and nuclear material in transport is associated with the Convention, of which the State is a State in whose territory the nuclear installation of the operator who shall be responsible in accordance with the Vienna Convention, article II, l. (b) and (c) point 4 of the Paris Convention or (a) and (b) article. 1. Article IV of the Convention of Vienna of I to XV article is applied in relation to the Contracting Parties to this Protocol, which are Member States of the Paris Convention, in the same way as between the Member States of the Convention of Vienna. 2. Paris Convention article 1 to 14 apply with respect to Contracting Parties to this Protocol, which is the Vienna Convention, in the same way as between the Member States of the Convention of Vienna. Article v of this Protocol shall be open for signature to all States that have signed, ratified or acceded to the Vienna Convention or the Paris Convention of 21 September 1988 until the date of entry into force of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters. Article vi this Protocol is subject to ratification, acceptance, or it must be adopted. The instruments of ratification, acceptance or recognition of documents are accepted only from countries that are either the Vienna Convention or the Paris Convention. Any State not party to this Protocol may accede to it. 2. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession is deposited with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is hereby designated as the depositary of this Protocol. Article VII 1 this Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited by at least five of the Vienna Convention and at least five of the Member States of the Paris Convention. For each State ratifying, accepting, or accede to this Protocol after the transfer of the above documents storage, this Protocol shall enter into force three months after the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession document. 2. this Protocol shall remain in force so long as remains of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention. 1. Article VIII any Contracting Party may denounce this Protocol by written notification to the depositary. 2. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the notification is received by the depositary. Article IX 1. any Contracting Party which ceases to be a Vienna Convention or the Paris Convention shall notify the termination of the application of this Convention, the depositary for the termination of the participation in this Convention and the date on which such termination becomes effective. 2. the application of this Protocol shall cease with respect to the Contracting Party that has given up the Vienna Convention or the Paris Convention, with the date on which such termination becomes effective. Article x the depositary shall promptly inform the Contracting Parties and the States which have been invited to a Conference on the relationship between the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention, as well as the Secretary-General of the Organisation for economic cooperation and development on: (a) each signature of this Protocol; (b) each deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in relation to the storage of this Protocol; (c) the entry into force of this Protocol; (d) each denunciation; and (e) any information provided in connection with article IX. Article XI the original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, will be deposited with the depositary, who shall send certified copies thereof to the Contracting Parties and the States which have been invited to a Conference on the relationship between the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention, as well as the Secretary-General of the Organisation for economic cooperation and development. THIS, the undersigned, duly authorised to it from their Governments, signed this common protocol. Done at Vienna this one thousand nine hundred and eighty-eighth year of the twenty-first day of September.