(1) This Convention shall apply to any accident involving installations or activities, listed in paragraph 2 below, of a State Party or natural or legal persons under its jurisdiction or control, and which entails or Will likely result in the release of radioactive material, which has or may result in an international transboundary discharge that is likely to be of significance from the point of view of radiological security for another State.

The facilities and activities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows:

(a)

Any nuclear reactor where it is located;

(b)

Any installation of the nuclear fuel cycle;

(c)

Any radioactive waste management facility;

(d)

The transport and storage of nuclear fuel or radioactive waste,

(e)

The manufacture, use, interim storage, final storage and transport of radioisotopes for agricultural, industrial and medical purposes, for related scientific purposes and for research;

(f)

The use of radioisotopes for the production of electricity in space objects.

In the event of an accident specified in Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as "nuclear accident"), the State Party referred to in this Article shall:

(a)

Promptly notify, directly or through the International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency") , to states which are or may be physically affected as indicated in Article 1, as well as to the Agency, the nuclear accident, its nature, the moment when it occurred and its exact location when appropriate;

(b)

Provides promptly to the States referred to in subparagraph (a), directly or through the Agency, and to the Agency, the relevant information available to limit as far as possible the radiological consequences in those States, in accordance with Provisions of Article 5.

In order to minimize the radiological consequences, States Parties may notify in the case of nuclear accidents other than those listed in Article 1.

The Agency:

(a)

Immediately informs the States Parties, Member States, other States which are or may be physically affected as indicated in Article 1 and international intergovernmental organizations (hereinafter referred to as " organizations Relevant international ") of a notification received in accordance with Article 2 (a);

(b)

Shall promptly provide to any State Party, any Member State or any relevant international organization that requests the information it has received in accordance with Article 2 (b).

1. The information to be provided under Article 2 (b) shall include the following data, to the extent that the notifying State Party possesses them:

(a)

The timing, exact location where appropriate, and the nature of the nuclear accident;

(b)

The facility or activity in question;

(c)

The alleged or known cause and foreseeable development of the nuclear accident with regard to the transboundary discharge of radioactive material;

(d)

The general characteristics of the discharge of radioactive material, including, to the extent possible and appropriate, the nature, the likely physical and chemical form and the quantity, composition and effective height of the discharge of materials Radioactive material;

(e)

Information on the meteorological and hydrological conditions of the moment and planned, which are necessary to predict the transboundary discharge of radioactive material;

(f)

The results of environmental monitoring with regard to the transboundary discharge of radioactive materials;

(g)

Protection measures taken or planned outside the site;

(h)

The expected behaviour of the release of radioactive material.

2. This information shall be supplemented at appropriate intervals by other relevant information concerning the evolution of the emergency situation, including its foreseeable or effective end.

3. Information received in accordance with Article 2 (b) may be used without restriction, unless such information is provided in confidence by the notifying Party.

A State Party providing information pursuant to Article 2 (b) shall promptly, to the extent reasonably possible, respond to a request for further information or consultations with an affected State Party In order to minimize the radiological consequences in that State.

1. Each State Party shall indicate to the Agency and to the other States Parties, directly or through the Agency, its competent authorities and the point of contact entitled to furnish and receive the notification and information referred to in Article 2. These points of contact and a central unit at the Agency are permanently accessible.

2. Each State Party shall promptly communicate to the Agency any changes to the information referred to in paragraph 1.

The Agency shall maintain a list of these national authorities and contact points as well as contact points of relevant international organisations, and shall provide it to the States Parties and to the Member States and to the organisations Relevant international.

The Agency, in accordance with its Statute ¹ And on the request of a State Party which does not itself carry out nuclear activities and which has a common border with a State which has an active nuclear programme but which is not a Party, conducts studies on the feasibility and implementation of a nuclear programme. Appropriate radioactivity monitoring system to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of this Convention.

In order to serve their mutual interests, States Parties may consider, where appropriate, the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral arrangements relating to matters covered by this Convention.

This Convention shall not affect the reciprocal rights and obligations of States Parties under existing international agreements relating to matters covered by this Convention, or under future international agreements concluded In accordance with the object and purpose of this Convention.

1. In the event of a dispute between States Parties or between a State Party and the Agency concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, the parties to the dispute shall consult with a view to settling it by negotiation or by any other Peaceful means of dispute settlement that is acceptable to those parties.

2. If a dispute of this nature between States Parties cannot be settled within one year of the request for consultation provided for in paragraph 1, it shall, at the request of any party to that dispute, submit to arbitration or referred to the Court International justice for decision. If, within six months after the date of the request for arbitration, the parties to the dispute fail to agree on the organization of the arbitration, a party may apply to the President of the International Court of Justice or to the Secretary-General of the United Nations to designate one or more arbitrators. In the event of a conflict between the requests of the parties to the dispute, the request to the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall prevail.

(3) In signing this Convention, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, a State may declare that it does not consider itself bound by either or both of the dispute settlement procedures provided for in paragraph 2. States Parties shall not be bound by a dispute settlement procedure provided for in paragraph 2 in respect of a State Party for which such a declaration is in force.

A State Party which has made a declaration in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 may withdraw it at any time by a notification addressed to the depositary.

This Convention shall be open for signature by all States and Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, at the Headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna, and at the Headquarters of the United Nations United Nations, in New York, from 26 September 1986 and 6 October 1986, respectively, until its entry into force or for a period of twelve months, whichever is longer.

2. A State and Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, may express their consent to be bound by this Convention, by signature or by deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval After signature, subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, or by deposit of an instrument of accession. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the depositary.

3. This Convention shall enter into force thirty days after three States have expressed their consent to be bound.

4. For each State expressing its consent to be bound by this Convention after its entry into force, this Convention shall enter into force for that State thirty days after the date on which the consent has been expressed.

5.

(a) This Convention shall be open, in accordance with the provisions of this article, to the accession of international organizations and regional integration organizations constituted by sovereign States, which are entitled to negotiate, To conclude and implement international agreements on matters covered by this Convention.

(b)

For matters within their competence, such organizations, acting on their own behalf, shall exercise the rights and fulfil the obligations under this Convention to the States Parties.

(c)

When deposiing its instrument of accession, such an organization shall communicate to the depositary a declaration indicating the extent of its competence in matters covered by this Convention.

(d)

Such an organisation has no votes in addition to those of its Member States.

A State may, at the time of signature or at a later date preceding the entry into force of this Convention for it, declare that it will apply this Convention provisionally.

1. A State Party may propose amendments to this Convention. The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the depositary, which shall forthwith communicate it to all other States Parties.

2. If the majority of the States Parties requests the depositary to convene a conference to consider the proposed amendments, the depositary shall invite all States Parties to attend the Conference, which shall be convened at least thirty days after the sending of the Invitations. Any amendment adopted at the Conference by a two-thirds majority of all States Parties shall be recorded in a Protocol, which shall be open in Vienna and New York for signature by all States Parties.

3. The protocol comes into force thirty days after three states have expressed their consent to be bound. For each State expressing its consent to be bound by the Protocol after its entry into force, the Protocol shall enter into force for that State thirty days after the date on which the consent has been expressed.

1. A State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification addressed to the depositary.

(2) Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the depositary receives the notification.

The Director-General of the Agency shall be the depositary of this Convention.

2. The Director-General of the Agency shall promptly notify the States Parties and all other States:

(a)

Each signature of this Convention or of any protocol of amendment;

(b)

Each deposit of instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession relating to this Convention or any protocol of amendment;

(c)

Any declaration or withdrawal of declaration made in accordance with Article 11;

(d)

Any declaration of provisional application of this Convention made in accordance with Article 13;

(e)

The entry into force of this Convention and any amendments made to it;

(f)

Any denunciation in accordance with Article 15.

The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish versions are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who shall send copies thereof Certified to the States Parties and all other States.

In witness whereof, The undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Convention, open for signature in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of the Article

Adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, meeting in extraordinary session in Vienna on twenty-six September thousand nine hundred and ninety six.

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