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ARTICLE-10: Decision Procedure     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Within two hundred and seventy days of the date of receipt of notification, the Party of import shall communicate, in writing, to the notifier and to the Biosafety Clearing-House the decision referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above: ...
... 5. A failure by the Party of import to communicate its decision within two hundred and seventy days of the date of receipt of the notification shall not imply its consent to an intentional transboundary movement. ...


ARTICLE-11: Procedure for Living Modified Organisms Intended for Direct Use as Food or Feed, Or For Processing     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. Failure by a Party to communicate its decision according to paragraph 6 above, shall not imply its consent or refusal to the import of a living modified organism intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing, unless otherwise specified by the Party. ...


ARTICLE-29: Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to this Protocol     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. Extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall be held at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within six months of the request being communicated to the Parties by the Secretariat, it is supported by at least one third of the Parties. ...