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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Recalling the pertinent provisions of the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, and in particular principle 21, which provides that "States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction", ...


ARTICLE-2: General obligations     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Parties shall take appropriate measures in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and of those protocols in force to which they are party to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting or likely to result from human activities which modify or are likely to modify the ozone layer. ...
... The provisions of this Convention shall in no way affect the right of Parties to adopt, in accordance with international law, domestic measures additional to those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, nor shall they affect additional domestic measures already taken by a Party, provided that these measures are not incompatible with their obligations under this Convention. ...


ARTICLE-4: Co-operation in the legal, scientific and technical fields     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) Provision of information on alternative technologies and equipment, and supply of special manuals or guides to them; ...


ARTICLE-6: Conference of the Parties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Conference of the Parties shall by consensus agree upon and adopt rules of procedure and financial rules for itself and for any subsidiary bodies it may establish, as well as financial provisions governing the functioning of the secretariat. ...


ARTICLE-10: Adoption and amendment of annexes     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) On the expiry of six months from the date of the circulation of the communication by the Depositary, the annex shall become effective for all Parties to this Convention or to any protocol concerned which have not submitted a notification in accordance with the provision of subparagraph (b) above. ...


ARTICLE-11: Settlement of disputes     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The provisions of this Article shall apply with respect to any protocol except as provided in the protocol concerned. ...


ARTICLE-14: Accession     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The provisions of article 13, paragraph 2, shall apply to regional economic integration organizations which accede to this Convention or any protocol. ...