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 3316 Ante, p. 3309; post, p. 3318. Post, p. 3319 et seq. e Post, p. 3337. Post, p. 3350 et seq. Ante, p. 3312. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. ARTICLE 22. Examinationof propositions. 1. Every proposition is submitted to the following procedure: A period of two months is allowed for the Administrations to examine the propositions and send their observations, if any, to the Inter- national Bureau. Amendments are not accepted. The replies are assembled by the International Bureau and communicated to the Administrations, with an invitation to pronounce themselves for or against. Those which have not sent in their votes within a period of two months are considered as abstaining. The periods above men- tioned are counted from the dates of the circulars of the International Bureau. 2. If the proposition concerns an Agreement, its Regulations, or their Final Protocols, only the Administrations which have adhered to that Agreement may take part in the procedure indicated in Section 1. ARTICLE 23. Conditions of approval. 1. In order to become effective, the propositions must obtain: (a) Unanimity of votes, if it is a question of adding new provisions or modifying the provisions of Titles I and II or of Articles 35 to 39, 57 to 63, 65 to 74 of the Convention, of any of the Articles of its Final Protocol and of Articles 101, 105, 117, 152, 163, and 184 of its Regulations; (b) Two-thirds of the votes, if it is a question of modifying provi- sions other than those mentioned under letter (a); (c) An absolute majority, if it is a question of interpreting the provisions of the Convention, its Final Protocol or its Regula- tions, except in the case of disagreement to be submitted to arbitration as provided for by Article 12. 2. The Agreements fix the conditions to which the approval of propositions concerning them is subject. ARTICLE 24. Notification of decisions. 1. Additions to and modifications of the Convention, the Agree- ments and the Final Protocols of those Acts are sanctioned by a diplomatic declaration which the Government of the Swiss Con- federation is charged with preparing and transmitting, at the request of the International Bureau, to the governments of the contracting countries. 2. Additions to and modifications of the Regulations and their Final Protocols are recorded and communicated to the Administra- tions by the International Bureau. The same applies to the inter- pretations contemplated in Article 23, Section 1, letter (c).

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