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 Parts 1, 3, 4, and 5 of this Agreement shall enter into force for that Government on the date of the deposit of its instrument of acceptance, and Part 2 of the Agreement shall enter into force for that Govern- ment on the date fixed under paragraph 3 of this Article for the entry into force of that Part. 5. The Government of the United States of America will notify all signatory Governments of each signature and acceptance of this Agreement. ARTICLE XXI Accession The Council may, by two-thirds of the votes cast by the exporting countries and two-thirds of the votes cast by the importing countries, approve accession to this Agreement by any Government not already a party to it and prescribe conditions for such accession. Accession shall be effected by depositing an instrument of accession with the Government of the United States of America, which will notify all signatory and acceding Governments of each such accession. ARTICLE XXII Duration, Amendment, Withdrawal and Termination 1. This Agreement shall remain in force until July 31, 1953. 2. The Council shall, not later than July 31, 1952, communicate to the exporting and importing countries its recommendations regarding the renewal of this Agreement. 3. If circumstances arise which, in the opinion of the Council, affect or threaten to affect adversely the operation of this Agreement, the Council may, by a majority of the votes held by the exporting countries and a majority of the votes held by the importing countries, recommend an amendment of this Agreement to the exporting and importing countries. 4. The Council may fix a time within which each exporting and importing country shall notify the Government of the United States of America whether or not it accepts the amendment. The amend- ment shall become effective upon its acceptance by exporting coun- tries which hold two-thirds of the votes of the exporting countries and by importing countries which hold two-thirds of the votes of the importing countries. 5. Any exporting or importing country which has not notified the Government of the United States of America of its acceptance of an amendment by the date on which such amendment becomes effective may, after giving such written notice of withdrawal to the Govern- ment of the United States of America as the Council may require in each case, withdraw from this Agreement at the end of the current crop-year, but shall not thereby be released from any obligations under this Agreement which have not been discharged by the end of that crop-year. 6. Any exporting country which considers its interests to be seri- ously prejudiced by the nonparticipation in or withdrawal from this 2194 [63 STAT. TREATIES

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