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A.\NI TILAI\I':-( IT.':3i 1!47 (b) prescribe such criteria as may be necessary for the application of this paragraph. Article XXVI Acceptance. Entry into Force and Registration 1. The present Agreement shall bear the date of the signature of the Final Act adopted at the conclusion of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment [tImnd shall be open to acceptance by any government signatory to the Final Act. 2. This Agreement, done in a single English original and in a single French original, both texts authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-Gcneral of the United Nations, who shall furnish certified copies thereof to all interested governments. 3. Each government accepting this Agreement shall deposit an instrument of acceptance with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who will inform all interested governments of the date of deposit of each instrument of acceptance and of the day on which this Agreement enters into force under paragraph 5 of this Article. 4. Each government accepting this Agreement does so in respect of its metropolitan territory and of the other territories for which it has international responsibility; Provided that it may at the time of acceptance declare that any separate customs territory for which it has international responsibility possesses full autonomy in the conduct of its external commercial relations and of the other matters provided for in this Agreement, and that its acceptance does not relate to such territory; and Provided further that if any of the customs territories on behalf of which a contracting party has accepted this Agreement possesses or acquires full autonomy in the conduct of its external commercial relations and of the other matters provided for in this Agreement, '[Aste, p. A7 .] A(i6
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