Article 17 Depositary

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(a)

inform all States which have signed or acceded to this Protocol of:

(i)

each new signature or deposit of an instrument together with the date thereof;

(ii)

each declaration and notification under Article 13 and each declaration and communication under Article V, paragraph 9, of the 1992 Liability Convention;

(iii)

the date of entry into force of this Protocol;

(iv)

any proposal to amend limits of liability which has been made in accordance with Article 15, paragraph 1;

(v)

any amendment which has been adopted in accordance with Article 15, paragraph 4;

(vi)

any amendment deemed to have been accepted under Article 15, paragraph 7, together with the date on which that amendment shall enter into force in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 of that Article;

(vii)

the deposit of any instrument of denunciation of this Protocol together with the date of the deposit and the date on which it takes effect;

(viii)

any denunciation deemed to have been made under Article 16, paragraph 5;

(ix)

any communication called for by any Article of this Protocol;

(b)

transmit certified true copies of this Protocol to all Signatory States and to all States which accede to this Protocol.

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