Article 38 Depositary

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2.

a)

communicate to all States which participated in the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterway, for checking, the present Convention in the official language version which was not available at the time of the Conference;

b)

inform all States referred to under subparagraph (a) above of any proposal for the amendment of the text communicated in accordance with subparagraph (a) above;

c)

establish the date on which all official language versions of this Convention have been brought into conformity with each other and are to be considered authentic;

d)

communicate to all States referred to in subparagraph (a) above the date established in accordance with subparagraph (c) above;

e)

communicate to all States which were invited to the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterway and to those which have signed this Convention or acceded thereto, certified true copies of this Convention;

f)

inform all States which have signed this Convention or acceded to it:

(i)

of any new signature, notification or declaration made, indicating the date of the signature, notification or declaration;

(ii)

of the date of entry into force of this Convention;

(iii)

of any denunciation of this Convention and of the date on which such denunciation is to take effect;

(iv)

of any amendment adopted in accordance with articles 36 and 37 of this Convention and of the date of entry into force of such amendment;

(v)

of any communication required under a provision of this Convention.

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