Entry into force, duration, withdrawal and termination
1. This Agreement shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with at least one of the depositaries. It shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date of receipt of such instruments from the Russian Party and from one other signatory, and shall remain in force for a period of five years from that date. For each signatory depositing such an instrument thereafter, this Agreement shall enter into force for it 30 days following the receipt by at least one of the depositaries of such instrument and shall remain in force until the expiration of its original five-year period.
2. This Agreement shall be extended automatically for further periods of five years. Any Party may request at least one of the depositaries at least 90 days before the expiration of the five-year period to convene a meeting of the Parties to consider the termination, modification or amendment of this Agreement
3. Any Party may withdraw from this Agreement upon giving 90 days written notification to at least one of the depositaries. The MNEPR Committee shall immediately be seized of the matter and shall make recommendations to the Parties on the further continuation of the Agreement.
4. The obligations under Articles 8 to 11, Article 12 first and third paragraphs, and Article 13 of this Agreement shall remain in effect regardless of any subsequent transfer of ownership of the object of cooperation, and regardless of any termination of, or withdrawal from, this Agreement, or the expiration of its validity.
5. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, it shall continue to apply to any Implementing Agreement which the Parties to such Implementing Agreement agree to continue, for the duration of such Implementing Agreement.
6. Where a Party withdraws from this Agreement but continues to be a Party to an Implementing Agreement, this Agreement shall continue to apply to such Party with respect to its participation in such Implementing Agreement.
7. This Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis from the date of its signature.
Done at Stockholm on 21 May 2003 in the English, French and Russian languages, all texts being equally authentic, in two originals of which one shall be deposited in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and one in the archives of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Duly certified copies of this Agreement shall be transmitted to the signatories and acceding Parties. In the event of any dispute or divergence in relation to this Agreement the English text shall prevail for the purposes of interpretation.
PROTOCOL
on Claims, Legal Proceedings and Indemnification to the Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation
The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Government of the Republic of Finland, the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community (hereinafter referred to as the Parties),
Reaffirming their commitment to achieving the purposes of the Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation signed on 21 May 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement),
Convinced of the need to establish provisions ensuring that claims against the Contributing Parties and their personnel or contractors, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers or subsuppliers of equipment, goods or services at any tier and their personnel, for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature arising from activities undertaken pursuant to the Agreement are not brought by the Russian Party and, if brought by a third party, are indemnified by the Russian Party,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: