Article 23
1 At the time of signing, ratifying or acceding to the present Convention or thereafter, any
State deciding to accept A.T.A. carnets in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of
Article 3 of the present Convention, shall notify the Secretary General of the Council, specifying the
cases in which it undertakes to accept A.T.A. carnets and stating the date from which such
acceptance takes effect.
2 Similar notifications may be addressed to the Secretary General of the Council to:
(a) extend the scope of any previous notifications; or
(b) subject to paragraph 4 of Article 22 of the present Convention, restrict the scope of, or
cancel any previous notifications.
Article 24
1 The Contracting Parties meeting in conformity with Article 18 of the present
Convention may recommend amendments thereto.
2 The text of any amendment so recommended shall be communicated by the Secretary
General of the Council to all Contracting Parties, to all other signatory or acceding States, to the
Secretary General of the United Nations, to the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the GATT, and to
UNESCO.
3 Within a period of six months from the date on which the recommended amendment is
so communicated, any Contracting Party may inform the Secretary General of the Council:
(a) that it has an objection to the recommended amendment, or
(b) that, although it intends to accept the recommended amendment, the conditions
necessary for such acceptance are not yet fulfilled in its country.
4 If a Contracting Party sends the Secretary General of the Council a communication as
provided for in paragraph 3 (b) of this Article, it may, so long as it has not notified the Secretary
General of its acceptance of the recommended amendment, submit an objection to that
amendment within a period of nine months following the expiry of the six-month period
referred to in paragraph3 of this Article.
5 If an objection to the recommended amendment is stated in accordance with the terms
of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, the amendment shall be deemed not to have been
accepted and shall be of no effect.
6 If no objection to the recommended amendment in accordance with paragraphs 3 and
4 of this Article has been stated, the amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted as
from the date specified below:
(a) if no Contracting Party has sent a communication in accordance with paragraph 3 (b) of
this Article, on the expiry of the period of six months referred to in paragraph 3;
(b) if any Contracting Party has sent a communication in accordance with paragraph 3 (b) of
this Article, on the earlier of the following two dates:
(i) the date by which all the Contracting Parties which sent such communications have
notified the Secretary General of the Council of their acceptance of the recommended
amendment, provided that, if all the acceptances were notified before the expiry of the
period of six months referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, that date shall be taken
to be the date of expiry of the said six-month period;