1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date
on which not less than 55 Parties to the Convention, incorporating Parties
included in Annex I which accounted in total for at least 55 per cent of the
total carbon dioxide emissions for 1990 of the Parties included in Annex I,
have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession.
2. For the purposes of this Article, "the total carbon dioxide emissions for
1990 of the Parties included in Annex I" means the amount communicated on or
before the date of adoption of this Protocol by the Parties included in Annex I
in their first national communications submitted in accordance with Article 12
of the Convention.
3. For each State or regional economic integration organization that
ratifies, accepts or approves this Protocol or accedes thereto after the
conditions set out in paragraph 1 above for the entry into force have been
fulfilled, this Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following
the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession.
4. For the purposes of this Article, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States members of the organization.