1. Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof and, unless
otherwise expressly provided, a reference to this Protocol constitutes at the
same time a reference to any annexes thereto. Any annexes adopted after the
entry into force of this Protocol shall be restricted to lists, forms and any
other material of a descriptive nature that is of a scientific, technical,
procedural or administrative character.
2. Any Party may make proposals for an annex to this Protocol and may
propose amendments to annexes to this Protocol.
3. Annexes to this Protocol and amendments to annexes to this Protocol shall be adopted at an ordinary session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol. The text of any proposed annex or amendment to an annex shall be communicated to the Parties by the secretariat at least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption. The secretariat shall also communicate the text of any proposed annex or amendment to an annex to the Parties and signatories to the Convention and, for information, to the Depositary.
4. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement on any proposed
annex or amendment to an annex by consensus. If all efforts at consensus have
been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the annex or amendment to an annex
shall as a last resort be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the
Parties present and voting at the meeting. The adopted annex or amendment to an
annex shall be communicated by the secretariat to the Depositary, who shall
circulate it to all Parties for their acceptance.
5. An annex, other than Annex A or B, that has been adopted or amended in
accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 above shall enter into force for all Parties
to this Protocol six months after the date of the communication by the
Depositary to such Parties of the adoption or amendment of the annex, except
for those Parties that have notified the Depositary in writing within that
period of their non-acceptance of the annex or amendment to the annex. The
annex or amendment to an annex shall enter into force for Parties which
withdraw their notification of non-acceptance on the ninetieth day after the
date on which withdrawal of such notification has been received by the
Depositary.
6. If the adoption of an annex or an amendment to an annex involves an
amendment to this Protocol, that annex or amendment to an annex shall not enter
into force until such time as the amendment to this Protocol enters into
force.
7. Amendments to Annexes A and B to this Protocol shall be adopted and enter into force in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 19, provided that any amendments to Annex B shall be adopted only with the written consent of the Party concerned.