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1. Šo Līgumu var parakstīt Hartas Parakstītājas.

2. Šo Līgumu ratificē, apstiprina vai pieņem. Ratifikācijas,

apstiprināšanas vai pieņemšanas dokumentus iesniedz Ungārijas

Republikas valdībai.

3. Šim Līgumam var pievienoties visas Hartas Parakstītājas.

Pievienošanās dokumentus iesniedz Ungārijas Republikas

valdībai.

4. Šis Līgums stājas spēkā 30.dienā pēc trešā ratifikācijas,

apstiprināšanas vai pieņemšanas dokumenta iesniegšanas. Katrai

Hartas Parakstītājai, kas ratificē, apstiprina, pieņem vai

pievienojas Līgumam pēc trešā ratifikācijas, apstiprināšanas, vai

pieņemšanas dokumenta iesniegšanas, Līgums stājas spēkā 30.dienā

pēc šādas Hartas Parakstītājas ratifikācijas, apstiprināšanas,

pieņemšanas vai pievienošanās dokumenta iesniegšanas.

Sastādīts Budapeštā 2011.gada 13.jūlijā

Agreement on

the Legal Status

of The

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern

Europe

The

Parties to the present Agreement,

Considering that

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

(REC) was established in 1990 and was given the mission to assist

in addressing environmental issues mainly in Central and Eastern

Europe,

Referring to

the 1996 Charter of the REC (hereinafter referred to as "the

Charter"),

Recognizing that

the REC has developed over time into a de facto international organization pursuing an

international mandate, composed of a Head Office and a network of

country offices,

Referring to the

'Declaration of the Signatories to the Charter of The

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe on

the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the foundation of the

REC' adopted on 18 June 2010, in which the Signatories

recommended "to pave the way for harmonization by concluding

a new, optional, multilateral instrument for interested

Signatories".

Convinced that it

is necessary to create the possibility for Signatories to the

Charter to become party to an agreement in which international

legal personality is explicitly given to the REC, without

changing the present function of the Charter as the basic

document for the functioning of the REC,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The Parties hereby recognize that

the REC is an international organisation with a seat in

Szentendre, Hungary.

2. The Parties hereby recognize that

the REC has international legal personality. It shall also have

such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its

functions and the fulfillment of its purposes, including the

capacity to contract, to acquire and dispose of movable and

immovable property, and to institute and participate in legal

proceedings.

Article 2

The present Agreement shall not

affect the objectives, characteristics and institutional

structure of the REC as stated in the Charter and shall also not

affect the legal status of the REC for the Signatories to the

Charter that are not Parties to the present Agreement.

Article 3

The present Agreement shall not

affect the rights and obligations of the REC which may derive

from agreements or contractual arrangements it may have concluded

with any Government or third party.

Article 4

No Party to this Agreement, by

reason of any of its provisions, shall be liable for acts,

omissions, obligations or debts of the REC.

Article 5

1. The

present Agreement shall be open for signature by the Signatories

to the Charter.

2. The present Agreement shall be

subject to ratification, approval or acceptance. The instruments

of ratification, approval or acceptance shall be deposited with

the Government of the Republic of Hungary.

3. The present Agreement shall

remain open for accession by any Signatory to the Charter. The

instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Government

of the Republic of Hungary.

4. The present Agreement shall enter

into force on the thirtieth day following the day of deposit of

the third instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance. For

each Signatory to the Charter ratifying, approving, accepting or

acceding to the present Agreement after the deposit of the third

instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance, the Agreement

shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day of

deposit by such Signatory to the Charter of its instrument of

ratification, approval, acceptance, or accession.

Done at

Budapest on 13 July 2011

V. Erte

On behalf of the Republic of Latvia