Entry into force and termination
Article 12
1. This Agreement shall enter into force the first day of the month following that in which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose. Notifications shall be sent to the General Secretariat of the Council which shall be the depository of this Agreement. 2. The expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or duration of any arrangements made under it or any specific rights and obligations that have accrued in the field of intellectual property rights. 3. This Agreement may be amended by mutual agreement of the Parties in writing. Any amendment shall enter into force on the date of receiving the last diplomatic note informing the other Party that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have been completed. 4. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Norway and the European Union, as regards elements falling within its competence, agree to apply provisionally this Agreement from the first day of the month following the date on which they have notified each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose. 5. Either Party may, by giving six months notice to the other in writing, terminate this Agreement. This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian languages, all texts being equally authentic.