ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I Amendment of Article 22 and deletion of Article 22bis (1) Article 22 is amended as follows: (a) Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 22 are replaced by the following: ‘1. Appendices 1, 1B, 1C and 2 to the annex to this Agreement may be amended by the procedure specified in this article. 2. At the request of a Contracting Party, any amendments proposed to the appendices 1, 1B, 1C or 2 to the annex to this Agreement shall be considered by the Principal Working Party on Road Transport of the Economic Commission for Europe.’ (b) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The amendment shall be accepted if, within a period of six months following the date of notification, no more than one half of the competent administrations of the Contracting Parties notify the Secretary-General of their objection to the amendment.’ (c) A new paragraph 6 is added: ‘6. If a proposal for the amendment of Appendix 1B or 1C to this Agreement requires amendment of other provisions of the Agreement, the amendments to the Appendices 1B or 1C cannot enter into force before date of entry into force of the amendments to those other provisions pursuant to Article 21. If, in such a case, the amendments to Appendix 1B or 1C are presented simultaneously with the amendments relating to other provisions of the Agreement, the date of their entry into force shall be the date resulting from the application of the procedure outlined in Article 21.’ (2) Article 22bis is deleted.