3. The Convention shall come into force in respect of the acceding State three months after the date of deposit of the instrument of accession of that State, but not before the date of entry into force of the Convention as established by Article XXI paragraph (1).

ENTRY INTO FORCE

Article XXI

1. This Convention shall come into force three months after the date of the deposit of the fifth instrument of ratification.

2. This Convention shall come into force in respect of each signatory State which ratifies it after the deposit of the fifth instrument of ratification, three months after the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification.

DENUNCIATION

Article XXIII

Each Contracting Party shall have the right to denounce this Convention at any time after the coming into force thereof in respect of such Contracting Party. Nevertheless, this denunciation shall only take effect one year after the date on which notification thereof has been received by the Belgian Government.

DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS

Article XVI

Any Contracting Party may at the time of signing, ratifying or acceding to this Convention make the following reservations:

1. not to give effect to this Convention when the passenger and the carrier are both subjects of the said Contracting Party;

2. that in giving effect to this Convention, it may with respect to contracts of carriage issued within its territorial boundaries, for a voyage of which the port of embarkation is in such territorial boundaries, provide in its national laws, for the form and size of any notice of the terms of this Convention to be inserted in a contract of carriage.

Article XVIII

1. Each Contracting Party may at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession thereto, declare that it does not consider itself bound by Article XVII of the Convention. The other Contracting Parties shall not be bound by this Article with respect to any Contracting Party having made such a reservation.

2. Any Contracting Party having made a reservation in accordance with paragraph (1) may at any time withdraw this reservation by notification to the Belgian Government.

AMENDMENTS

Article XXVI

Any Contracting Party may three years after the coming into force of this Convention, in respect of such Contracting Party, or at any time thereafter request that a Conference be convened in order to consider amendments to this Convention.

Any Contracting Party proposing to avail itself of this right shall notify the Belgian Government which, provided that one third of the Contracting Parties are in agreement, shall convene the Conference within six months thereafter.

TERRITORIAL APPLICATION

Article XXIV

1. Any Contracting Party may at the time of signature, ratification or accession to this Convention or at any time thereafter declare by written notification to the Belgian Government which, among the territories under its sovereignty or for whose international relations it is responsible, are those to which the present Convention applies.

The Convention shall three months after the date of the receipt of such notification by the Belgian Government, extend to the territories named therein.

2. Any Contracting Party which has made a declaration under paragraph (1) of this Article may at any time thereafter declare by notification given to the Belgian Government that the Convention shall cease to extend to such territories. This denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which notification thereof has been received by the Belgian Government.

(3) Similarly, the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba declares, according to the stipulations of article 18 of this Convention, that the Republic of Cuba does not consider itself bound by article XVII of the said Convention.