ADOPTED: Done at Valletta, Malta on 25 January 2002

ENTERED INTO FORCE: Not yet in force

DEPOSITARY: Government of Spain

SECRETARY: UNEP

IMPLEMENTATION

SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL AND ACCESSION

Article XXII. Signature

This Protocol shall be open for signature at Valletta, Malta, on 25 January 2002 and in Madrid from 26 January 2002 to 25 January 2003 by any Contracting Party to the Convention.

Article XXIII. Ratification, Acceptance or Approval

This Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of Spain, which will assume the functions of Depositary.

Article XXIV. Accession

As from 26 January 2003, this Protocol shall be open for accession by any Party to the Convention.

ENTRY INTO FORCE

Article XXV. Entry into Force

1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

2. From the date of its entry into force, this Protocol shall replace the Protocol concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency of 1976 in the relations between the Parties to both instruments.