Examples of using Conditional interpretative declaration in English and their translations into French
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exclude the legal effect of the conditional interpretative declaration as such(regardless of what that legal effect may be);
This can be seen from one particularly clear example of a conditional interpretative declaration, the declaration that France attached to its expression of consent to be bound by its signature of Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
A State or an international organization may not formulate a conditional interpretative declaration on a treaty after expressing its consent to be bound by the treaty unless the late formulation of the declaration does not elicit any objections from the other contracting Parties.
If a conditional interpretative declaration is formulated when signing a treaty subject to ratification,
On the other hand, recent practice had shown that the difference between a conditional interpretative declaration and a reservation was far from clear,
Where a treaty prohibits the formulation of interpretative declarations, a conditional interpretative declaration that proposes the"correct" interpretation must logically be considered non-valid, but the result is exactly the same:
the Commission noted that if the conditional interpretative declaration was formulated when signing the treaty,
interpretative declaration")">and 2.5.13"Withdrawal of a conditional interpretative declaration.
So long as the correct interpretation has not been established, the conditional interpretative declaration remains undetermined
international organization could formulate a conditional interpretative declaration at any time in the life of the treaty:
A conditional interpretative declaration could only constitute a reservation, in the strict sense of the term,
there would seem to be no criterion for drawing a definite distinction between an interpretative declaration and a conditional interpretative declaration.
and especially a conditional interpretative declaration, could be used as a reservation.
Although it might be thought prima facie that the author of a conditional interpretative declaration is merely proposing a specific interpretation(subject solely to the conditions for permissibility set out in guideline 3.5),
where a treaty prohibits the formulation of interpretative declarations, a conditional interpretative declaration that proposes the"correct" interpretation must logically be considered impermissible, but the result is exactly the same: the interpretation of
organization that submitted the conditional interpretative declaration will be able to take a decision on its legal status with respect to the treaty- is it or is it not a party to the treaty?
widening of the scope of a conditional interpretative declaration), 2.5.12(Withdrawal of an interpretative declaration) and 2.5.13 Withdrawal of a conditional interpretative declaration.
According to one view, a conditional interpretative declaration should be treated as a reservation,
Although it might be thought prima facie that the author of a conditional interpretative declaration is merely proposing a specific interpretation(not subject to conditions for validity),
that he appears largely as a mere"conveyor belt" between the author of the reservation(or conditional interpretative declaration) and the States