Article 331. Duration and Withdrawal
1. This Agreement shall be valid for an indefinite period.
2. Any Party may withdraw from this Agreement by means of a written notification to all other Parties and the Depositary. Such withdrawal shall become effective six months after the date of receipt of such notification by the Depositary.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, when a signatory Andean Country withdraws from this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue to be in force between the EU Party and the other signatory Andean Countries. This Agreement shall be terminated in case of withdrawal by the EU Party.
Article 332. Depositary
The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union shall act as Depositary of this Agreement.
Article 333. Modifications to the Wto Agreement
The Parties understand that any provision of the WTO Agreement incorporated into this Agreement, is incorporated with any amendments which have entered into force at the time such provision is applied.
Article 334. Amendments
1. The Parties may agree in writing to any amendment to this Agreement.
2. Any amendment shall enter into force and constitute an integral part of this Agreement according to the conditions established in Article 330, mutatis mutandis.
3. The Parties may further develop the commitments undertaken in this Agreement, or broaden its scope of application, by agreeing to amendments to this Agreement or by concluding agreements on specific sectors or activities, taking into consideration the experience gained during its implementation.
Article 335. Reservations
This Agreement does not allow for reservations within the meaning of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Article 336. Rights and Obligations Under this Agreement
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations on persons, other than those created between the Parties under public international law.
Article 337. Authentic Texts
This Agreement is drawn up in triplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
Conclusion
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorised, have signed this Agreement.
DONE in triplicate in Brussels, on the 26th of June of 2012.
FOR THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM. This signature also commits the French Community, the Flemish Community Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community, the Walloon Region the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA,
FOR THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
FOR THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,
FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
FOR IRELAND,
FOR THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
FOR THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,
FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
FOR THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA,
FOR THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG,
FOR HUNGARY,
FOR MALTA,
FOR THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND,
FOR THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
FOR ROMANIA,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,
FOR THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
FOR THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION,
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF PERU
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR