Signatory States who ratify the Convention in accordance with the terms of paragraph 2 shall recognize the validity of all measures taken in implementation of the said Convention between the date of its entry into force and the date when its provisions become applicable to them, Without prejudice to any delay which might be granted to them by the Association Council, they shall, not later than six months after depositing their instruments of ratification, carry out all the obligations which devolve upon them under the terms of this Convention or of implementing decisions adopted by the Association Council.
4. The rules of procedure of the organs of the Association shall lay down if and under what conditions the representatives of Signatory States which, on the date of entry into force of the Convention, have not yet ratified it, shall sit in the organs of the Association as observers. The arrangements thus adopted shall only be effective until the date on which the Convention becomes applicable to these States; in any case, they shall cease to apply on the date on which, according to the terms of paragraph 2 above, the State concerned shall no longer be able to proceed with the ratification of the Convention.
Article 58.
1. The Association Council shall be informed of any request made by a State for accession to or association with the Community.
2. There shall be consultations within the Association Council on any request for association with the Community made by a State which has an economic structure and production comparable to those of the Associated States if the Community, after examining the said request, has laid it before the Association Council.
3. The agreement of association between the Community and any State covered by the previous paragraph may provide for the accession of that State to the present Convention. That State shall then enjoy the same rights and be subject to the same obligations as the Associated States. Provided always that the agreement which associates it with the Community may determine the date on which certain of these rights and obligations shall become applicable to it.
Such accession shall not adversely affect the advantages accruing to the Associated States which are signatories to this Convention from the provisions relating to financial and technical co-operation.
Article 59.
This Convention shall be concluded for a period of five years fram the date of its entry into force.
Article 60.
One year before the expiry of this Convention, the Contracting Parties shall examine the provisions which might be made for a further period.
The Association Council shall if necessary take any transitional measures required until the new Convention enters into force.
Article 61.
The Community and the Member States shall undertake the obligations set out in Articles 2, 5 and 11 of the Convention with respect to Associated States which, on the grounds of international obligations applying at the time of the entry into force of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and subjecting them to a particular customs treatment, may consider themselves not yet able to offer the Community the reciprocity provided for by Article 3, paragraph 2 of the Convention.
The Contracting Parties concerned shall re-examine the situation not later than three years after the entry into force of the Convention.
Article 62.
This Convention may be denounced by the Community in respect of any Associated State and by any Associated State in respect of the Community by means of six months' notice.
Article 63.
The Protocols annexed to this Convention shall form an integral part thereof.
Article 64.
The present Convention, drawn up in a single original in the German, French, Italian and Dutch languages, each of these texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the Councils of the European Communities which shall transmit a certified copy to the Government of each of the Signatory States.
Conclusion
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatures below this Convention.
Done at Yaoundé on the twentieth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.
For His Majesty the King of the Belgians, (L.S.) H. FAYAT
For the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, (L.S.) W. SCHEEL
For the President of the French Republic, (L.S.) R. TRIBOULET
For the President of the Republic of Italy, (L.S.) E, Colombo
For the Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, (L.S.) E, SCHAUS
For Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, (L.S.) J. LUNS
For the Council of the European Economic Community, (L.S.) J. LUNS, W. HALLSTEIN (L.S.)
Provided that the Community shall be finally bound only after the other Contracting Parties have been notified that the procedures required by the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community have been completed.
For His Majesty the Mwami of Burundi, (L.S.) L. NIMUBONA
For the President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon, (L.S.) V. KANGA
For the President of the Central African Republic, (L.S..) J. MACKPAYEN
For the President of the Republic of Chad, (L.S.) M. NGANGTAR
For the President of the Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville), (L.S.) V. SATHOUD
For the President of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), (L.S.) M. LENGEMA
For the President of the Republic of Dahomey, (L.S.) APLOGAN
For the President of the Republic of Gabon, (L.S.) A. ANGUILE
For the President of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, (L.S.) L. AMON TANOH
Por the President of the Republic of Madagascar, (L.S.) A. RAMANGASOAVINA
For the Head of State, President of the Council of Government of the Republic of Mali, (L.S.) J. KONE
For the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, (L.S.) M. SIDI
For the President of the Republic of Niger, (L.S.) I. ZODI
For the President of the Republic of Rwanda, (L.S.) C. HABAMENSHI
For the President of the Republic of Senegal, (L.S.) D. GUEYE
For the President of the Republic of Somalia, (L.S.} A. SCEGO
For the President of the Republic of Togo, (L.S.) J. AGBEMEGNAN
For the President of the Republic of the Upper Volta, (L.S.) M. TRAORE