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NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES

ARTICLE VII

NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES

General undertakings

1. Each State Party shall, in accordance with its constitutional processes,

adopt the necessary measures to implement its obligations under this

Convention. In particular, it shall:

(a) Prohibit natural and legal persons anywhere on its territory or in any

other place under its jurisdiction as recognized by international law from

undertaking any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention,

including enacting penal legislation with respect to such activity;

(b) Not permit in any place under its control any activity prohibited to a

State Party under this Convention; and

activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention undertaken anywhere

by natural persons, possessing its nationality, in conformity with

international law.

2. Each State Party shall cooperate with other States Parties and afford the

appropriate form of legal assistance to facilitate the implementation of the

obligations under paragraph 1.

3. Each State Party, during the implementation of its obligations under this

Convention, shall assign the highest priority to ensuring the safety of people

and to protecting the environment, and shall cooperate as appropriate with

other State Parties in this regard.

Relations between the State Party and the Organization

4. In order to fulfil its obligations under this Convention, each State Party

shall designate or establish a National Authority to serve as the national

focal point for effective liaison with the Organization and other States

Parties. Each State Party shall notify the Organization of its National

Authority at the time that this Convention enters into force for it.

5. Each State Party shall inform the Organization of the legislative and

administrative measures taken to implement this Convention.

6. Each State Party shall treat as confidential and afford special handling to

information and data that it receives in confidence from the Organization in

connection with the implementation of this Convention. It shall treat such

information and data exclusively in connection with its rights and obligations

under this Convention and in accordance with the provisions set forth in the

Confidentiality Annex.

7. Each State Party undertakes to cooperate with the Organization in the

exercise of all its functions and in particular to provide assistance to the

Technical Secretariat

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