Article 29 Accession

1. This Agreement shall be open to accession by any Government as defined in article 4, paragraph 3 which may accede to this Agreement upon the conditions to be established by the Council of Members, which shall have in particular the number of participation shares and a time limit for the deposit of the instruments of accession. These conditions shall be transmitted by the Council of Members to the depositary. The procedure for the initiation of accession, accession negotiations and related provisions shall be laid down by the Council of Members in the Rules of Procedure.

2. When the accession negotiations specified in the Rules of Procedure have been completed, the Council of Members shall take a decision on the accession in accordance with the procedure provided for in article 10.

3. Upon accession, a Contracting Party shall be listed in annex A to this Agreement, together with its participation shares as laid down in the conditions of accession.

4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the depositary. Instruments of accession shall state that the Government accepts all the conditions established by the International Olive Council.