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ternors decides otherwise pursuant to Article 7 of the Operating Treaty shall be responsible f or contributing its share of the capital contributions necessary to meet both contractual commitments specifically authorized before such receipt and conumitments specifically authorized before such receipt and liabilities arising from acts or omissions before such receipt.
 "4. Settlement between INTERSEA and a Party f or which this Treaty and the Operating Treaty have ceased to be in f orce shall be accomplished as provided in the Operating Treaty.
 "5. (a) Notification of the decision of a Party to withdraw pursuant to paragraph 1 (a) shall be transmitted by the Depositary to all Parties and to the executive organ.
 "(b) If the Assembly of Parties decides that a Party shall be deemed to have withdrawn from INTERSEA pursuant to paragraph 2, the executive organ shall notify the Depositary, and the latter shall transmit the notification to all Parties.
 "ARTICLE XIII
 44 AMENDMENT
 "1. Any Party may propose amendments to this Treaty. Proposed amendments shall be submitted to the executive organ, which shall distribute them promptly to all Parties.
 2.The Assembly of Parties shall consider each proposed amendment at its first ordinary meeting following its distribution by the executive organ, or at an earlier extraordinary meeting convened in accordance with provisions of Article VIi of this Treaty, provided that the proposed amendment has been distributed by the execuitve organ at least ninety days before the opening date of the meeting. The Assem'bly of Parties shall consider any views and recommendations which it receives from the Board of Governors with respect to a proposed ~amendment.
 "3. The Assembly' of Parties shall take decisions on each proposed ,amendment in accordance with the provisions relating to quorum and votingr contained in Article VI of this Treaty. It may modify any proposed amendment, distributed in accordance with paragraph 2, and mnay also take decisions on any amendment not so distributed but directly consequential to a proposed or modified amendment.
 "14. An amendment which has been approved by the Assembly of Parties shall enter into force in accordance with paragraph 5 after the Depositary has received notice of approval, acceptance or ratification 'by aill of the Parties.
 "5. The Depositary shall notify all the Parties as soon as it has
 -eceved the acceptances, approvals or ratifications required by paragraphi 4 for the entry into force of an amendment. Ninety days after 'tie date of issue of this notification, theamendment shall enter into f ore for all Parties.
 "16. Notwithstan ding the provisions of paragraphs 4 land 5 of this Article, an amendment shall not enter into force less than eight months or more than eighteen months after the date it has been approved by the Assembly of Parties.