Apart from the commitments expressly undertaken by States Parties under this Convention, nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted as affecting the sovereign rights of a State.

In the event of a conflict between a provision of this Agreement and a provision of any of the Multilateral Trade Agreements, the provision of this Agreement shall prevail to the extent of the conflict.

(2) [Non-Applicability of Transitional Provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty] Any provision of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, by virtue of which a revised, amended or modified provision of that Treaty does not apply to a State party to it, or to the Office of or acting for such a State, for as long as the latter provision is incompatible with the law applied by that State or Office, shall not apply for the purposes of this Treaty and the Regulations.

In a case that new understandings for aviation safety are anticipated from the investigation of an accident or serious incident referred to in this paragraph, the provisions of this paragraph shall not be used.

When the DSB has ruled that a provision of a covered agreement has not been observed, the responsible Member shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to it to ensure its observance.

Application of other Provisions

Provisions on taxation

XII. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

XIII. FINAL PROVISIONS

No provision in this Protocol relating to individual criminal responsibility shall affect the responsibility of States under international law, including the duty to provide reparation.

Nothing in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe or in the Treaties or Acts modifying or supplementing it shall affect the application in Ireland of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution of Ireland.

This provision is without prejudice to the activities carried out by the competent authorities in all phases of the relevant national proceedings, and in particular when investigating and prosecuting the offences concerned.

This provision shall also apply to a spouse, to the extent that the latter is not separately engaged in a gainful occupation, and to children dependent on and in the care of the persons referred to in this Article.

Nothing in this article may prejudice the right of Parties to refuse to disclose certain environmental information in accordance with article 4, paragraphs 3 and 4.

This provision shall apply from the date that the elimination of export subsidies is notified to the Committee, and for so long as export subsidies are not granted by the notifying developing country Member.

Nothing contained in this article shall affect the principle that the measures to which it refers shall be defined and implemented in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the domestic law of a State Party.

Nothing in articles 42 to 45 shall affect the rights or obligations of the Parties to the present Convention under any provisions in force binding them with regard to the settlement of disputes.

The first sentence shall apply mutatis mutandis to the period referred to in Article 77, paragraph metricconverterProductID5. In5. In the case where the State concerned is the State in which the European Patent Office is located, this provision shall apply to all parties.

1) Nothing in the present Agreement shall affect the rights or obligations of a Party arising from any agreement that is in force on the date on which this Agreement comes into force.

Nothing in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe or in the Treaties and Acts modifying or supplementing it shall affect the application in the territory of Malta of national legislation relating to abortion.

Scope of procedural provisions

Provisions concerning the form of acts

Capacity Provisions

Provisions on Confidentiality

PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS

f. Nothing contained in this Arrangement will require either Party to take any action which would be inconsistent with its existing laws, regulations, and policy directives.

(2) The provision from the preceding paragraph shall not apply if prepayment is paid within a period shorter than three working days before the day on which delivery is made, or performance of services commences.

(1) The provision of the preceding article shall apply unless in respect of compulsory announcements this or another act regulating public procurement or works concessions do not provide otherwise.

The foregoing provision shall not apply where the Parties have agreed that a claim or liability arises from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the above-mentioned individuals.

2 With respect to rules of origin applied for the purposes of government procurement, this provision shall not create obligations additional to those already assumed by Members under GATT 1994.

Nothing in this Protocol shall prejudice the primary jurisdiction of a Party in whose territory an armed conflict not of an international character occurs over the violations set forth in Article 15.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

g) the provisions of Chapter II.

INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

Institutional Provisions

4) Nothing in this Convention shall affect other rights, obligations and responsibilities of a Party and individuals under international law, including international humanitarian law.

Nothing in this Part affects the application by States of penalties prescribed by their national law, nor the law of States which do not provide for penalties prescribed in this Part.

(b) plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals; this provision shall not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof;

(b) plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals; this provision does not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof.

No distinction should be made in the scale of punishments for offences referred to in Article 3 between acts relating to domestic currency on the one hand and to foreign currency on the other; this provision may not be made subject to any condition of reciprocal treatment by law or by treaty.

Nothing in this Convention shall affect the transfer of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes that is undertaken to strengthen the physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear facilities.

Nothing in this Article shall prevent an airline of a Party not referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Article from being designated or authorised to conduct air services.

The same shall apply if, in the international application, the applicant designates a Contracting State of which the national law provides that designation of that State shall have the effect of the application being for a European patent.

When the Dispute Settlement Body has ruled that a provision of GATT 1994 has not been observed, the responsible Member shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to it to ensure its observance.

F. Nothing contained in this Arrangement will require either Party to take any action which would be inconsistent with the existing laws, regulations, and policy directives of the Parties' respective countries.

(2) The Supreme Court shall, with a ruling, annul the ruling of the court of first instance and remove the administrative act if, in the procedure before the court of first instance, the provision of Article 35 of this Law was violated.

Applicability of the transitional provisions

Provisions on the Faroe Islands

Special Provisions for Radio

l. Nothing contained in this Arrangement will preclude a Party from using or disseminating information received without restriction by a Party from sources outside of this Arrangement.