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THIS TREATY WILL BE RATIFIED BY THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS . THE INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION WILL BE DEPOSITED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC BY 31 DECEMBER 1972 AT THE LATEST .

THIS TREATY WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1973 , PROVIDED THAT ALL THE INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BEFORE THAT DATE AND THAT ALL THE INSTRUMENTS OF ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY ARE DEPOSITED ON THAT DATE .

IF , HOWEVER , THE STATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) HAVE NOT ALL DEPOSITED THEIR INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION AND ACCESSION IN DUE TIME , THE TREATY SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE FOR THOSE STATES WHICH HAVE DEPOSITED THEIR INSTRUMENTS . IN THIS CASE , THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY , SHALL DECIDE IMMEDIATELY UPON SUCH RESULTING ADJUSTMENTS AS HAVE BECOME INDISPENSABLE , TO ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TREATY , AND TO ARTICLES 14 , 16 , 17 , 19 , 20 , 23 , 129 , 142 , 143 , 155 AND 160 OF THE ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES , TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANNEX I TO THAT ACT CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONING OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES , AND TO ARTICLES 5 AND 8 OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK ; ACTING UNANIMOUSLY , IT MAY ALSO DECLARE THAT THOSE PROVISIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ACT WHICH REFER EXPRESSLY TO A STATE WHICH HAS NOT DEPOSITED ITS INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION AND ACCESSION HAVE LAPSED , OR IT MAY ADJUST THEM .