| (1) | Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), which is hereby designated the Depositary. |
| (a) | inform all Contracting States of— |
| (i) | each new signature or deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, together with the date thereof; |
| (ii) | the date of entry into force of this Convention; |
| (iii) | each declaration made in accordance with this Convention, together with the date thereof; |
| (iv) | the withdrawal or amendment of any declaration, together with the date thereof; and |
| (v) | the notification of any denunciation of this Convention together with the date thereof and the date on which it takes effect; |
| (b) | transmit certified true copies of this Convention to all Contracting States; |
| (c) | provide the Supervisory Authority and the Registrar with a copy of each instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, together with the date of deposit thereof, of each declaration or withdrawal or amendment of a declaration and of each notification of denunciation, together with the date of notification thereof, so that the information contained therein is easily and fully available; and |
| (d) | perform such other functions customary for depositaries. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, having been duly authorised, have signed this Convention.
DONE at Cape Town, this sixteenth day of November, two thousand and one, in a single original in the English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish languages, all texts being equally authentic, such authenticity to take effect upon verification by the Joint Secretariat of the Conference under the authority of the President of the Conference within ninety days hereof as to the conformity of the texts with one another.
