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306 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“2. For each State Party ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to theConvention after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of such action, the Conventionshall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of thatrelevant instrument.”Notes by the Secretariat2. The version of article 27 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.2 remainedunchanged in the intermediate drafts of the convention (A/AC.254/4/Revs.3-8).3. At the informal consultations held during the ninth session of the Ad HocCommittee, the article was revised and recommended by the Chairpersons of the informalconsultations to the Ad Hoc Committee for consideration at its tenth session. There wasa convergence of views on 40 ratifications as the number that adequately met all concerns.Tenth session: 17-28 July 2000Notes by the Secretariat4. Delegations based their comments on the text of article 27 of the revised draftconvention contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.9 and Corr.1, which was the same asthat contained in A/AC.254/4/Rev.2.European Commission (A/AC.254/L.217)Paragraph 1The European Commission proposed that the following sentence should be addedat the end of paragraph 1:“For the purposes of this paragraph, any instrument deposited by a regionaleconomic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to thosedeposited by member States of such organization.” 3Notes by the Secretariat5. At its tenth session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 27, as amended, to reflect the final agreement on the required number of instrumentsof ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. The last amendments are reflectedin the final text of the convention, as included in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee(A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution, annex I), that was submitted to the General Assemblyfor adoption pursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.3Text taken from article 36, paragraph 5, of the Convention on Biological Diversity (United Nations, Treaty Series,vol. 1760, No. 30619).