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- A reservation, an express acceptance of a reservation and an objection to a reservation must be formulated in writing and communicated to the contracting States and other States entitled to become parties to the treaty.
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- If formulated when signing the treaty subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, a reservation must be formally confirmed by the reserving State when expressing its consent to be bound by the treaty. In such a case the reservation shall be considered as having been made on the date of its confirmation.
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- An express acceptance of, or an objection to, a reservation made previously to confirmation of the reservation does not itself require confirmation.
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- The withdrawal of a reservation or of an objection to a reservation must be formulated in writing.
