ARTICLE XVII

Denunciation

1. Any of the Participating Governments may denounce the present Convention at any time by notifying the Government of Mexico in writing to that effect.Such denunciations shall have effect, including the matter of quotas, one year alter the receipt of the respective notification by the Government of Mexico.

2. If, as a result of simultaneous or subsequent denunciations, the number of Contracting Governments should be reduced to three, the Convention shall cease to be effective as of the date on which, in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the last of said denunciations becomes effective.

3. The Government of the United Mexican States shall inform all the American Governments of such denunciations and of the dates on which they become effective.

4. If the Convention should cease to be effective according to the terms of paragraph two of the present article, the Government of the United Mexican Statesshall notify all the American Governments of the date on which it ceases to be effective.

(**) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the under-signed Plenipotentiaries, after having deposited their full powers found to be in due and proper form, sign this Convention on behalf of their respective governments, and affix thereto their seals, at Mexico, D.F., on the dates appearing opposite their signatures.