ARTICLE XI

RELATIONSHIP OF THE PROTOCOL TO THE BTWC AND
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

[1. This Protocol, being [supplementary] [and] [additional] to the Convention shall not be interpreted as in any way modifying or amending the Convention, or limiting or detracting from the rights and obligations assumed by any State under the Convention.]

[1 bis This Protocol shall not be interpreted as in any way limiting or detracting from the rights and obligations assumed by any State under other international agreements, including the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction.]

[2. This Protocol shall enter into force for each State Party to the Convention only upon signature and ratification or accession in accordance with Articles XVII and XVIII or XIX of this Protocol. The provisions of this Protocol shall apply only to States Parties to this Protocol.]

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