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parties or the contracting States;
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b
) be considered to be made by the successor State on the date on which it is received by the 
depositary or, if there is no depositary, on the date on which it is received by all the parties or, as the 
case may be, by all the contracting States.
4. Paragraph 3 does not affect any duty that the depositary may have, in accordance with the 
treaty or otherwise, to inform the parties or the contracting States of the notification or any com-
munication made in connection therewith by the successor State.
5. Subject to the provisions of the treaty, such notification or communication shall be consid-
ered as received by the State for which it is intended only when the latter State has been informed 
by the depositary.