Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

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Armenia

11-06-2014

With regard to the Declaration submitted by the Republic of Azerbaijan on 11 June, 2014 upon deposit ing the instrument of ratification of the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Republic of Armenia hereby declares: The Republic of Azerbaijan deliberately misrepresents the essence of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, with respect to causes and effects of the conflict. The conflict arose due to the policy of ethnic cleansing of the Republic of Azerbaijan aimed at suppressing the free will of the Nagorno-Karabakh population, which has been followed by the massive military aggression against the self-determined Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Azerbaijan

11-06-2014

The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that, until the liberation of its territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia (the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan and its seven districts surrounding that region) from the occupation and complete elimination of the consequences of that occupation, the Republic of Azerbaijan shall not cooperate with the Republic of Armenia within the framework of this Statute (the schematic map of the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan is enclosed).

EU (European Union)

18-09-2020

Annex to the Note Verbale on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.
1. On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the “United Kingdom”) notified the European Council of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the European Union (“Union”) and the European Atomic Energy Community (“Euratom”) in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. On 22 March 2019, the European Council decided in agreement with the United Kingdom to extend the period provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union until 12 April 2019. On 10 April 2019, the European Council decided in agreement with the United Kingdom to extend the period provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Unon until 31 October 2019. On 29 October 2019, the European Council decided in agreement with the United Kingdom to extend the period provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union until 31 January 2020. The United Kingdom will therefore cease to be a Member State of the European Union and of Euratom on 1 February 2020.
2. On 24 January 2020, the Union and Euratom, and the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 50, paragraph 2, of the Treaty on European Union, signed an Agreement setting out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom (“Withdrawal Agreement”). The Withdrawal Agreement will enter into force on 1 February 2020, subject to its prior ratification by the United Kingdom and conclusion by the Union and Euratom.
3. In order to address the specific situation of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, the Withdrawal Agreement provides for a time-limited transition period during which, save certain very limited exceptions, Union law shall be applicable to and in the United Kingdom and that any reference to Member States in Union law, including as implemented and applied by Member States, shall be understood as including the United Kingdom.
4. The Union and Euratom, and the United Kingdom have agreed that Union law within the meaning of the Withdrawal Agreement encompasses international agreements concluded by the Union (or Euratom), or by Member States acting on behalf of the Union (or Euratom), or by the Union (or Euratom) and its Member States jointly.
5. Subject to timely ratification and conclusion of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Union and Euratom notify parties to the international agreements referred to in point 4 above that, during the transition period, the United Kingdom is treated as a Member State of the Union and of Euratom for the purposes of these international agreements.
6. It is understood that the principles set out in this Annex also extend to international instruments and arrangements without legally binding force entered into by the Union or Euratom and to international agreements referred to in point 4 above which are provisionally applied.
7. The provisions relating to the transition period are laid down in Part Four (Articles 126 to 132) of the Withdrawal Agreement, to be read in conjunction with the other relevant provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement, in particular its Part One.
8. The transition period starts on 1 February 2020 and ends on 31 December 2020, but the Withdrawal Agreement foresees the possibility of adopting a single decision extending the transition period for up to 24 months. In the event of an extension, the Union and Euratom will communicate this by a further Note Verbale.
9. At the end of the transition period, the United Kingdom will no longer be covered by the international agreements referred to in points 4 and 6 above. This is without prejudice to the status of the United Kingdom in relation to multilateral agreements to which it is a party in its own right.

Iran

21-02-2013

However, the implementation of the provisions of Article 16 of the Statute relating to the referring of any dispute in interpretation or application of the Statute to arbitration is subject to fulfillment of the requirements of Article 139 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.