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2. This Charter shall enter into force on the sixtieth day following the day on which the number of governments represented at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment which have deposited instruments of acceptance pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall reach twenty, and the instrument of acceptance of each other accepting government shall take effect on the sixtieth day following the day on which it is deposited; Provided that, if this Charter shall not have entered into force by 194.., any of the governments applying the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade dated 194.., together with any other governments represented at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, may upon conditions to be agreed between them, bring this Charter into force. Any instrument of acceptance deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be taken as covering both procedures for bringing this Charter into force, unless it expressly provides to the contrary or is withdrawn before the entry into force of this Charter. 3. The United Nations is authorized to effect registration of this Charter as soon as it comes into force. Article 99 Territorial Application 1. Each government accepting this Charter does so in respect of its metropolitan territory and of the other territories for which it has international responsibility ; Provided that it may at the time of acceptance declare that any separate customs territory for which it has international responsibility possesses full autonomy in the conduct of its external commercial relations and of the other matters provided for by this Charter, and that acceptance does not relate to such territory. 2. Each Member may, at any time, accept this Charter in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 98 on behalf of any separate customs territory referred to in the proviso of paragraph 1 of this Article, which is willing to undertake the obligations of this Charter. 3. Each Member shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to it to assure observance of the provisions of this Charter by the regional and local governments and authorities within its territory. Article 100 Deposits of Texts The original texts of this Charter in the official languages of the United Nations shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who will furnish certified copies of the texts to all interested governments. Done at this day of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty