Article 13

Period for Reply to Notification

Unless otherwise agreed:

A watercourse state providing a notification under Article 12 shall allow the notified states a period of six months within which to study and evaluate the possible effects of the planned measures and to communicate the findings to it;
This period shall, at the request of a notified state for which the evaluation of the planned measures poses special difficulty, be extended for a period of six months.

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