VALIDITY AND AMENDMENTS 4.1 This Memorandum shall enter into force on the date of the last notification whereby the Parties communicate to each other the fulfillment of the internal requirements demanded by their legislation for its entry into force. The termination or non-renewal of this Memorandum shall not affect the existing programs and activities under development between the Parties, unless otherwise stipulated in an agreement.
4.2 Its validity shall be for a period of three (3) years, and shall be renewed for an equal period, unless one of the Parties notifies, in writing, six months before the expiration date of the agreement, the other Party, through diplomatic channels, expressing its desire to terminate this Memorandum.
4.3 The modifications to this Memorandum shall be made in writing and by mutual agreement of the Parties and shall enter into force in accordance with paragraph 4.1 The document in which the modifications are agreed upon, shall be attached to this Memorandum and shall form an integral part thereof.
This Memorandum is signed in two identical original copies in Spanish and English, in the city of Roseau on the thirtieth day of the month of January, 2013.
For the Government of the For the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica Commonwealth of Dominica Effective as of its publication.
Done in the Presidency of the Republic, San José on the seventh day of the month of February of the year two thousand nineteen.