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Art.15 |
Article 15 Becoming Party to the Treaty |
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Art.15.1 |
(1) Any State member of the International (Paris) Union for the Protection of Industrial Property may become party to this Treaty by: |
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Art.15.1.i |
(i) signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, or |
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Art.15.1.ii |
(ii) deposit of an instrument of accession. |
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Art.15.2 |
(2) Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director General. |
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Art.18 |
Article 18 Signature and Languages of the Treaty |
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Art.18.1.a |
(1) (a) This Treaty shall be signed in a single original in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic. |
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Art.18.1.b |
(b) Official texts of this Treaty shall be established by the Director General, after consultation with the interested Governments and within two months from the date of signature of this Treaty, in the other languages in which the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization was signed. |
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Art.18.1.c |
(c) Official texts of this Treaty shall be established by the Director General, after consultation with the interested Governments, in the Arabic, German, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese languages, and such other languages as the Assembly may designate. |
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Art.18.2 |
(2) This Treaty shall remain open for signature at Budapest until December 31, 1977. |
