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(1) The countries to which this Agreement applies constitute a special Union and adopt a common classification of goods and services for the purposes of the registration of marks (hereinafter referred to as "classification").
(4) The Classification shall be in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.
(6) The Director General shall, after consulting the governments concerned, establish either on the basis of a translation proposed by those Governments or by means of any other means which would have no financial impact on the budget of the Union Or for the Organization, official texts of the Classification in the German, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and other languages may be designated by the Assembly referred to in Art. 5.
(7) The alphabetical list shall indicate, in relation to each indication of product or service, an order number specific to the language in which it is established, with:
1 RS 0.230
2 RS 0.232.112.7
3 RS 0.232.112.8
(1) Subject to the obligations imposed by this Agreement, the scope of the Classification shall be that attributed to it by each country of the Special Union. In particular, the classification shall not be binding on the countries of the Special Union or on the assessment of the extent of the protection of the mark, nor on the recognition of service marks.
(2) Each country of the Special Union reserves the right to apply the Classification as a principal or ancillary system.
(3) The competent authorities of the countries of the Special Union shall include in the official titles and publications of the registrations of marks the numbers of the classes of the Classification to which the goods or services belong For which the mark is registered.
(4) The fact that a name appears in the alphabetical list does not affect any rights that may exist in that name.
(1) A Committee of Experts shall be set up in which each of the countries of the Special Union shall be represented.
3) The Committee of Experts:
(4) The Committee of Experts shall adopt its rules of procedure. The latter gives the intergovernmental organizations referred to in para. (2) (b) which may make a substantial contribution to the development of the Classification the possibility of taking part in the meetings of the sub-committees and working groups of the Committee of Experts.
(5) Proposals for changes to the Classification may be made by the competent authority of any country of the Special Union, the International Bureau, the intergovernmental organizations represented on the Committee of Experts Pursuant to para. (2) (b) and any country or organization specially invited by the Committee of Experts to make such proposals. The proposals shall be communicated to the International Bureau, which shall submit them to the members of the Committee of Experts and to observers no later than two months before the session of the Committee of Experts during which they will be considered.
(6) Each country of the Special Union shall have one vote.
(8) Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.
(1) The changes decided by the Committee of Experts, together with the recommendations of the Committee of Experts, shall be notified to the competent authorities of the countries of the Special Union by the International Bureau. The amendments shall enter into force six months after the date of dispatch of the notification. Any other change shall enter into force on the date fixed by the Committee of Experts at the time the change is adopted.
(2) The International Bureau shall incorporate into the Classification the changes which have entered into force. Such changes shall be the subject of notices published in periodicals designated by the Assembly referred to in Art. 5.
(5) The Assembly shall adopt its rules of procedure.
(2) The Director General and any staff member designated by him shall participate, without the right to vote, in all meetings of the Assembly, the Committee of Experts, and any other committee of experts or working groups of the Assembly or the Committee Experts can create. The Director General or a staff member designated by him shall be ex officio secretary of those bodies.
(4) The International Bureau shall carry out any other tasks assigned to it.
(2) The budget of the Special Union shall be adopted taking into account the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization.
3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed by the following resources:
(5) The amount of fees and amounts due for services rendered by the International Bureau under the Special Union shall be fixed by the Director General, who shall report to the Assembly.
(8) Account verification shall be carried out, in accordance with the arrangements laid down in the Financial Regulation, by one or more countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, who shall, with their consent, be appointed by the Assembly.
(1) Art modification positions. 5, 6, 7 and this Article may be presented by any country member of the Assembly or by the Director General. These proposals shall be communicated by the Assembly to the Member States of the Assembly at least six months before being submitted to the Assembly for consideration.
(2) Any amendment to the articles referred to in para. 1) is adopted by the Assembly. Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast; however, any amendment to Article 5 and to this paragraph shall require four-fifths of the votes cast.
(3) Any amendment to the articles referred to in para. (1) shall enter into force one month after the receipt by the Director General of written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements, of the three-fourths of the countries which were members of The Assembly at the time when the amendment was adopted. Any amendment of the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the countries which are members of the Assembly at the time when the amendment enters into force or become members at a later date; however, any amendment that increases the Financial obligations of the countries of the Special Union shall bind only those of them who have notified their acceptance of the amendment.
(1) Each of the countries of the Special Union which has signed this Act may ratify it and, if it has not signed it, may accede to it.
(2) Any country foreign to the Special Union, party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1 , may accede to this Act and become, therefore, the country of the Special Union.
(3) Instruments of ratification and accession shall be deposited with the Director General.
(5) Ratification or accession shall entail the full accession to all clauses and admission to all the benefits stipulated by this Act.
(6) After the entry into force of this Act, no country may ratify or accede to an earlier Act of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall have the same duration as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1 .
(1) This Agreement may be revised periodically by conferences of the countries of the Special Union.
(2) The convocation of conferences of revision shall be decided by the Assembly.
(3) Art. 5 to 8 may be amended either by a revision conference or pursuant to s. 8.
(1) Any country may denounce this Act by notification addressed to the Director General. Such denunciation shall also imply denunciation of the Act or of the earlier Acts of this Agreement which the country which denounces this Act has ratified or acceded to and produces its effect only in respect of the country which has made it, the Agreement Remaining in force and enforceable against the other countries of the Special Union.
(2) Denunciation shall take effect one year after the day on which the Director General has received the notification.
(3) The right of denunciation provided for in this Article shall not be exercised by any country before the expiration of five years from the date on which it became a country of the Special Union.
The provisions of Art. 24 of the 1967 Stockholm Act 1 Of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall apply to this Agreement; however, if such provisions are amended in the future, the latest amendment shall apply to this Agreement with respect to the countries of The Special Union which is bound by this amendment.
(2) This Act shall remain open for signature until 31 December 1977.
(4) The Director General shall register this Act with the Secretariat of the United Nations.
(5) The Director General shall notify the Governments of all countries party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 2 :
In witness whereof, The undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have signed this Act.
Done at Geneva on 13 May 1977.
(Suivent signatures)
States Parties |
Ratification Accession (A) Statement of Succession (S) |
Entry into force |
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Albania |
19 June |
2003 A |
19 September |
2003 |
Germany |
28 September |
1981 |
12 January |
1982 |
Argentina |
24 October |
2007 A |
24 January |
2008 |
Armenia |
6 December |
2004 A |
6 March |
2005 |
Australia |
4 January |
1978 |
February 6 |
1979 |
Austria |
19 May |
1982 |
August 21 |
1982 |
Azerbaijan |
July 14 |
2003 A |
14 October |
2003 |
Bahrain |
September 15 |
2005 A |
15 December |
2005 |
Barbados |
12 December |
1984 A |
12 March |
1985 |
Belarus |
12 March |
1998 A |
12 June |
1998 |
Belgium |
August 9 |
1984 |
20 November |
1984 |
Benin |
3 April |
1978 A |
February 6 |
1979 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 June |
1993 S |
6 March |
1992 |
Bulgaria |
27 November |
2000 A |
February 27 |
2001 |
China |
5 May |
1994 A |
August 9 |
1994 |
Hong Kong |
22 November |
2012 |
February 27 |
2013 |
Macao |
1 Er November |
1999 |
20 December |
1999 |
Korea (North) |
6 March |
1997 A |
6 June |
1997 |
Korea (South) |
8 October |
1998 A |
8 January |
1999 |
Croatia |
28 July |
1992 S |
8 October |
1991 |
Cuba |
26 September |
1995 A |
26 December |
1995 |
Denmark |
3 March |
1981 A |
3 June |
1981 |
Dominica |
8 June |
2000 A |
8 September |
2000 |
Egypt |
18 March |
2005 A |
18 June |
2005 |
Spain |
2 February |
1979 |
9 May |
1979 |
Estonia |
24 February |
1996 A |
27 May |
1996 |
United States |
29 November |
1983 |
29 February |
1984 |
Finland |
July 12 |
1978 |
February 6 |
1979 |
France |
January 18 |
1980 |
22 April |
1980 |
Overseas Departments and Territories |
January 18 |
1980 |
22 April |
1980 |
Georgia |
29 November |
2002 A |
28 February |
2003 |
Greece |
7 August |
1998 A |
7 November |
1998 |
Guinea |
August 5 |
1996 A |
5 November |
1996 |
Hungary |
19 May |
1982 |
August 21 |
1982 |
Ireland |
October 31 |
1978 |
February 6 |
1979 |
Iceland |
December 23 |
1994 A |
April 9 |
1995 |
Italy |
18 November |
1982 |
19 February |
1983 |
Jamaica |
7 November |
2005 A |
7 February |
2006 |
Japan |
17 November |
1989 A |
20 February |
1990 |
Jordan |
August 14 |
2008 A |
14 November |
2008 |
Kazakhstan |
24 January |
2002 A |
24 April |
2002 |
Kyrgyzstan |
10 September |
1998 A |
10 December |
1998 |
Latvia |
29 September |
1994 A |
1 Er January |
1995 |
Liechtenstein |
14 November |
1986 A |
February 14 |
1987 |
Lithuania |
22 November |
1996 A |
22 February |
1997 |
Luxembourg |
16 September |
1983 |
21 December |
1983 |
Macedonia |
July 23 |
1993 |
8 September |
1991 |
Malaysia |
28 June |
2007 A |
28 September |
2007 |
Malawi |
24 July |
1995 A |
24 October |
1995 |
Mexico |
21 December |
2000 A |
21 March |
2001 |
Moldova |
1 Er September |
1997 A |
1 Er December |
1997 |
Monaco |
5 February |
1981 |
9 May |
1981 |
Mongolia |
March 16 |
2001 A |
June 16 |
2001 |
Montenegro |
16 November |
2012 A |
February 16 |
2013 |
Mozambique |
18 October |
2001 A |
January 18 |
2002 |
Norway |
April 6 |
1981 |
7 July |
1981 |
New Zealand A |
July 16 |
2013 A |
October 16 |
2013 |
Uzbekistan |
12 October |
2001 A |
12 January |
2002 |
Netherlands |
11 May |
1979 |
August 15 |
1979 |
Aruba |
2 February |
1994 |
28 February |
1994 |
Poland |
4 December |
1996 A |
March 4 |
1997 |
Portugal |
April 30 |
1982 |
July 30 |
1982 |
Czech Republic |
18 December |
1992 S |
1 Er January |
1993 |
Romania |
March 31 |
1998 A |
30 June |
1998 |
United Kingdom |
30 March |
1979 |
3 July |
1979 |
Russia |
23 September |
1987 |
December 30 |
1987 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
27 July |
2005 A |
27 October |
2005 |
Saint Lucia |
18 December |
2000 A |
18 March |
2001 |
Serbia |
September 17 |
2010 A |
17 December |
2010 |
Singapore |
18 December |
1998 A |
18 March |
1999 |
Slovakia |
December 30 |
1992 S |
1 Er January |
1993 |
Slovenia |
12 June |
1992 S |
25 June |
1991 |
Sweden |
6 November |
1978 |
February 6 |
1979 |
Switzerland |
22 January |
1986 |
22 April |
1986 |
Suriname |
24 July |
1981 A |
16 December |
1981 |
Syria |
28 December |
2004 A |
28 March |
2005 |
Tajikistan |
February 14 |
1994 S |
25 December |
1991 |
Tanzania |
14 June |
1999 A |
September 14 |
1999 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
20 December |
1995 A |
20 March |
1996 |
Turkmenistan |
7 March |
2006 A |
7 June |
2006 |
Turkey |
1 Er October |
1995 A |
1 Er January |
1996 |
Ukraine |
29 September |
2000 A |
29 December |
2000 |
Uruguay |
19 October |
1999 A |
19 January |
2000 |
A |
The Agreement does not apply to Tokelau. |
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1 RO 1986 531
2 RO 1986 532, 1987 702, 1990 797, 2003 3423, 2005 4947, 2008 4049, 2011 2967, 2014 1217. A version of the updated scope of application is published on the DFAE website (www.dfae.admin.ch/traites).