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Article 12 Regulations

1 — The Regulations provide rules concerning:

i) Matters in respect of which this Treaty expressly refers to the Regulations or expressly provides that they are or shall be prescribed;

ii) Any administrative requirements, matters or procedures;

ii) Any details useful in the implementation of this Treaty.

2 — The Regulations adopted at the same time as this Treaty are annexed to this Treaty.

3 — The Assembly may amend the Regulations.

4 — a) Subject to subparagraph b), adoption of any amendment of the Regulations shall require two-thirds of the votes cast. •

b) Adoption of any amendment concerning the furnishing of samples of deposited microorganisms by the international depositary authorities shall required that no Contracting State vote against the proposed amendment.

5 — In the case of conflict between the provisions of this Treaty and those of the Regulations, the provisions of this Treaty shall prevail.

CHAPTER III Revision and amendment

Article 13 Revision of the Treaty

1 — This Treaty may be revised from time to time by conferences of the Contracting States.

2 — The convocation of any revision conference shall be decided by the Assembly.

3 — Articles 10 and 11 may be amended either by a revision conference or according to article 14.

Article 14 Amendment of certain provisions of the Treaty

1 — a) Proposals under this article for the amendment of articles 10 and 11 may be initiated by any Contracting State or by the Director General.

b) Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director General to the Contracting States at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Assembly.

2 — a) Amendments to the articles referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adopted by the Assembly.

b) Adoption of any amendment to article 10 shall require four-fifths of the votes cast; adoption of any amendment to article 11 shall require three-fourths of the votes cast.

3 — a) Any amendment to the articles referred to in paragraph 1 shall enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the Director General from three-fourths of the Contracting States members of the Assembly at the time the Assembly adopted the amendment.

b) Any amendment to the said articles thus accepted shall bind all the Contracting States which were Con-

tracting States at the time the amendment was adopted by the Assembly provided that any amendment creating financial obligations for the said Contracting States or increasing such obligations shall bind only those Contracting States which have notified their acceptance of such amendment.

c) Any amendment which has been accepted and which has entered into force in accordance with subparagraph a) shall bind all States which become Contracting States after the date on which the amendment was adopted by the Assembly.

CHAPTER IV Final provisions Article 15 Becoming party to the Treaty

1 — Any State member of the International (Paris) Union for the Protection of Industrial Property may become party to this Treaty by:

i) Signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, or

ii) Deposit of an instrument of accession.

2 — Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director General.

Article 16

Entry into force of the Treaty

1 — This Treaty shall enter into force, with respect to the first five States which have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession, three months after the date on which the fifth instrument of ratification or accession has been deposited.

2 — This Treaty shall enter into force with respect to any other State three months after the date on which that State has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession unless a later date has been indicated in the instrument of ratification or accession. In the latter case, this Treaty shall enter into force with respect to that State on the date thus indicated.

Article 17 Denunciation of the Treaty

1 — Any Contracting State may denounce this Treaty by notification addressed to the Director General.

2 — Denunciation shall take effect two years after the day on which the Director General has received the notification.

3 — The right of denunciation provided for in paragraph 1 shall not be exercised by any Contracting State before the expiration of five years from the date on which it becomes party to this Treaty.

4 — The denunciation of this Treaty by a Contracting State that has made a declaration referred to in article 7, 1, a), with respect to a depositary institution which thus acquired the status of international depositary authority shall entail the termination of such status one year after the day on which the Director General received the notification referred to in paragraph 1.

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