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30 | II Série A - Número: 023S1 | 27 de Outubro de 2014

PART V – FINAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 84 Signature, ratification and accession

(1) This Agreement shall be open for signature by any Member State on 19 February 2013.
(2) This Agreement shall be subject to ratification in accordance with the respective constitutional requirements of the Member States. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as "the depositary").
(3) Each Member State having signed this Agreement shall notify the European Commission of its ratification of the Agreement at the time of the deposit of its ratification instrument pursuant to Article 18(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012.
(4) This Agreement shall be open to accession by any Member State. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the depositary.

ARTICLE 85 Functions of the depositary

(1) The depositary shall draw up certified true copies of this Agreement and shall transmit them to the governments of all signatory or acceding Member States.
(2) The depositary shall notify the governments of the signatory or acceding Member States of: (a) any signature; (b) the deposit of any instrument of ratification or accession; (c ) the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

(3) The depositary shall register this Agreement with the Secretariat of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 86 Duration of the Agreement

This Agreement shall be of unlimited duration.

ARTICLE 87 Revision

(1) Either seven years after the entry into force of this Agreement or once 2000 infringement cases have been decided by the Court, whichever is the later point in time, and if necessary at regular intervals thereafter, a broad consultation with the users of the patent system shall be carried out by the Administrative Committee on the functioning, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the Court and on the trust and confidence of users of the patent system in the quality of the Court's decisions. On the basis of this consultation and an opinion of the Court, the Administrative Committee may decide to revise this Agreement with a view to improving the functioning of the Court.
(2) The Administrative Committee may amend this Agreement to bring it into line with an international treaty relating to patents or Union law.
(3) A decision of the Administrative Committee taken on the basis of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not take effect if a Contracting Member State declares within twelve months of the date of the decision, on the basis of its