Section 104p. 104

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

arrears

equals

or

exceeds

the

amount

of

the

contributions due from it for the preceding two full years.

However, any organ of the Union may allow such a

country to continue to exercise its vote in that organ if,

and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is

due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances.

(f) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a

new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the

budget of the previous year, in accordance with the

financial regulations.

(5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services

rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the

Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the

Assembly and the Executive Committee, by the Director

General.

(6) (a) The Union shall have a working capital fund which

shall be constituted by a single payment made by each

country of the Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, an

increase shall be decided by the Assembly.

(b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to

the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof

shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country

for the year in which the fund is established or the

increase decided.

(c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be

fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director

General

and

after

it

has

heard

the

advice

of

the

Coordination Committee of the Organization.

(7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the

country on the territory of which the Organization has its

headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the

working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall

grant advances. The amount of these advances and the

conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject

of separate agreements, in each case, between such

country and the Organization. As long as it remains under

the obligation to grant advances, such country shall have

an ex officio seat on the Executive Committee.

(b) The country referred to in subparagraph ( a ) and the

Organization shall each have the right to denounce the

obligation to grant advances, by written notification.

Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of

the year in which it has been notified.

(8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one

or more of the countries of the Union or by external

auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They

shall

be

designated,

with

their

agreement,

by

the

Assembly.

ARTICLE 26

Amendments : 1 . Provisions Susceptible of Amendment by

the Assembly ; Proposals ; 2 . Adoption ; 3 . Entry into Force

(1) Proposals for the amendment of Articles 22, 23, 24, 25,

and the present Article, may be initiated by any country

member of the Assembly, by the Executive Committee, or

by

the

Director

General.

Such

proposals

shall

be

communicated by the Director General to the member

countries of the Assembly at least six months in advance

of their consideration by the Assembly.

(2) Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph

(1) shall be adopted by the Assembly. Adoption shall

require three-fourths of the votes cast, provided that any

amendment of Article 22, and of the present paragraph,

shall require four-fifths of the votes cast.

(3)

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 countries members of the Assembly

at the time it adopted the amendment. Any amendment

to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the

countries which are members of the Assembly at the

time the amendment enters into force, or which become

members thereof at a subsequent date, provided that any

amendment

increasing

the

financial

obligations

of

countries of the Union shall bind only those countries

which

have

notified

their

acceptance

of

such

amendment.

ARTICLE 27

Revision : 1 . Objective ; 2 . Conferences ; 3 . Adoption

(1) This Convention shall be submitted to revision with a

view to the introduction of amendments designed to

improve the system of the Union.

(2)

For

this

purpose,

conferences

shall

be

held

successively in one of the countries of the Union among

the delegates of the said countries.

(3) Subject to the provisions of Article 26 which apply to

the amendment of Articles 22 to 26, any revision of this

Act, including the Appendix, shall require the unanimity

of the votes cast.

ARTICLE 28

Acceptance and Entry Into Force of Act for Countries of

the Union : 1 . Ratification, Accession ;

Possibility of Excluding Certain Provisions ; Withdrawal of

Exclusion ; 2 . Entry into Force

of Articles 1 to 21 and Appendix ; 3 . Entry into Force of

Articles 22 to 38

(1) (a) Any country of the Union which has signed this Act

may ratify it, and, if it has not signed it, may accede to it.

Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited

with the Director General.

(b)

Any

country

of

the

Union

may

declare

in

its

instrument of ratification or accession that its ratification

or accession shall not apply to Articles 1 to 21 and the

Appendix provided that, if such country has previously

made a declaration under Article VI(1) of the Appendix,

then it may declare in the said instrument only that its

ratification or accession shall not apply to Articles 1 to 20.

(c) Any country of the Union which, in accordance with

subparagraph

( b ),

has

excluded

provisions

therein

referred to from the effects of its ratification or accession

may at any later time declare that it extends the effects of

its ratification or accession to those provisions. Such

declaration shall be deposited with the Director General.

(2) (a) Articles 1 to 21 and the Appendix shall enter into

force three months after both of the following two

conditions are fulfilled:

(i) at least five countries of the Union have ratified or

acceded to this Act without making a declaration under

paragraph (1)( b ),

(ii) France, Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America,

have

become

bound

by

the

Universal

Copyright

Convention as revised at Paris on July 24, 1971.

(b) The entry into force referred to in subparagraph ( a )

shall apply to those countries of the Union which, at least

three months before the said entry into force, have

deposited instruments of ratification or accession not

containing a declaration under paragraph (1)( b ).

(c) With respect to any country of the Union not covered

by subparagraph ( b ) and which ratifies or accedes to this

Act without making a declaration under paragraph (1)( b ),

Articles 1 to 21 and the Appendix shall enter into force

three months after the date on which the Director

General

has

notified

the

deposit

of

the

relevant

instrument

of

ratification

or

accession,

unless

a

subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument

deposited. In the latter case, Articles 1 to 21 and the

Appendix shall enter into force with respect to that

country on the date thus indicated.

(d) The provisions of subparagraphs ( a ) to ( c ) do not affect

the publication of Article VI of the Appendix.

(3) With respect to any country of the Union which ratifies

or accedes to this Act with or without a declaration made

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