Section 105p. 105

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

under paragraph (1)( b ), Articles 22 to 38 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 22 to 38 shall enter

into force with respect to that country on the date thus

indicated.

ARTICLE 29

Acceptance and Entry Into Force for Countries Outside

the Union : 1 . Accession ; 2 . Entry into Force

(1) Any country outside the Union may accede to this Act

and thereby become party to this Convention and a

member of the Union. Instruments of accession shall be

deposited with the Director General.

(2) (a) Subject to subparagraph ( b ), this Convention shall

enter into force with respect to any country outside the

Union three months after the date on which the Director

General has notified the deposit of its instrument of

accession, unless a subsequent date has been indicated

in the instrument deposited. In the latter case, this

Convention shall enter into force with respect to that

country on the date thus indicated.

(b) If the entry into force according to subparagraph ( a )

precedes the entry into force of Articles 1 to 21 and the

Appendix according to Article 28(2)( a ), the said country

shall in the meantime, be bound, instead of by Articles 1

to 21 and the Appendix, by Articles 1 to 20 of the Brussels

Act of this Convention.

ARTICLE 29bis

Effect of Acceptance of Act for the Purpose of Article 14

(2) of WIPO Convention

Ratification of or accession to this Act by any country not

bound by Articles 22 to 38 of the Stockholm Act of this

Convention shall for the sole purposes of Article 14(2) of

the Convention establishing the Organization, amount to

ratification of or accession to the said Stockholm Act with

the limitation set forth in Article 28(1)( b )(i) thereof.

ARTICLE 30

Reservation : Limits of Possibility of Making Reservation ; 2 .

Earlier Reservation ; Reservation as to the Right of

Translation ; Withdrawal of Reservation

(1) Subject to the exceptions permitted by paragraph (2)

of this Article, by Article 28(1)( b ), by Article 33(2), and by

the Appendix, ratification or accession shall automatically

entail acceptance of all the provisions and admission to

all the advantages of this Convention.

(2) (a) Any country of the Union ratifying or acceding to

this Act may, subject to Article V(2) of the Appendix,

retain the benefit of the reservations it has previously

formulated on condition that it makes a declaration to

that effect at the time of the deposit of its instrument of

ratification or accession.

(b)

Any

country outside the Union may declare, in

acceding to this Convention and subject to Article V(2) of

the Appendix, that it intends to substitute, temporarily at

least, for Article 8 of this Act concerning the right of

translation,

the provisions of Article 5 of the Union

Convention of 1886, as completed at Paris in 1896, on the

clear

understanding

that

the

said

provisions

are

applicable only to translations into a language in general

use in the said country. Subject to Article 1(6)( b ) of the

Appendix, any country has the right to apply, in relation to

the right of translation of works whose country of origin is

a country availing itself of such a reservation, a protection

which is equivalent to the protection granted by the latter

country.

(c) Any country may withdraw such reservations at any

time by notification addressed to the Director General.

ARTICLE 31

Applicability to Certain Territories : 1 . Declaration ; 2 .

Withdrawal of Declaration ;

3 . Effective Date ; 4 . Acceptance of Factual Situations not

Implied

(1)

Any

country

may

declare

in

its

instrument

of

ratification or accession, or may inform the Director

General by written notification at any time thereafter,

that this Convention shall be applicable to all or part of

those

territories,

designated

in

the

declaration

or

notification, for the external relations of which it is

responsible.

(2) Any country which has made such a declaration or

given such a notification may, at any time, notify the

Director General that this Convention shall cease to be

applicable to all or part of such territories.

(3) (a) Any declaration made under paragraph (1) shad

take effect on the same date as the ratification or

accession in which it was included, and any notification

given

under

that

paragraph

shall

take

effect three

months after its notification by the Director General.

(b) Any notification given under paragraph (2) shall take

effect twelve months after its receipt by the Director

General.

(4) This Article shall in no way be understood as implying

the recognition or tacit acceptance by a country of the

Union of the factual situation concerning a territory to

which this Convention is made applicable by another

country of the Union by virtue of a declaration under

paragraph (1).

ARTICLE 32

Applicability of this Act and of Earlier Acts : 1 . As Between

Countries Already Members of the Union ;

2 . As Between a Country Becoming a Member of the

Union and Other Countries Members of the Union ;

3 . Applicability of the Appendix in Certain Relations

(1)

This

Act

shall,

as regards relations between the

countries of the Union, and to the extent that it applies,

replace the Berne Convention of September 9, 1886, and

the subsequent Acts of revision. The Acts previously in

force shall continue to be applicable, in their entirety or to

the extent that this Act does not replace them by virtue of

the preceding sentence, in relations with countries of the

Union which do not ratify or accede to this Act.

(2) Countries outside the Union which become party to

this Act shall, subject to paragraph (3), apply it with

respect to any country of the Union not bound by this Act

or which, although bound by this Act, has made a

declaration pursuant to Article 28(1)( b ). Such countries

recognize that the said country of the Union, in its

relations with them:

(i) may apply the provisions of the most recent Act by

which it is bound, and

(ii) subject to Article 1(6) of the Appendix, has the right to

adapt the protection to the level provided for by this Act.

(3) Any country which has availed itself of any of the

faculties provided for in the Appendix may apply the

provisions of the Appendix relating to the faculty or

faculties of which it has availed itself in its relations with

any other country of the Union which is not bound by this

Act, provided that the latter country has accepted the

application of the said provisions.

ARTICLE 33

Disputes : 1 . Jurisdiction of the International Court of

Justice ; 2 . Reservation as to such Jurisdiction ;

3 . Withdrawal of Reservation

(1) Any dispute between two or more countries of the

Union concerning the interpretation or application of this

Convention, not settled by negotiation, may, by any one of

the

countries

concerned,

be

brought

before

the

International Court of Justice by application in conformity

with the Statute of the Court, unless the countries

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