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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

concerned agree on some other method of settlement.

The country bringing the dispute before the Court shall

inform the International Bureau; the International Bureau

shall bring the matter to the attention of the other

countries of the Union.

(2) Each country may, at the time it signs this Act or

deposits

its

instrument

of

ratification

or

accession,

declare that it does not consider itself bound by the

provisions of paragraph (1). With regard to any dispute

between such country and any other country of the

Union, the provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply.

(3) Any country having made a declaration in accordance

with the provisions of paragraph (2) may, at any time,

withdraw its declaration by notification addressed to the

Director General.

ARTICLE 34

Closing of Certain Earlier Provisions : 1 . Of Earlier Acts ; 2 . Of

the Protocol to the Stockholm Act

(1) Subject to Article 29bis, no country may ratify or

accede to earlier Acts of this Convention once Articles 1 to

21 and the Appendix have entered into force.

(2) Once Articles 1 to 21 and the Appendix have entered

into force, no country may make a declaration under

Article 5 of the Protocol Regarding Developing Countries

attached to the Stockholm Act.

ARTICLE 35

Duration of the Convention ; Denunciation : 1 . Unlimited

Duration ;

2 . Possibility of Denunciation ; 3 . Effective Date of

Denunciation ;

4 . Moratorium on Denunciation

(1)

This

Convention

shall

remain

in

force

without

limitation as to time.

(2) Any country may denounce this Act by notification

addressed to the Director General. Such denunciation

shall constitute also denunciation of all earlier Acts and

shall affect only the country making it, the Convention

remaining in full force and effect as regards the other

countries of the Union.

(3) Denunciation shall take effect one year after the day

on

which

the

Director

General

has

received

the

notification.

(4) The right of denunciation provided by this Article shall

not he exercised by any country before the expiration of

five years from the date upon which it becomes a

member of the Union.

ARTICLE 36

Application of the Convention : 1 . Obligation to Adopt the

Necessary Measures ; 2 . Time from which Obligation

Exists

(1) Any country party to this Convention undertakes to

adopt, in accordance with its constitution, the measures

necessary to ensure the application of this Convention.

(2) It is understood that, at the time a country becomes

bound by this Convention, it will be in a position under its

domestic law to give effect to the provisions of this

Convention.

ARTICLE 37

Final Clauses : 1 . Languages of the Act ; 2 . Signature ;

3 . Certified Copies ; 4 . Registration ; 5 . Notifications

(1) (a) This Act shall be signed in a single copy in the

French and English languages and, subject to paragraph

(2), shall be deposited with the Director General.

(b) Official texts shall be established by the Director

General,

after

consultation

with

the

interested

Government in the Arabic, German, Italian, Portuguese

and Spanish languages, and such other languages as the

Assembly may designate.

(c) In case of differences of opinion on the interpretation

of the various texts, the French text shall prevail.

(2) This Act shall remain open for signature until January

31, 1972. Until that date, the copy referred to in paragraph

(1)( a ) shall be deposited with the Government of the

French Republic.

(3) The Director General shall certify and transmit two

copies of the signed text of this Act to the Governments

of all countries of the Union and, on request, to the

Government of any other country.

(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 of the Union of signatures, deposits of

instruments

of

ratification

or

accession

and

any

declarations

included

in

such

instruments

or made

pursuant to Articles 28(1)( c ), 30(2)( a ) and ( b ), and 33(2),

entry into force of any provisions of this Act notifications

of denunciation, and notifications pursuant to Articles

30(2)( c ), 31(1) and (2), 33(3), and 38(1), as well as the

Appendix.

ARTICLE 38

Transitory Provisions : 1 . Exercise of the "five-year

privilege" ; 2 . Bureau of the Union, Director of the Bureau ;

3 . Succession of Bureau of the Union

(1) Countries of the Union which have not ratified or

acceded to this Act and which are not bound by Articles

22 to 26 of the Stockholm Act of this Convention may,

until April 26, 1975, exercise, if they so desire, the rights

provided under the said Articles as if they were bound by

them. Any country desiring to exercise such rights shall

give written notification to this effect to the Director

General; this notification shall be effective on the date of

its

receipt.

Such

countries

shall

be

deemed

to

be

members of the Assembly until the said date.

(2) As long as all the countries of the Union have not

become Members of the Organization, the International

Bureau of the Organization shall also function as the

Bureau of the Union, and the Director General as the

Director of the said Bureau.

(3) Once all the countries of the Union have become

Members of the Organization, the rights, obligations and

property, of the Bureau of the Union shall devolve on the

International Bureau of the Organization.

APPENDIX Special Provisions Regarding

Developing Countries

ARTICLE I

Faculties Open to Developing Countries : 1 . Availability of

Certain Faculties ; Declaration ;

2 . Duration of Effect of Declaration ; 3 . Cessation of

Developing Country Status ; 4 . Existing Stocks of Copies ;

5 . Declarations Concerning Certain Territories ; 6 . Limits of

Reciprocity

(1) Any country regarded as a developing country in

conformity with the established practice of the General

Assembly of the United Nations which ratifies or accedes

to this Act, of which this Appendix forms an integral part,

and which, having regard to its economic situation and

its social or cultural needs, does not consider itself

immediately in a position to make provision for the

protection of all the rights as provided for in this Act, may,

by a notification deposited with the Director General at

the time of depositing its instrument of ratification or

accession in or, subject to Article V(1)( c ), at any time

thereafter, declare that it will avail itself of the faculty

provided for in Article II, or of the faculty provided for in

Article III, or of both of those faculties. It may, instead of

availing itself of the faculty provided for in Article II, make

a declaration according to Article V(1)( a ).

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