The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him of the receipt, on March 27, 1995, of a written notification, dated March 23, 1995, from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding a new schedule of fees charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Limited (NCIMB), an international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, as amended on September 26, 1980 (see Budapest Notification No. 24 of February 2, 1982). The text of that notification is attached.
The fees set forth in the said notification will apply as from the thirtieth day following the date (May 31, 1995) of the publication of the said fees in the May 1995 issue of Industrial Property and Copyright/La Propriété industrielle et le Droit d'auteur, that is, as from June 30, 1995, (see Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty). The said fees will replace the fees as published in the February 1991 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle (see Budapest Notification No. 96 of January 21, 1991).
April 12, 1995
Text of the Notification of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dated March 23, 1995, relating to a change in the fees charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Limited (NCIMB)
NOTIFICATION
I have the honour to refer to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, opened for signature at Budapest from 28 April to 31 December 1977, and to the communication dated 31 March 1982 from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nominating the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB) as an International Depositary Authority.
In accordance with Rule 12.2 of the Regulations under the Treaty, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby notify you that the fees charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Limited (NCIMB) will be as follows, from the earliest date, with regard to the following items:
| pounds Sterling | |||
| (a) | Storage of the microorganism | 450 | |
| (b) | Issuance of a viability statement where a fee may be charged | 60 | |
| (c) | Furnishing of a sample in accordance with Rule 11.2 and 11.3 | 45 plus cost of carriage |
Where applicable, fees are subject to Value Added Tax at the current rate.