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 October 10, 1990, of a written notification, dated October 3, 1990, from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stating an extension and a clarification of the list of kinds of microorganisms accepted for deposit by the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC), 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, and amended on September 26, 1980 (see Budapest Notifications No. 40 of July 17, 1984 and No. 48 of October 1, 1985). The text of the said notification is attached.
The extension and the clarification of the list of the kinds of microorganisms accepted for deposit by the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) under the Budapest Treaty will take effect as from the date (November 30, 1990) of the publication in the November 1990 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle of that extension.
October 19, 1990
Text of the Notification of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dated October 3, 1990, Relating to an Extension and a Clarification of the List of Kinds of Microorganisms Accepted for Deposit by the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC)
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 of 2 July 1984 from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nominating the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) as an International Depositary Authority under the Treaty.
In accordance with rule 3.3 of the Regulations under the Treaty, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby notify you of the following extensions to and clarification of the list of organisms that the ECACC will accept for deposit under the Budapest Treaty:
(a) Animal cell cultures including human cell lines, genetically modified cell lines and hybridomas.
(b) Viruses as described in the communication of April 3rd 1985 (see Budapest Notification No. 43, dated April 26, 1985).
(c) Plant cell suspension cultures.
(d) Eukaryotic and viral recombinant DNA as naked DNA or cloned into a host organism.
Organisms up to and including ACDP Category 3* and ACGM Category 3** deposits are accepted by the Collection.
[* Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens: Categorisation of pathogens according to hazard and categories of containment, HMSO, London, 1984.
** Advisory Committee on Genetic Manipulation, HSE Note 7, HMSO, London, 1988.]
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the ECACC reserves the right to refuse to accept any material for deposit which in the opinion of the Curator presents an unacceptable risk or is technically unsuitable to handle. The ECACC will accept organisms which do not significantly change after long term liquid nitrogen freezing or freeze drying. A statement regarding potential pathogenicity and storage conditions is required when a deposit is made.
Scale of Fees
The scale of fees is as follows:
| For storage for the 30 year period | £ | |
| Recombinant DNA | 400 | |
| Plant tissue cultures | 750 | |
| Issue of a Viability Statement (rule 10.2) | 35 | |
| Furnishing of a sample in accordance with rule 11.2 or 11.3 | 60 |
Plus cost of carriage
Fees for other deposits remain unaltered from the previous notification (April 3rd, 1985, April 1st, 1987)+ and should be made payable to the Public Health Laboratory Service Board.
(+ See Budapest Notifications No. 43, dated April 26, 1985, and No. 58, dated April 13, 1987.)