The Director of the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, in accordance with the provisions of the above international instrument, adopted at Stockholm, has the honor to notify him of the notifications deposited by the Governments of Brazil and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in which those Governments indicate their desire to avail themselves of the provisions of Article 30(2) of the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention.
These notifications entered into force on the date of their receipt, that is, on August 3, 1970, for Brazil and on August 4, 1970 for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Pursuant to the provisions of the said Article, Brazil and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, which are members of the Paris Union, may, for five years from April 26, 1970, the date of entry into force of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), exercise the rights provided under Articles 13 to 17 of the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention, as if they were bound by those Articles.
August 10, 1970