The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, in accordance with the provisions of Article 16(5) of the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification of March 24, 1971, has the honor to notify him that the Government of the Portuguese Republic deposited on April 28, 1978, its instrument of accession to the said Agreement.
The said Agreement will enter into force, with respect to the Portuguese Republic, one year after the date of this notification, that is, on May 1, 1979.
May 1, 1978