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 that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany deposited, on June 19, 1970, its instrument of ratification, dated June 12, 1970, of the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of June 15, 1957, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, with the following declaration: "the said Agreement shall also apply to Land Berlin with effect from the date on which it enters into force for the Federal Republic of Germany." (Original).
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9(4)(b), the Stockholm Act of the said Agreement will enter into force, with respect to the Federal Republic of Germany, three months after the date of this notification, that is, on September 19, 1970.
June 19, 1970