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 above international Agreement, has the honor to notify him that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany deposited on July 13, 1973, its instrument of ratification, dated May 15, 1973, of the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification of March 24, 1971, 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).
A separate notification will be made of the entry into force of the said Agreement, when the required number of ratifications or accessions is reached.
July 16, 1973