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 Kingdom of the Netherlands deposited on September 13, 1974, its instrument of ratification, for the Kingdom in Europe, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, of the above international Agreement.
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.
September 17, 1974