The Director General of the World Intellectual Property organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him of the deposit by the Government of the Barbados, on December 12, 1984, of its instrument of accession to 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, and at Geneva on May 13, 1977.
Barbados has not heretofore been a member of the Special Union for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks ("Nice Union"), founded by the Nice Agreement.
The Nice Agreement as revised will enter into force, with respect to Barbados, three months after the date of this notification, that is, on March 12, 1985. On that date, Barbados will become a member of the Nice Union.
December 12, 1984