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 Swiss Confederation deposited on December 20, 1972, its instrument of ratification dated November 17, 1972, of the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification of March 24, 1971.
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.
January 9, 1973