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 receipt, on January 25, 1988, of a written notification, dated January 21, 1988, from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland informing that, as concerns the National Collection of Industrial Bacteria (NCIB), an international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, as amended on September 26, 1980, which was the subject of Budapest Notifications Nos. 24, 29, 41, 53 and 60, the full and correct name of the said international depositary authority is the "National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB)" and that there is a change in the fees charged by the said international depositary authority. The text of that notification is attached.
The fees set forth in the said notification will apply as from the thirtieth day following the date (February 29, 1988) of the publication of the said fees in the February 1988 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle, that is, as from March 30, 1988 (see Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty). The said fees will replace the fees as published in the October 1986 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle (see Budapest Notification No. 53 of September 26, 1986).
February 8, 1988
Text of the Notification of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dated January 21, 1988, Relating to the Change in Name and in Fees Charged by the National Collection of Industrial Bacteria (NCIB)
NOTIFICATION
I have the honour to refer to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, opened for signature at Budapest from 28 April to 31 December 1977, and to the communication dated 31 March 1982, from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nominating the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB) as an International Depositary Authority.
In accordance with Rule 12.2 of the Regulations under the Treaty, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby notify you that the fees charged by the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria will be as follows, from the earliest date, in regard to the items indicated:
| Storage of the micro-organism | £300 | |
| Issuance of a viability statement in those cases in which, in accordance with Rule 10.2, a fee may be charged | £50 | |
| Furnishing a sample in accordance with Rule 11.2 or 11.3 | £25 plus actual cost of carriage |
The fees are subject to Value Added Tax where applicable. The full and correct name and address of the Authority is the National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd. (NCIMB), PO Box 31, 135 Abbey Road, Aberdeen AB9 8DG, United Kingdom.
I have the further honour to request that you circulate this notification to all Contracting States and intergovernmental industrial property organisations.