The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Turkey, on October 1, 1998, of its instrument of accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989 ("Madrid Protocol (1989)").
The said instrument of accession was accompanied by the declaration that, in accordance with Article 14(5) of the Madrid Protocol (1989), the protection resulting from any international registration effected under this Protocol before the date of entry into force of this Protocol with respect to the Republic of Turkey cannot be extended to it.
The Madrid Protocol (1989) will enter into force, with respect to the Republic of Turkey, on January 1, 1999.
October 1, 1998