The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, pursuant to Article 68(4) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on June 19, 1970, amended on September 28, 1979, and modified on February 3, 1984, has the honor to transmit herewith two certified copies, in English and in French, of the amendments to the Regulations under the said Treaty, adopted by the Assembly of the International Patent Cooperation Union (PCT Union) on September 29, 1999, at its twenty-seventh (12th ordinary) session, held in Geneva from September 20 to 29, 1999, with effect from January 1, 2000.
November 5, 1999