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 that the Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks, done at Vienna on June 12, 1973, will enter into force on
August 9, 1985,
that is, three months after the deposit by five States of their instruments of ratification or accession.
In this connection, it is recalled that instruments of ratification of the Vienna Agreement were deposited:
- on June 11, 1975, by the French Republic
- on December 23, 1976, by the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- on June 5, 1980, by the Kingdom of Sweden
- on September 16, 1983, by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
and that an instrument of accession to the said Agreement was deposited, on May 9, 1985, by the Republic of Tunisia.
Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of Article 13(1) of the Vienna Agreement, the said Agreement will enter into force on August 9, 1985, with respect to the five States referred to above.
May 21, 1985