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(2) Denunciation shall take effect six months after the day on which the Director General has received the
notification.
Article 19
Notifications
The Director General shall notify the Governments of all Member States of:
(i) the date of entry into force of the Convention,
(ii) signatures and deposits of instruments of ratification or accession,
(iii) acceptances of an amendment to this Convention, and the date upon which the amendment
enters into force,
(iv) denunciations of this Convention.
Article 20
Final Provisions
(1)
(a) This Convention shall be signed in a single copy in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts
being equally authentic, and shall be deposited with the Government of Sweden.
(b) This Convention shall remain open for signature at Stockholm until January 13, 1968.
(2) Official texts shall be established by the Director General, after consultation with the interested
Governments, in German, Italian and Portuguese, and such other languages as the Conference may
designate.
(3) The Director General shall transmit two duly certified copies of this Convention and of each
amendment adopted by the Conference to the Governments of the States members of the Paris or Berne
Unions, to the Government of any other State when it accedes to this Convention, and, on request, to the
Government of any other State. The copies of the signed text of the Convention transmitted to the
Governments shall be certified by the Government of Sweden.
(4) The Director General shall register this Convention with the Secretariat of the United Nations.
Article 21
Transitional Provisions
(1) Until the first Director General assumes office, references in this Convention to the International
Bureau or to the Director General shall be deemed to be references to the United International Bureau for
the Protection of Industrial, Literary and Artistic Property (also called the United International Bureau for
the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI)), or its Director, respectively.
(2)
(a) States which are members of any of the Unions but which have not become party to this
Convention may, for five years from the date of entry into force of this Convention, exercise, if they so
desire, the same rights as if they had become party to this Convention. Any State desiring to exercise such
rights shall give written notification to this effect to the Director General; this notification shall be effective
on the date of its receipt. Such States shall be deemed to be members of the General Assembly and the
Conference until the expiration of the said period.
(b) Upon expiration of this five–year period, such States shall have no right to vote in the General
Assembly, the Conference, and the Coordination Committee.
(c) Upon becoming party to this Convention, such States shall regain such right to vote.
(3)
(a) As long as there are States members of the Paris or Berne Unions which have not become party to
this Convention, the International Bureau and the Director General shall also function as the United
International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial, Literary and Artistic Property, and its Director,
respectively.
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