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ARTICLE-3: Beneficiaries of Protection under this Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (3) Any Contracting Party availing itself of the possibilities provided in Article 5(3) of the Rome Convention or, for the purposes of Article 5 of the same Convention, Article 17 thereof shall make a notification as foreseen in those provisions to the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). ...


ARTICLE-15: Right to Remuneration for Broadcasting and Communication to the Public     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (3) Any Contracting Party may in a notification deposited with the Director General of WIPO, declare that it will apply the provisions of paragraph (1) only in respect of certain uses, or that it will limit their application in some other way, or that it will not apply these provisions at all. ...


ARTICLE-24: Assembly     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Contracting Party that has appointed the delegation. The Assembly may ask WIPO to grant financial assistance to facilitate the participation of delegations of Contracting Parties that are regarded as developing countries in conformity with the established practice of the General Assembly of the United Nations or that are countries in transition to a market economy. ...
... (c) The Assembly shall decide the convocation of any diplomatic conference for the revision of this Treaty and give the necessary instructions to the Director General of WIPO for the preparation of such diplomatic conference. ...
... (4) The Assembly shall meet in ordinary session once every two years upon convocation by the Director General of WIPO. ...


ARTICLE-25: International Bureau     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The International Bureau of WIPO shall perform the administrative tasks concerning the Treaty. ...


ARTICLE-26: Eligibility for Becoming Party to the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (1) Any Member State of WIPO may become party to this Treaty. ...


ARTICLE-28: Signature of the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... This Treaty shall be open for signature until December 31, 1997, by any Member State of WIPO and by the European Community. ...


ARTICLE-29: Entry into Force of the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... This Treaty shall enter into force three months after 30 instruments of ratification or accession by States have been deposited with the Director General of WIPO. ...


ARTICLE-30: Effective Date of Becoming Party to the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (ii) each other State from the expiration of three months from the date on which the State has deposited its instrument with the Director General of WIPO; ...


ARTICLE-31: Denunciation of the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... This Treaty may be denounced by any Contracting Party by notification addressed to the Director General of WIPO. Any denunciation shall take effect one year from the date on which the Director General of WIPO received the notification. ...
... This Treaty may be denounced by any Contracting Party by notification addressed to the Director General of WIPO. Any denunciation shall take effect one year from the date on which the Director General of WIPO received the notification. ...


ARTICLE-32: Languages of the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (2) An official text in any language other than those referred to in paragraph (1) shall be established by the Director General of WIPO on the request of an interested party, after consultation with all the interested parties. For the purposes of this paragraph, “interested party” means any Member State of WIPO whose official language, or one of whose official languages, is involved and the European Community, and any other intergovernmental organization that may become party to this Treaty, if one of its official languages is involved. ...
... (2) An official text in any language other than those referred to in paragraph (1) shall be established by the Director General of WIPO on the request of an interested party, after consultation with all the interested parties. For the purposes of this paragraph, “interested party” means any Member State of WIPO whose official language, or one of whose official languages, is involved and the European Community, and any other intergovernmental organization that may become party to this Treaty, if one of its official languages is involved. ...


ARTICLE-33: Depositary     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Director General of WIPO is the depositary of this Treaty. ...