BUDAPEST TREATY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BUDAPEST TREATY

Done at Budapest on April 28, 1977
as amended on September 26, 1980

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 1 Establishment of a Union/ Article 2 Definitions

CHAPTER I SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS

Article 3 Recognition and Effect of the Deposit of Microorganisms/ Article 4 New Deposit/ Article 5 Export and Import Restrictions/ Article 6 Status of International Depositary Authority/ Article 7 Acquisition of the Status of International Depositary Authority/ Article 8 Termination and Limitation of the Status of International Depositary Authority/ Article 9 Intergovernmental Industrial Property Organizations

CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Article 10 Assembly/ Article 11 International Bureau/ Article 12 Regulations

CHAPTER III REVISION AND AMENDMENT

Article 13 Revision of the Treaty/ Article 14 Amendment of Certain Provisions of the Treaty

CHAPTER IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 15 Becoming Party to the Treaty/ Article 16 Entry Into Force of the Treaty/ Article 17 Denunciation of the Treaty/ Article 18 Signature and Languages of the Treaty/ Article 19 Deposit of the Treaty; Transmittal of Copies; Registration of the Treaty/ Article 20 Notifications

[Last updated 1 April 2004]