Common use of ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT Clause in Contracts

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT. (a) This Agreement shall enter into force one year after instruments of ratification or accession have (i) two-thirds of the countries party to the European Convention on the date on which this Agreement is opened for signature, and (ii) three countries party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, which were not previously party to the European Convention and of which at least one is a country where, according to the most recent annual statistics published by the International Bureau on the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession, more than 40,000 applications for patents or inventors’ certificates have been filed. (b) With respect to any country other than those for which this Agreement has entered into force pursuant to subparagraph (a), it shall enter into force one year after the date on which the ratification or accession of that country was notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of ratification or accession. In the latter case, this Agreement shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus indicated. (c) Countries party to the European Convention which ratify this Agreement or accede to it shall be obliged to denounce the said Convention, at the latest, with effect from the day on which this Agreement enters into force with respect to those countries. (2) Ratification or accession shall automatically entail acceptance of all the clauses and admission to all the advantages of this Agreement.

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT. (a) ➦ a. This Agreement shall enter into force one year after instruments of ratification or accession havehave been deposited by: (i) i. two-thirds of the countries party to the European Convention on the date on which this Agreement is opened for signature, and (ii) . three countries party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, which were not previously party to the European Convention and of which at least one is a country where, according to the most recent annual statistics published by the International Bureau on the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession, more than 40,000 applications for patents or inventors’ ' certificates have been filed. (b) b. With respect to any country other than those for which this Agreement has entered into force pursuant to subparagraph (a), it shall enter into force one year after the date on which the ratification or accession of that country was notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of ratification or accession. In the latter case, this Agreement shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus indicated. (c) c. Countries party to the European Convention which ratify this Agreement or accede to it shall be obliged to denounce the said Convention, at the latest, with effect from the day on which this Agreement enters into force with respect to those countries. (2) . Ratification or accession shall automatically entail acceptance of all the clauses and admission to all the advantages of this Agreement.

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT. (a) This Agreement shall enter into force one year after instruments of ratification or accession havehave been deposited by: (i) two-thirds of the countries party to the European Convention on the date on which this Agreement is opened for signature, and (ii) three countries party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, which were not previously party to the European Convention and of which at least one is a country where, according to the most recent annual statistics published by the International Bureau on the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession, more than 40,000 applications for patents or inventors’ certificates have been filed. (b) With respect to any country other than those for which this Agreement has entered into force pursuant to subparagraph (a), it shall enter into force one year after the date on which the ratification or accession of that country was notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of ratification or accession. In the latter case, this Agreement shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus indicated. (c) Countries party to the European Convention which ratify this Agreement or accede to it shall be obliged to denounce the said Convention, at the latest, with effect from the day on which this Agreement enters into force with respect to those countries. (2) Ratification or accession shall automatically entail acceptance of all the clauses and admission to all the advantages of this Agreement.

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT. (a) This Agreement shall enter into force one year after instruments of ratification or accession havehave been depo- sited by: (i) two-thirds of the countries party to the European Convention Con- vention on the date on which this Agreement is opened for signature, and (ii) three countries party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, which were not previously pre- viously party to the European Convention and of which at least one is a country where, according to the most recent annual statistics published by the International Bureau on the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification rati- fication or accession, more than 40,000 applications for patents or inventors’ certificates have been filed. (b) With respect to any country other than those for which this Agreement has entered into force pursuant to subparagraph sub- paragraph (a), it shall enter into force one year after the date on which the ratification or accession of that country was notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of ratification or accessionacces- sion. In the latter case, this Agreement shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus indicated. (c) Countries party to the European Convention which ratify this Agreement or accede to it shall be obliged to denounce de- nounce the said Convention, at the latest, with effect from the day on which this Agreement enters into force with respect to those countries. (2) Ratification or accession shall automatically entail acceptance of all the clauses and admission to all the advantages advan- tages of this Agreement.