Common use of Finances Clause in Contracts

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (v) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, Union and its contribution con- tribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of Unions administered by the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion propor- tion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The Subject to the provisions of paragraph (5), the budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered ren- dered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iiiii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iviii) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (viv) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (4) The amounts of fees and charges due to the International Bureau and the prices of its publications shall be fixed that they should, under normal circum- stances, be sufficient to cover all the expenses of the International Bureau connected with the administra- tion of this Treaty. (a) For Should any financial year close with a deficit, the purpose Contracting States shall, subject to the pro- visions of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph subparagraphs (3)(ib) and (c), each country of the Special Union shall belong pay contribu- tions to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Unioncover such deficit. (b) The annual amount of the contribution of each country of the Special Union Contracting State shall be an amount in decided by the same proportion Assembly with due regard to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to international appli- cations which has emanated from each of them in the total of the units of all contributing countriesrelevant year. (c) Contributions shall become due on If other means of provisionally covering any deficit or any part thereof are secured, the first of January of each yearXxxxx- xxx may decide that such deficit be carried forward and that the Contracting States should not be asked to pay contributions. (d) If the financial situation of the Union so permits, the Assembly may decide that any contribu- tions paid under subparagraph (a) be reimbursed to the Contracting States which have paid them. (e) A country Contracting State which is in arrears in has not paid, within two years of the payment of due date as established by the Assembly, its contributions contribution under subparagraph (b) may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount organs of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full yearsUnion. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country State to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, as it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable unavoid- able circumstances. (e6) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided pro- vided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special UnionContracting State. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide arrange to increase it. If part of the fund is no longer needed, it shall be reimbursed. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country Contracting State to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion decided by the Assembly on the basis of the contribution of that country principles similar to those provided for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is madeunder paragraph (5)(b). (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Coordinating Committee of the Organization. (7d) Any reimbursement shall be proportion- ate to the amounts paid by each Contracting State, taking into account the dates at which they were paid. (a8)(a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country State on the territory of which the Organization Organiza- tion has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country State shall grant advances. The amount of those these advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization.in

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization.Special (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union.the (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union of by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization.Special (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union.the (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) international registration fees and other fees and charges due for other services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iiiii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iviii) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (viv) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (a) For The amounts of the purpose of establishing its contribution fees referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country Article 8(2) and other fees relating to international registration shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that UnionDirector General. (b) The annual contribution amounts of each country such fees shall be so fixed that the revenues of the Special Union from fees, other than the supplementary and complementary fees referred to in Article 8(2)(b) and (c), and other sources shall be an amount in at least sufficient to cover the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget expenses of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countriesUnion. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4)(a), the amount of the fees and charges due for other services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country as a member of the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property to the budget of the said Union for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard xxxxx the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7d) As long as the Assembly authorizes the use of the reserve fund of the Special Union as a working capital fund, the Assembly may suspend the application of the provisions ofsubparagraphs (a), (b), and (c). (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. ‌ (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization.contri- (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Inter- national Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Spe- cial Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget bud- get of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulationsregula- tions. (52) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficientinsuf- ficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee Com- mittee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obliga- tion to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. (5) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, Unions administered by the Organization and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organizatio n shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, Unions administered by the Organization and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income.. (4) (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, Union and its contribution con tribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of Unions administered by the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion propor tion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The Subject to the provisions of paragraph (5), the budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered ren dered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iiiii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iviii) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (viv) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (4) The amounts of fees and charges due to the International Bureau and the prices of its publications shall be fixed that they should, under normal circum stances, be sufficient to cover all the expenses of the International Bureau connected with the administra tion of this Treaty. (a) For Should any financial year close with a deficit, the purpose Contracting States shall, subject to the pro visions of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph subparagraphs (3)(ib) and (c), each country of the Special Union shall belong pay contribu tions to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Unioncover such deficit. (b) The annual amount of the contribution of each country of the Special Union Contracting State shall be an amount in decided by the same proportion Assembly with due regard to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to international appli cations which has emanated from each of them in the total of the units of all contributing countriesrelevant year. (c) Contributions shall become due on If other means of provisionally covering any deficit or any part thereof are secured, the first of January of each yearXxxxx xxx may decide that such deficit be carried forward and that the Contracting States should not be asked to pay contributions. (d) If the financial situation of the Union so permits, the Assembly may decide that any contribu tions paid under subparagraph (a) be reimbursed to the Contracting States which have paid them. (e) A country Contracting State which is in arrears in has not paid, within two years of the payment of due date as established by the Assembly, its contributions contribution under subparagraph (b) may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount organs of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full yearsUnion. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country State to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, as it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable unavoid able circumstances. (e6) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided pro vided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special UnionContracting State. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide arrange to increase it. If part of the fund is no longer needed, it shall be reimbursed. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country Contracting State to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion decided by the Assembly on the basis of the contribution of that country principles similar to those provided for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is madeunder paragraph (5)(b). (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Coordinating Committee of the Organization. (7d) Any reimbursement shall be proportion ate to the amounts paid by each Contracting State, taking into account the dates at which they were paid. (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country State on the territory of which the Organization Organiza tion has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country State shall grant advances. The amount of those these advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country State and the Organization. As long as it remains under the obligation to grant advances, such State shall have an ex officio seat in the Assembly and on the Executive Committee. (b) The State referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (9) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the Contracting States or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regu lations. They shall be designated, with their agree ment, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) a. The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) b. The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, Unions and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) c. Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) . The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) . The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) i. contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) . fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) . sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) . gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) v. rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) a. For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) b. The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) c. Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) d. A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) e. If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) . The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) a. The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) b. The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) c. The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) a. In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. b. The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. 8. The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (v) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i3) (i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made.of (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly. (1) Proposals for the amendment of Articles 5, 6, 7, and the present Article, may be initiated by any country member of the Assembly, or by the Director General. Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director General to the member countries of the Assembly at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Assembly. (2) Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by the Assembly. Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast, provided that any amendment to Article 5, and to the present paragraph, shall require four-fifths of the votes cast. (3) Any amendment to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the Director General from three-fourths of the countries members of the Assembly at the time it adopted the amendment. Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the countries which are members of the Assembly at the time the amendment enters into force, or which become members thereof at a subsequent date, provided that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of countries of the Special Union shall bind only those countries which have notified their acceptance of such amendment.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization.Special (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (v) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union.the (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it.single (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly. (1) Proposals for the amendment of Articles 5, 6, 7, and the present Article, may be initiated by any country of the Special Union or by the Director General. Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director General to the countries of the Special Union at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Assembly. (2) Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by the Assembly. Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast, provided that any amendment to Article 5, and to the present paragraph, shall require four-fifths of the votes cast. (3) Any amendment to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the Director General from three-fourths of the countries members of the Special Union at the time the amendment was adopted. Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the countries which are members of the Special Union at the time the amendment enters into force, or which become members thereof at a subsequent date, provided that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of countries of the Special Union shall bind only those countries which have notified their acceptance of such amendment.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (v) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances.its (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly. (1) Proposals for the amendment of Articles 5, 6, 7, and the present Article, may be initiated by any country of the Special Union or by the Director General. Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director General to the countries of the Special Union at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Assembly. (2) Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by the Assembly. Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast, provided that any amendment to Article 5, and to the present paragraph, shall require four-fifths of the votes cast. (3) Any amendment to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the Director General from three-fourths of the countries members of the Special Union at the time the amendment was adopted. Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the countries which are members of the Special Union at the time the amendment enters into force, or which become members thereof at a subsequent date, provided that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of countries of the Special Union shall bind only those countries which have notified their acceptance of such amendment.

Finances. (a1) The Special Union Organization shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to two separate budgets: the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to and the budget of the Conference of the OrganizationConference. (ca) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as The budget of expenses common to the Unions shall include provision for expenses of interest to several Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2b) The This budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries Unions, provided that the amount of the Special contribution of each Union shall be fixed by the Assembly of that Union, having regard to the interest the Union has in the common expenses; (ii) fees and charges due for services performed by the International Bureau not in direct relation with any of the Unions or not received for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Unionfield of legal–technical assistance; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau not directly concerning any of the Special UnionUnions; (iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions, given to the Organization, except those referred to in paragraph (3)(b)(iv); (v) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income, of the Organization. (a) The budget of the Conference shall include provision for the expenses of holding sessions of the Conference and for the cost of the legal–technical assistance program. (b) This budget shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of States party to this Convention not members of any of the Unions; (ii) any sums made available to this budget by the Unions, provided that the amount of the sum made available by each Union shall be fixed by the Assembly of that Union and that each Union shall be free to abstain from contributing to the said budget; (iii) sums received for services rendered by the International Bureau in the field of legal–technical assistance; (iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions, given to the Organization for the purposes referred to in subparagraph (a). (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i)towards the budget of the Conference, each country State party to this Convention not member of any of the Special Union Unions shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Propertya class, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same a number of units fixed as is fixed for that follows: (b) Each such State shall, concurrently with taking action as provided in Article 14(1), indicate the class in that Unionto which it wishes to belong. Any such State may change class. If it chooses a lower class, the State must announce it to the Conference at one of its ordinary sessions. Any such change shall take effect at the beginning of the calendar year following the session. (bc) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union such State shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union Conference by all countries such States as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countriesthe said States. (cd) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (de) A country If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period the budget shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, in accordance with the financial regulations. (5) Any State party to this Convention not member of any of the Unions which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions under the present Article, and any State party to this Convention member of any of the Unions which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to any of the Unions, shall have no vote in any organ of the Special Union bodies of the Organization of which it is a member, if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union these bodies may allow such a country State to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ body if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to arises from exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (56) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union field of legal–technical assistance shall be established, and shall be reported to the AssemblyCoordination Committee, by the Director General. (7) The Organization, with the approval of the Coordination Committee, may receive gifts, bequests, and subventions, directly from Governments, public or private institutions, associations or private persons. (a) The Special Union Organization shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by the Unions and by each country State party to this Convention not member of the Special any Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly it shall decide to increase itbe increased. (b) The amount of the initial single payment of each country to the said fund or of Union and its possible participation in any increase shall be decided by its Assembly. (c) The amount of the single payment of each State party to this Convention not member of any Union and its part in any increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country State for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) decided. The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly Conference on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the OrganizationCommittee. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country State on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country State shall grant advances. The amount of those these advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country State and the Organization. As long as it remains under the obligation to grant advances, such State shall have an ex officio seat on the Coordination Committee. (b) The State referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (10) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more Member States, or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the General Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them.Special (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, and subventions; (v) rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that UnionUnion2. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it has been notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly. (1) Proposals for the amendment of Articles 5, 6, 7, and the present Article, may be initiated by any country member of the Assembly, or by the Director General. Such proposals shall be communicated by the Director General to the member countries of the Assembly at least six months in advance of their consideration by the Assembly. (2) Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by the Assembly. Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast, provided that any amendment to Article 5, and to the present paragraph, shall require four-fifths of the votes cast. (3) Any amendment to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the Director General from three-fourths of the countries members of the Assembly at the time it adopted the amendment. Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the countries which are members of the Assembly at the time the amendment enters into force, or which become members thereof at a subsequent date, provided that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of countries of the Special Union shall bind only those countries which have notified their acceptance of such amendment.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, Unions administered by the Organiza- tion and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i3) (i), each country coun- try of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection Protec- tion of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied satis- fied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, Unions and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable circumstances.its (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.

Finances. (a) The Special Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Special Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Special Union, its contribution contribu- tion to the budget of expenses common to the Unions, Unions and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the Conference of the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Special Union but also to one or more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Special Union in such common expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Special Union has in them. (2) The budget of the Special Union shall be established with due regard to the requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions administered by the Organization. (3) The budget of the Special Union shall be financed from the following sources: (i) contributions of the countries of the Special Union; (ii) fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Inter- national Bureau in relation to the Special Union; (iii) sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Inter- national Bureau concerning the Special Union; (iv) gifts, bequests, bequests and subventions; (v) rents, interests, interests and other miscellaneous income. (a) For the purpose of establishing its contribution referred to in paragraph (3)(i3) (i), each country of the Special Union shall belong to the same class as it belongs to in the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, and shall pay its annual contributions contribution on the basis of the same number of units as is fixed for that class in that Union. (b) The annual contribution of each country of the Special Union shall be an amount in the same proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Special Union by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units of all contributing countries. (c) Contributions shall become due on the first of January Janu- ary of each year. (d) A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may not exercise its right to vote in any organ of the Special Union if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. However, any organ of the Special Union may allow such a country to continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as, it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable unavoid- able circumstances. (e) If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous year, as provided in the financial regulations. (5) The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Spe- cial Union shall be established, and shall be reported to the Assembly, by the Director General. (a) The Special Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted by a single payment made by each country of the Special Union. If the fund becomes insufficientinsuf- ficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it. (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is established or the decision to increase it is made. (c) The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the advice of the Coordination Committee Com- mittee of the Organization. (7) (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such country shall grant advances. The amount of those advances and the conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. (b) The country referred to in subparagraph (a) and the Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obliga- tion to grant advances, by written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after the end of the year in which it was notified. (8) The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the countries of the Special Union or by external auditors, as provided in the financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly.