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Article 28 Effective Date of Ratifications and Accessions

United Kingdom

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1.

[Instruments to Be Taken into Consideration] or the purposes of this Article, only instruments of ratification or accession that are deposited by States or intergovernmental organisations referred to in Article 27(1) and that have an effective date according to Article 27(3) shall be taken into consideration.

2.

[Entry into Force of This Act] this Act shall enter into force three months after six States have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession, provided that, according to the most recent annual statistics collected by the International Bureau, at least three of those States fulfil at least one of the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    at least 3,000 applications for the protection of industrial designs have been filed in or for the State concerned,

    or

  2. (ii)

    at least 1,000 applications for the protection of industrial designs have been filed in or for the State concerned by residents of States other than that State.

3.

[Entry into Force of Ratifications and Accessions]

(a)

Any State or intergovernmental organisation that has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession three months or more before the date of entry into force of this Act shall become bound by this Act on the date of entry into force of this Act.

(b)

Any other State or intergovernmental organisation shall become bound by this Act three months after the date on which it has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession or at any later date indicated in that instrument.