Additional Act of Stockholm to the Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods

Done at: Stockholm

Date enacted: 1967-07-14

In force: 1970-04-26

Article 1

[Transfer of Depositary Functions in Respect of the Madrid Agreement]

Instruments of accession to the Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods, of April 14, 1891 (hereinafter designated as “ the Madrid Agreement ”), as revised at Washington on June 2, 1911, at The Hague on November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, and at Lisbon on October 31, 1958 (hereinafter designated as “ the Lisbon Act ”), shall be deposited with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter designated as “ the Director General ”), who shall notify such deposits to the countries party to the Agreement.

Article 2

[Adaptation of References in the Madrid Agreement to Certain Provisions of the Paris Convention]

References in Articles 5 and 6 (2) of the Lisbon Act to Articles 16, 16bis, and 17bis, of the General Convention shall be construed as references to those provisions of the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property which correspond to the said Articles.

Article 3

[Signature and Ratification of, and Accession to, the Additional Act]

1.	This Additional Act may be signed by any country party to the Madrid Agreement and may be ratified or acceded to by any country which has ratified or acceded to the Lisbon Act.
2.	Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director General.

Article 4

[Automatic Acceptance of Articles 1 and 2 by Countries Acceding to the Lisbon Act]

Any country which has not ratified or acceded to the Lisbon Act shall become bound also by Articles 1 and 2 of this Additional Act from the date on which its accession to the Lisbon Act enters into force, provided however that, if on the said date this Additional Act has not yet entered into force pursuant to Article 5 (1), then, such country shall become bound by Articles 1 and 2 of this Additional Act only from the date of entry into force of this Additional Act pursuant to Article 5 (1).

Article 5

[Entry Into Force of the Additional Act]

This Additional Act shall enter into force on the date on which the Stockholm Convention of July 14, 1967, establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization has entered into force, provided however that, if by that date at least two ratifications or accessions to this Additional Act have not been deposited, then, this Additional Act shall enter into force on the date on which two ratifications or accessions to this Additional Act have been deposited.

With respect to any country which deposits its instrument of ratification or accession after the date on which this Additional Act has entered into force pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, this Additional Act shall enter into force three months after the date on which its ratification or accession has been notified by the Director General.

Article 6

[Signature, etc., of the Additional Act]

1.	This Additional Act shall be signed in a single copy in the French language and shall be deposited with the Government of Sweden.
2.	This Additional Act shall remain open for signature at Stockholm until the date of its entry into force pursuant to Article 5 (1).
3.	The Director General shall transmit two copies, certified by the Government of Sweden, of the signed text of this Additional Act to the Governments of all countries party to the Madrid Agreement and, on request, to the Government of any other country.
4.	The Director General shall register this Additional Act with the Secretariat of the United Nations.
5.	The Director General shall notify the Governments of all countries party to the Madrid Agreement of signatures, deposits of instruments of ratification or accession, entry into force, and other relevant notifications.

Article 7

[Transitional Provision]

Until the first Director General assumes office, references in this Additional Act to him shall be construed as references to the Director of the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property.