Article 166 - Accession


 

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EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION- Table of Contents    
European Patent Convention Preface Implementing Regulations
PART XII - FINAL PROVISIONS PART XI - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS  
Article 166 - Accession Article 165 - Signature - Ratification Article 167 - Reservations

Article 166

Accession


(1) This Convention shall be open to accession by:


(a) the States referred to in Article 165, paragraph 1;


(b) any other European State at the invitation of the Administrative Council.


(2) Any State which has been a party to the Convention and has ceased so to be as a result of the application of Article 172, paragraph 4, may again become a party to the Convention by acceding to it.


(3) Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.


 

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