BWBV0003481
Geldig vanaf 07-10-1975
Artikel 5
Overeenkomst van Straatsburg van 24 maart 1971 betreffende de internationale classificatie van octrooien
(1). A Committee of Experts shall be set up in which each country of the Special Union shall be represented.
(2). (a) The Director General shall invite intergovernmental organizations specialized in the patent field, and of which at least one of the member countries is party to this Agreement, to be represented by observers at meetings of the Committee of Experts.
(b) The Director General may, and, if requested by the Committee of Experts, shall invite representatives of other intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations to participate in discussions of interest to them.
(3). The Committee of Experts shall:
(i) amend the Classification;
(ii) address recommendations to the countries of the Special Union for the purpose of facilitating the use of the Classification and promoting its uniform application;
(iii) assist in the promotion of international cooperation in the reclassification of documentation used for the examination of inventions, taking in particular the needs of developing countries into account;
(iv) take all other measures which, without entailing financial implications for the budget of the Special Union or for the Organization, contribute towards facilitating the application of the Classification by developing countries;
(v) have the right to establish subcommittees and working groups.
(4). The Committee of Experts shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure. These shall allow for the possibility of participation of intergovernmental organizations, referred to in paragraph (2) (a), which can perform substantial work in the development of the Classification, in meetings of its subcommittees and working groups.
(5). Proposals for amendments to the Classification may be made by the competent authority of any country of the Special Union, the International Bureau, any intergovernmental organization represented in the Committee of Experts pursuant to paragraph (2) (a) and any other organization specially invited by the Committee of Experts to submit such proposals. The proposals shall be communicated to the International Bureau which shall submit them to the members of the Committee of Experts and to the observers not later than two months before the session of the Committee of Experts at which the said proposals are to be considered.
(6). (a) Each country member of the Committee of Experts shall have one vote.
(b) The decisions of the Committee of Experts shall require a simple majority of the countries represented and voting.
(c) Any decision which is regarded by one-fifth of the countries represented and voting as giving rise to a modification in the basic structure of the Classification or as entailing a substantial work of reclassification shall require a majority of three-fourths of the countries represented and voting.
(d) Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.
(2). (a) The Director General shall invite intergovernmental organizations specialized in the patent field, and of which at least one of the member countries is party to this Agreement, to be represented by observers at meetings of the Committee of Experts.
(b) The Director General may, and, if requested by the Committee of Experts, shall invite representatives of other intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations to participate in discussions of interest to them.
(3). The Committee of Experts shall:
(i) amend the Classification;
(ii) address recommendations to the countries of the Special Union for the purpose of facilitating the use of the Classification and promoting its uniform application;
(iii) assist in the promotion of international cooperation in the reclassification of documentation used for the examination of inventions, taking in particular the needs of developing countries into account;
(iv) take all other measures which, without entailing financial implications for the budget of the Special Union or for the Organization, contribute towards facilitating the application of the Classification by developing countries;
(v) have the right to establish subcommittees and working groups.
(4). The Committee of Experts shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure. These shall allow for the possibility of participation of intergovernmental organizations, referred to in paragraph (2) (a), which can perform substantial work in the development of the Classification, in meetings of its subcommittees and working groups.
(5). Proposals for amendments to the Classification may be made by the competent authority of any country of the Special Union, the International Bureau, any intergovernmental organization represented in the Committee of Experts pursuant to paragraph (2) (a) and any other organization specially invited by the Committee of Experts to submit such proposals. The proposals shall be communicated to the International Bureau which shall submit them to the members of the Committee of Experts and to the observers not later than two months before the session of the Committee of Experts at which the said proposals are to be considered.
(6). (a) Each country member of the Committee of Experts shall have one vote.
(b) The decisions of the Committee of Experts shall require a simple majority of the countries represented and voting.
(c) Any decision which is regarded by one-fifth of the countries represented and voting as giving rise to a modification in the basic structure of the Classification or as entailing a substantial work of reclassification shall require a majority of three-fourths of the countries represented and voting.
(d) Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.
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