Locarno Notification No. 1
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs

Accession of the German Democratic Republic

The Director of the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of and, in accordance with the provisions of the above international instrument, has the honor to notify him that the Government of the German Democratic Republic, referring to Article 9(1), deposited, on October 13, 1969, an instrument of accession dated August 26, 1969, to the Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs, signed at Locarno on October 8, 1968.

This notification does not mean that the Director of BIRPI has adopted any position on the question of whether the German Democratic Republic is or is not a party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Article 9(1) of the said Agreement). The Governments of the countries party to the said Convention are in disagreement on this question.

October 28, 1969