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Madrid (Marks) Notification No. 40
Nice Notification No. 68
The Hague Notification No. 29

Communication concerning the application of certain treaties to Aruba

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, with reference to Madrid (Marks) Notification No. 38, Nice Notification No. 67 and The Hague Notification No. 28, dated July 22, 1988, has the honor to inform His Excellency's Government that, within the period of six months after the date of the said notifications, no objection was communicated to the Director General of WIPO against the proposal of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands set forth in its Note No. 4175, dated June 24, 1988, attached to the said notifications, and that, consequently, on February 20, 1989, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands deposited with the Director General of WIPO declarations that the application of each the following mentioned treaties is suspended by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in respect of Aruba for an indefinite period and retroactive to the time at which the treaty became applicable to Aruba: the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks of April 14, 1891, as revised at Nice on June 15, 1957 and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967; the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of June 15, 1957, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and at Geneva on May 13, 1977; the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs of November 6, 1925, as supplemented by the Additional Act of Monaco of November 18, 1961, the Complementary Act of Stockholm of July 14, 1967 and the Protocol of Geneva of August 29, 1975 (see Madrid (Marks) Notification No. 37 of August 8, 1986, Nice Notification No. 64 of August 8, 1986; The Hague Notifications No. 24 of August 8, 1986, and No. 25 of August 8, 1986).

February 27, 1989