Budapest Notification No. 70
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

Notification of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Relating to a change in the Fees Charged by the National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC) and to a Clarification of the Name and the Address of that International Depositary Authority

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him of the receipt, on May 2, 1988, of a written notification, dated April 27, 1988, from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland informing, as concerns the National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC), an international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, as amended on September 26, 1980, which was the subject of Budapest Notifications Nos. 23 and 60, that there is a change in the fees charged by the said international depositary authority and that its full and correct name and address are the following: "National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC), AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UA, United Kingdom." The text of that notification is attached.

The fees set forth in the said notification will apply as from the thirtieth day following the date (June 30, 1988) of the publication of the said fees in the June 1988 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle, that is, as from July 30, 1988 (see Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty). The said fees will replace the fees as published in the January 1982 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle (see Budapest Notification No. 23 of December 15, 1981).

May 16, 1988

Text of the Notification of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dated April 27, 1988, Relating to a Change in the Fees Charged by the National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC) and to a Clarification of the Name and the Address of that International Depositary Authority

NOTIFICATION

I have the honour to refer to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, opened for signature at Budapest from 28 April to 31 December 1977, and to the communication dated 31 January 1982 from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nominating the National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC) as an International Depositary Authority.

In accordance with Rule 12.2 of the Regulations under the Treaty, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby notify you that the fees charged by the National Collection of Yeast Cultures will be as follows, from the earliest date, in regard to the items indicated:

Patent Deposit (Budapest Treaty): £795
Supply of Patent Culture: £45

Postage and packing is included for destinations in the United Kingdom, extra for overseas.

The fees are subject to Value Added Tax where applicable. The full and correct name and address of the Authority is the:

I have the further honour to request that you circulate this notification to all Contracting States and intergovernmental industrial property organisations.