A.166 EPC Accession | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

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(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 to be so 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.

[ Art. 35 178 ]

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/ar166.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021