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VIP/DC/4
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities Marrakech, June 17 to 28, 2013 DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS AND FINAL CLAUSES OF THE TREATY TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
approved by the Preparatory Committee of the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities*
* The Draft Administrative Provisions and Final Clauses of the Treaty to be Considered by the Diplomatic Conference were approved subject to further discussion on the bracketed parts.
Draft
Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities
Contents
Article […]: Assembly
Article […]: International Bureau
Article […]: Eligibility for Becoming Party to the Treaty
Article […]: Rights and Obligations under the Treaty
Article […]: Signature of the Treaty
Article […]: Entry into Force of the Treaty
Article […]: Effective Date of Becoming Party to the Treaty
Article […]: Denunciation of the Treaty
Article […]: Languages of the Treaty
Article […]: Depositary
Article […]
Assembly
(1) (a) The Contracting Parties shall have an Assembly.
(b) Each Contracting Party shall be represented in the Assembly by one delegate who may be assisted by alternate delegates, advisors and experts.
(c) The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Contracting Party that has appointed the delegation. The Assembly may ask WIPO to grant financial assistance to facilitate the participation of delegations of Contracting Parties that are regarded as developing countries in conformity with the established practice of the General Assembly of the United Nations or that are countries in transition to a market economy.
(2) (a) The Assembly shall deal with matters concerning the maintenance and development of this Treaty and the application and operation of this Treaty.
(b) The Assembly shall perform the function allocated to it under Article […] in respect of the admission of certain intergovernmental organizations to become party to this Treaty.
(c) The Assembly shall decide the convocation of any diplomatic conference for the revision of this Treaty and give the necessary instructions to the Director General of WIPO for the preparation of such diplomatic conference.
(3) (a) Each Contracting Party that is a State shall have one vote and shall vote only in its own name.
(b) Any Contracting Party that is an intergovernmental organization may participate in the vote, in place of its Member States, with a number of votes equal to the number of its Member States which are party to this Treaty. No such intergovernmental organization shall participate in the vote if any one of its Member States exercises its right to vote and vice versa.
(4) The Assembly shall meet upon convocation by the Director General and, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, during the same period and at the same place as the General Assembly of WIPO.
(5) The Assembly shall endeavor to take its decisions by consensus and shall establish its own rules of procedure, including the convocation of extraordinary sessions, the requirements of a quorum and, subject to the provisions of this Treaty, the required majority for various kinds of decisions.
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Article […]
International Bureau The International Bureau of WIPO shall perform the administrative tasks concerning the Treaty.
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Article […]
Eligibility for Becoming Party to the Treaty
(1) [Any Member State of WIPO] [that is also a Member of the Berne Union or a party to the Agreement on Trade related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)] may become party to this Treaty.
(2) The Assembly may decide to admit any intergovernmental organization to become party to this Treaty which declares that it is competent in respect of, and has its own legislation binding on all its Member States on, matters covered by this Treaty and that it has been duly authorized, in accordance with its internal procedures, to become party to this Treaty.
(3) The European Union, having made the declaration referred to in the preceding paragraph in the Diplomatic Conference that has adopted this Treaty, may become party to this Treaty.
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Article […]
Rights and Obligations under the Treaty
Subject to any specific provisions to the contrary in this Treaty, each Contracting Party shall enjoy all the rights and assume all of the obligations under this Treaty.
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Article […]
Signature of the Treaty
This Treaty shall be open for signature at the headquarters of WIPO by any eligible party for one year after its adoption.
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Article […]
Entry into Force of the Treaty
This Treaty shall enter into force three months after [20] eligible [parties] referred to in Article […] have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession.
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Article […]
Effective Date of Becoming Party to the Treaty
This Treaty shall bind:
(i) the [20] eligible [parties] referred to in Article […], from the date on which this Treaty has entered into force;
(ii) each other eligible party referred to in Article […], from the expiration of three months from the date on which it has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession with the Director General of WIPO;
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Article […]
Denunciation of the Treaty
This Treaty may be denounced by any Contracting Party by notification addressed to the Director General of WIPO. Any denunciation shall take effect one year from the date on which the Director General of WIPO received the notification.
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Article […]
Languages of the Treaty
(1) This Treaty is signed in a single original in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish languages, the versions in all these languages being equally authentic.
(2) An official text in any language other than those referred to in paragraph (1) shall be established by the Director General of WIPO on the request of an interested party, after consultation with all the interested parties. For the purposes of this paragraph, “interested party” means any Member State of WIPO whose official language, or one of whose official languages, is involved and the European Union, and any other intergovernmental organization that may become party to this Treaty, if one of its official languages is involved.
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Article […]
Depositary
The Director General of WIPO is the depositary of this Treaty.
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Conferences, Meetings and Seminars
Meeting Title : Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities
Date and venue June 17 to June 28, 2013 (Marrakesh, Morocco)
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=28722