IPIC/DC/3 page 75
Article 14
Becoming Party to the Treaty
(1) (Eligibility]
(a) Any State member of the World Intellectual
Property Organization or of the United Nations may become party to this Treaty.
(b) Furthermore, any Intergovernmental Organization having its own
legislation providing for intellectual property protection in respect of
layout-designs (topographies) and applicable in the territory of all its
member States may become party to this Treaty.
(2)
[Adherence] A State or Intergovernmental Organization shall become
party to this Treaty by:
(i)
signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of
ratification, acceptance, approval or formal confirmation, or
(ii) the deposit of an instrument of accession.
(3) [Deposit of Instruments]
The instruments referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be deposited with the Director General.