in the industrial property office communicating, from time to time, to the inter- 
national depositary authorities lists of the accession numbers of those micro- 
organisms which are referred to in patents granted by them, the effect of such 
communication being that the said authorities may furnish samples of such micro- 
organisms to anyone; it is to be noted that it follows from the above that this 
alternative is not available before the grant and publication of the patent (see 
Rule 11.3(b)). 
10. The Treaty and the Regulations also contain provisions allowing for what is 
called a "new* deposit where no samples of the originally deposited microorganisms 
can be furnished (see Article 4 ) ; permitting the termination or limitation of the 
status of international depositary authority at the will of the Contracting States 
where the said authority does not, or does not fully, comply with its assumed 
duties (see Article 8) ; requiring that all microorganisms deposited with an inter- 
national depositary authority be transferred to another such authority if the 
former is about to cease functioning as such (see Rule 5.1); regulating the content 
of the receipt that each International depositary authority is required to give to 
the depositor for the deposited microorganism (see Rule 7) ; providing for the 
testing of the viability of the deposited microorganisms and the issuance of 
viability statements (see Rule 10); allowing the international depositary author- 
ity to charge a fee for each deposit, the fee covering the minimum 30 years during 
which the deposited microorganism must be stored (see Rules 9 and 12) ; providing 
for a special status and a special role for certain intergovernmental organizations 
(see Article 9) . 
11. Administrative Provisions . The States party to the Treaty constitute a Union 
(see Article 1) ("the Budapest Union”). Only States members of the Paris Union may 
become members of the Budapest Union (■•• Article 15(1)). The Budapest Union has 
an Assembly consisting of the States members of the said Union, the main tasks of 
the Assembly being to deal with all matters concerning the maintenance and develop- 
ment of the Union and the implementation of the Treaty (see Article 10(2)), including 
the power to amend certain provisions of the Treaty (sec Article 14) , to amend the 
Regulations (see Article 12(3)) and to take away or limit the status of any given 
international depositary authority (see Article 8(1)). Certain administrative tasks 
are entrusted to the International Bureau of WIPO (see Article 11) . The possibility 
of amending the Treaty in revision conferences is also provided for (see Article 13) . 
12. It is to be noted that the Treaty contains no financial provisions. No State 
can be asked to pay contributions to the International Bureau of WIPO, or for any 
other purpose, on account of its membership in the Budapest Union. (The very small 
costs of the International Bureau connected with the Budapest Union are part of the 
budget of the Paris Union.) 
final Provisions. As already stated, only States members of the Paris Union 
may become members of the Budapest Union (see Article 15(1)). To become a member 
of the latter, any State which has signed the Treaty must deposit an instrument 
of ratification*; those which have not signed must deposit an instrument "of 
accession"; such instruments must be deposited with the Director General of WIPO 
(see Article 15) . Entry into force of the Treaty requires the deposit of five 
Instruments of ratification or accession (see Article 16). The Treaty contains 
the usual provisions on denunciation (see Article 17) and notifications (see 
Article 20) . 
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