The Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) presents his compliments and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 10, 2017, of its instrument of accession to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, as revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972, on October 23, 1978, and on March 19, 1991.
The said International Convention as revised in 1991, will enter into force, with respect to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on November 10, 2017. On that date, Bosnia and Herzegovina will become a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, founded by the said International Convention.
For the purpose of determining its share in the total amount of the annual contributions to the budget of UPOV, one-fifth (0.2) of one contribution unit is applicable to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
October 10, 2017