The Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to inform him of the deposit by the Government of the Argentine Republic, on November 25, 1994, 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, and on October 23, 1978.
The Argentine Republic has not heretofore been a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, founded by the said International Convention.
The said International Convention will enter into force, with respect to the Argentine Republic, on December 25, 1994. On that date, the Argentine Republic will become a member of UPOV.
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 the Argentine Republic.
November 28, 1994