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, in conformity with the provisions of Article VIII, paragraph (6), of the Additional Act of November 10, 1972, amending the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, signed at Paris on December 2, 1961, has the honor to inform him that, according to the notification received from the Government of the French Republic on February 4, 1977, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands deposited, on January 12, 1977, its instrument of ratification of the said Additional Act.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands will belong to Class IV for the purpose of establishing its contribution towards the budget of UPOV.
The date of entry into force of the said Additional Act is the subject of a separate Notification (UPOV Notification No. 8).
February 11, 1977