The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs o

 
 2.
 fees for the contracting States designated by the applicant, namely: 
 
 
 (a)
 a fee for each contracting State; 
 
 
 (b)
 a fee for each contracting State having a novelty examination and requiring the payment of a fee for such examination. 
 
(2)
 Any fees paid in respect of one and the same deposit for a contracting State under paragraph (1)2(a), shall be deducted from the amount of the fee referred to in paragraph (1)2(b), if the latter fee becomes payable for the same State. 
 
 
Article 16
 
 
 
(1)
 The fees for contracting States referred to in Article 15(1)2, shall be collected by the International Bureau and paid over annually to the contracting States designated by the applicant. 
 
 
(2) 
 (a)
 Any contracting State may notify the International Bureau that it waives its right to the supplementary fees referred to in Article 15(1)2(a), in respect of international deposits of which any other contracting State making a similar waiver is deemed to be the State of origin. 
 
 
 (b)
 Such State may make a similar waiver in respect of international deposits of which it is itself deemed to be the State of origin. 
 
 
Article 17
 
 
 
The Regulations shall govern the details concerning the implementation of this Agreement and in particular:
 
 
1.
 the languages and the number of copies in which the application for deposit must be filed, and the data to be supplied in the application; 
 
2.
 the amounts and the dates and method of payment of the fees for the International Bureau and for the States, including the limits imposed on the fee for contracting States having a novelty examination; 
 
3.
 the number, size, and other characteristics, of the photographs or other graphic representations of each design deposited; 
 
4.
 the length of the description of characteristic features of the design; 
 
5.
 the limits within which and conditions under which samples or models of the articles incorporating the design may accompany the application; 
 
6.
 the number of designs that may be included in a multiple deposit and other conditions governing multiple deposits; 
 
7.
 all matters relating to the publication and distribution of the periodical bulletin referred to in Article 6(3)(a), including the number of copies of the bulletin which shall be given free of charge to the national Offices and the number of copies which may be sold at a reduced price to such Offices; 
 
8.
 the procedure for notification by contracting States of any refusal provided for under Article 8(1), and the procedure for communication and publication of such refusals by the International Bureau; 
 
9.
 the conditions for recording and publication by the International Bureau of the changes affecting the ownership of a design referred to in Article 12(1), and for the renunciations referred to in Article 13; 
 
10.
 the disposal of documents and articles concerning deposits for which the possibility of renewal has ceased to exist. 
 
 
Article 18
 
 
 
The provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude the making of a claim to the benefit of any greater protection which may be granted by domestic legislation in a contracting State, nor shall they affect in any way the protection accorded to works of art and works of applied art by international copyright treaties and conventions.
 
 
 
Article 19
 
 
 
The fees of the International Bureau for services provided for by this Agreement shall be fixed in such a manner:
 
 
 
 (a)
 that the proceeds therefrom cover all the expenses of the International Design Service and all those necessitated by the preparation and holding of meetings of the International Design Committee or conferences for the revision of this Agreement; 
 
 
 (b)
 that they allow for the maintenance of the reserve fund referred to in Article 20. 
 
 
Article 20
 
 
 
(1)
 There shall be a reserve fund of 250,000 Swiss francs. The amount of the reserve fund may be modified by the International Design Committee referred to in Article 21. 
 
(2)
 The reserve fund shall be replenished by the surplus receipts of the International Design Service.