THE BUDAPEST
TREATY:
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR IDAs
While the Budapest Treaty
and its Regulations constitute a sound basis for
delimiting the duties and responsibilities of culture
collections with IDA status, explicit solutions for all
circumstances are not always formulated. The Budapest
Treaty is open to interpretation and each IDA can
maintain its own procedures.
With a view to harmonizing
the way IDAs resolve certain issues the European Culture
Collections’ Organization (ECCO) has mandated, in
1995, the BCCMTM to compile an inventory of
the procedures applied by IDAs. Ultimately, this
coordination is advantageous for depositors, and it
confirms the intent of the BT to harmonize the
requirements for patent deposits.
The resulting
‘Code of Practice for IDAs’ summarizes the
points on which a minimal consensus exists among IDAs and
provides practical guidelines for dealing with unclear
cases or situations in the patent deposit procedure.
The purpose of this Code
of Practice is not to deny the particular identity of
policy of any IDA. Each IDA may impose additional
requirements in order to comply with internal or national
regulations.
It should be remarked that
this Code of Practice is not final. It can always be
updated, clarified or extended if necessary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
OBLIGATIONS OF
THE DEPOSITOR
ACCORDING
TO THE BUDAPEST TREATY
PRACTICALITIES
OBLIGATIONS OF
THE IDA
ACCORDING
TO THE BUDAPEST TREATY
PRACTICALITIES
- ANNEX 1
- List of Participants
of the ECCO-WORKSHOP, held in Brussels BCCMTM
(OSTC), February 12, 1996, on THE BUDAPEST TREATY
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- ANNEX 2
- Working Group
Coordinators for Collecting/Harmonizing the
Procedures and Criteria for Viability Testing of
Microorganisms
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- ANNEX
3
- List of Participants
of the Workshop, held in Veldhoven, August 29,
1996 on THE BUDAPEST TREATY: Opportunity for a
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR IDAs?
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- ANNEX
4
- List of IDAs who emphatically expressed
their agreement with the principles described in the Code of Practice
for IDAs (situation on 28 April 1998).
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