1. Any Contracting State regarded as a developing country in conformity
with the established practice of the General Assembly of the United
Nations may, by a notification deposited with the Director-General of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(hereinafter called "the Director-General") at the time of its
ratification, acceptance or accession or thereafter, avail itself of
any or all of the exceptions provided for in Articles Vter and Vquater.
2. Any such notification shall be effective for ten years from the date
of coming into force of this Convention, or for such part of that
ten-year period as remains at the date of deposit of the notification,
and may be renewed in whole or in part for further periods of ten years
each if, not more than fifteen or less than three months before the
expiration of the relevant ten-year period, the contracting State
deposits a further notification with the Director-General. Initial
notifications may also be made during these further periods of ten
years in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, a Contracting State
that has ceased to be regarded as a developing country as referred to
in paragraph 1 shall no longer be entitled to renew its notification
made under the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2, and whether or not it
formally withdraws the notification such State shall be precluded from
availing itself of the exceptions provided for in Articles Vter and
Vquater at the end of the current ten-year period, or at the end of
three years after it has ceased to be regarded as a developing country,
whichever period expires later.
4. Any copies of a work already made under the exceptions provided for
in Articles Vter and Vquater may continue to be distributed after the
expiration of the period for which notifications under this Article
were effective until their stock is exhausted.
5. Any Contracting State that has deposited a notification in
accordance with Article XIII with respect to the application of this
Convention to a particular country or territory, the situation of which
can be regarded as analogous to that of the States referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Article, may also deposit notifications and renew
them in accordance with the provisions of this Article with respect to
any such country or territory. During the effective period of such
notifications, the provisions of Articles Vter and Vquater may be
applied with respect to such country or territory. The sending of
copies from the country or territory to the Contracting State shall be
considered as export within the meaning of Articles Vter and Vquater.