Article 1

1. The countries to which this Agreement applies constitute a Special Union.

2. They adopt a single classification for industrial designs (hereinafter designated as “the international classification”).

3. The international classification shall comprise:
(i) a list of classes and subclasses;
(ii) an alphabetical list of goods in which industrial designs are incorporated, with an indication of the classes and subclasses into which they fall;
(iii) explanatory notes.
 

4. The list of classes and subclasses is the list annexed to the present Agreement, subject to such amendments and additions as the Committee of Experts set up under Article 3 (hereinafter designated as “the Committee of Experts”) may make to it.

5. The alphabetical list of goods and the explanatory notes shall be adopted by the Committee of Experts in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3.

6. The international classification may be amended or supplemented by the Committee of Experts, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3.

7.

(a) The international classification shall be established in the English and French languages.
(b) Official texts of the international classification, in such other languages as the Assembly referred to in Article 5 may designate, shall be established, after consultation with the interested Governments, by the International Bureau of Intellectual Property (hereinafter designated as “the International Bureau”) referred to in the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter designated as “the Organisation”).