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Article 2 Article 9 of the aforesaid Accord is amended by the substitution therefor of the following paragraphs : " The Government of any other member of the United Nations, or of any country which remained neutral during the Second World War, may also become a party to this Accord by notifying the Government of the United Kingdom of its acceptance thereof before 31st July, 1947. The Government of the United Kingdom shall inform all Governments represented at the Conference in London on German-owned Patents, or which have accepted this Accord under this Article, of all acceptances so notified. " Any Government accepting this Accord between Ist January, 1947, and 31st July, 1947, undertakes that, in exercising the right provided for in Article 4, it will not protect or preserve rights or interests granted to or acquired by any non-German subsequently to Ist August, 1946." In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Protocol. Done in London this 30th day of July, 1947, in English and in French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom. The Government of the United Kingdom shall transmit certified copies of this Protocol to all Governments represented at the Conference in London on German-owned patents and to any Government which has become or is entitled to become a party to the Accord under the provisions of Article 9 thereof, as hereby amended. For the Government of the Union of South Africa: G. Heaton Nicholls. For the Government of Belgium: Obert de Thieusies. For the Government of Bolivia: Napoleon Solares. For the Government of Canada : L. Q. WILGRESS. For the Government of Czechoslovakia: B. J. Rratochvil. For the Government of Denmark: WILHELM EICKHOFF. For the Government of the Dominican Republic: A. Pastoriza,