(1) The revised text of the European Patent Convention shall enter into force two years after the fifteenth Contracting State has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession, or on the first day of the third month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession by the Contracting State taking this step as the last of all the Contracting States, if this takes place earlier.
(1) Spremenjeno besedilo Evropske patentne konvencije začne veljati dve leti po tem, ko je petnajsta država pogodbenica deponirala listino o ratifikaciji ali pristopu, ali prvi dan tretjega meseca po deponiranju listine o ratifikaciji ali pristopu države pogodbenice, ki je kot zadnja od vseh držav pogodbenic deponirala svojo listino, če se to zgodi prej.