After the implementation of that agreement the tasks incumbent upon the International Patent Institute at the date on which the Convention is opened for signature, and in particular those carried out vis-a-vis its Member States, whether or not they become parties to the Convention, and such tasks as it has undertaken at the time of the entry into force of the Convention to carry out vis-a-vis States which, at that date, are both members of the International Patent Institute and parties to the Convention, shall be assumed by the European Patent Office.
Po uveljavitvi tega sporazuma Evropski patentni urad prevzame naloge, ki jih ima Mednarodni patentni inštitut na datum, s katerim je konvencija na voljo za podpis, zlasti tiste, ki jih izvaja za svoje države članice ne glede na to, ali te postanejo članice konvencije ali ne, in tiste naloge, ki se jih je, ko je konvencija začela veljati, obvezal izvajati za države, ki so na ta datum članice Mednarodnega patentnega inštituta in pogodbenice konvencije.