The Regulations annexed to this Treaty provide
Rules:
(i)
concerning matters in respect of which this
Treaty expressly refers to the Regulations or
expressly provides that they are or shall be
prescribed,
(ii)
concerning any administrative requirements,
matters, or procedures,
(iii)
concerning any details useful in the
implementation of the provisions of this Treaty.
(2) (a) The Assembly may amend the
Regulations.
(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), amendments
shall require three-fourths of the votes cast.
(3) (a) The Regulations specify the Rules
which may be amended
(i)
only by unanimous consent, or
(ii)
only if none of the Contracting States whose
national Office acts as an International
Searching or Preliminary Examining Authority
dissents, and, where such Authority is an
intergovernmental organization, if the
Contracting State member of that organization
authorized for that purpose by the other member
States within the competent body of such
organization does not dissent.
(b) Exclusion, for the future, of any
such Rules from the applicable requirement
shall require the fulfillment of the conditions
referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) or (a)(ii), respectively.
(c) Inclusion, for the future, of any
Rule in one or the other of the requirements
referred to in subparagraph
(a) shall require unanimous consent.
(4)
The Regulations provide for the establishment,
under the control of the Assembly, of
Administrative Instructions by the Director
General.
(5)
In the case of conflict between the provisions of
the Treaty and those of the Regulations, the
provisions of the Treaty shall prevail.