'This change will have the following practical consequences for most applications:

- A definitive filing of the Benelux deposit will no longer be required for international applications.

- The classification language can be either French or English.

- Extensions (désignations postérieures) and waivers (renunciations) can be filed directly with WIPO.

Fees

The new agreements regarding the application of the safeguard clause allow for an exemption for the fees regime. The fees due between countries (including the Benelux countries) which have signed both the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol will continue to be subject to the Agreement. This means that the supplementary fee will continue to apply to the designation of the countries for which the Protocol prescribes individual duties but which have also signed the Agreement. However, it has been decided to increase the supplementary fee to CHF 100. For each class above the third an additional fee of CHF 100 will be charged.'