ARTICLE Vter

1. (a) Any Contracting State to which Article Vbis (1) applies
may substitute for the period of seven years provided for in
Article V(2) a period of three years or any longer period
prescribed by its legislation. However, in the case of a
translation into a language not in general use in one or more
developed countries that are party to this Convention or only
the 1952 Convention, the period shall be one year instead of
three.

(b) A Contracting State to which Article Vbis (1) applies
may, with the unanimous agreement of the developed countries
party to this Convention or only the 1952 Convention and in
which the same language is in general use, substitute, in the
case of translation into that language, for the period of three
years provided for in sub-paragraph (a) another period as
determined be such agreement but not shorter than one year.
However, this sub-paragraph shall not apply where the
language in question is English, French or Spanish.
Notification of any such agreement shall be made to the
Director-General.

(c) The licence may only be granted if the applicant, in
accordance with the procedure of the State concerned,
establishes either that he has requested, and been denied,
authorization by the owner of the right of translation, or that,
after due diligence on his part, he was unable to find the owner