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 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS 623

The International Office will collect all kinds of in- formation relative to the protection of the rights of authors over their literary and artistic works. It will arrange and publish such information. It will study questions of general utility likely to be of interest to the Union, and, by the aid of documents placed at its disposal by die different administrations, will edit a periodical publication in the French language treat- ing questions which con- cern the Union. The gov- ernments of the countries of the Union reserve to themselves the faculty of authorizing, by .common accord, the publication by the Office of an edition in one or more other lan- guages, if experience should show this to be requisite.

The International Office will always hold itself at the disposal of members of the Union, with the view to fur- nish them with any special information they may re- quire relative to the protec- tion of literary and artistic works.

The Director of the Inter-

Article 22

The International Office collects all kinds of inform- ation relative to the protec- tion of the rights of authors over their literary and ar- tistic works. It arranges and pubHshes such informa- tion. It studies questions of general utility likely to be of interest to the Union, and, by the aid of docu- ments placed at its disposal by the different administra- tions, edits a periodical pub- lication in the French lan- guage treating questions which concern the Union. The governments of the countries of the Union re- serve to themselves the faculty of authorizing, by common accord, the publi- cation by the Office of an edition in one or more other languages, if experience should show this to be re- quisite.

The International Office must always hold itself at the disposal of members of the Union, with the view to furnish them with any spe- cial information they may require relative to the pro- tection of literary and ar- tistic works.

The Director of the In-

Duties of In- ternational Office

Will furnish information as to copyright