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47. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
According to the Communications of the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the following countries have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Accession instruments to the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation (BGBl. No 397/1973, as amended by the BGBl version. No. 161/1986, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III n ° 80/2000), Declares that it should continue to be bound by the Convention:
States: |
Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Accession and/or Declaration of Continuity: |
Afghanistan |
13 September 2005 |
Djibouti |
13 February 2002 |
Iran |
14 December 2001 |
Comoros |
3. January 2005 |
Maldives |
12 February 2004 |
Montenegro |
4 December 2006 With effect from 3 June 2006 |
Myanmar |
15 February 2001 |
Serbia |
19 September 2006 With effect from 3 June 2006 |
Syria |
18 August 2004 |
Tonga |
14 March 2001 |
Vanuatu |
2 December 2011 |
In addition, the Kingdom of the Netherlands 1 announced that the Netherlands Antilles with 10. October 2010 have stopped to exist. From that date on, the Convention will continue to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten, as well as to the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, which form the Caribbean part of the Netherlands.
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