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MOTION FOR RESOLUTION No. 90 /X
PR 169/2008
2008.05.29
Considering that the Portuguese Republic is a member of the World Organisation of the
Intellectual Property (WIPO) and which is Part of the majority of the Conventions approved under the
its auspices;
Considering that it is agreements that aim to build a system of legal protection
of the works, benefits and productions protected, effective, rigorous and based on a tutelage of the
intellectual property based on a high level of protection, which allows for the creation of
basic conditions of development, on a global scale, of the activities-works,
benefits, products and services-cultural and the respective agents, encouraging themselves to
creation, production, trade and technological development linked to the market of the
cultural industries.
Thus:
Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the
Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:
Approve the Treaty of the World Intellectual Property Organization on Prestations and
Phonograms, adopted in Geneva on December 20, 1996, the text of which in the version
authenticated in the English language, as well as the respective translation into Portuguese language, if
publish in attachment.
Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of May 29, 2008
The Prime Minister
The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
The Minister of the Presidency
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs