RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/2/POL/1
31January 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0377)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.3AND 3.1OFTHE AGREEMENT
Poland
Thefollowing communication, dated 28December 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofPoland.
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ThePolish Government hereby wishes toinform theCouncil forTrade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights onthefollowing reservations, inaccordance withparagraph 3ofArticle 1
oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights.
Poland willnotapply thecriterion ofpublication provided forinparagraph 1(c)ofArticle 5
oftheInternational Convention fortheProtection ofPerformers, Producers ofPhonograms and
Broadcasting Organizations doneon26October 1961 (theRome Convention).
Inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 6(2)oftheRome Convention asincorporated into
theTRIPS Agreement through Article 1.3,Poland wishes alsotonotify thatitwillprotect broadcasts
onlyiftheheadquarters ofthebroadcasting organization issituated inanother WTO Member andthe
broadcast wastransmitted from atransmitter situated inthesame WTO Member.