RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/BEL/1
19February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0596)
Original: French Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Belgium
Thefollowing communication, dated 31January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofBelgium.
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Without prejudice tothecommunication ofadditional information atalaterstage, thePermanent
MissionofBelgiumtotheUnitedNationsOfficeandOtherInternationalOrganizationsofGenevahereby
notifies totheSecretariat oftheWorld Trade Organization (WTO) therelevant textsinaccordance
withArticle 4(d)...oftheTRIPS Agreement.
1. Notification under Article 4(d)
Forthepurposes oflegalsecurity andwithout detriment tothescope ofArticle 4oftheTRIPS
Agreement, Belgium notifies totheCouncil forTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property the
following Treaties:*
1. Multilateral Treaties
- Berne Convention of9September 1886 fortheProtection ofLiterary andArtistic
Works;
Brussels Actof26June1948, inforce since 1August 1951;
Stockholm Actof14July1967, inforce since 12February 1975;
- Universal Copyright Convention of6September 1952, inforcesince31August 1960;
- EuropeanAgreementof15December1958concerningProgrammeExchangesbymeans
ofTelevision Films, inforce since 8April 1962.
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*Thetextsofthese agreements areavailable intheWTO Secretariat forconsultation byinterested
delegations.IP/N/4/BEL/1
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2. Bilateral Treaties
- Convention of30August 1858 between Belgium andtheNetherlands concerning the
Reciprocal Guaranteeing oftheOwnership ofScientific andLiterary Works, inforce
since 1April 1859;
- Conventionof26June1880betweenBelgiumandSpainconcerningLiteraryandArtistic
Property, inforce since 17March 1881;
- Convention of10April 1910 between Belgium andRomania fortheProtection of
Literary, Artistic andPhotographic Works, inforce since 15June1910;
- Convention of18/31 December 1913 between Belgium andRussia concerning the
Protection ofLiterary andArtistic Works, inforce since 19February 1915.
Notification ofthisConvention hasbeen made subject totherenewal ofthesaid
Convention bytheformer Union ofSoviet Socialists Republics following the1917
Revolution.
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