RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/SVK/1
28March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1119)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Slovak Republic
Thefollowing communication, dated 6March 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission oftheSlovak Republic.
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Inaccordance withArticle 4(d)oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual
Property Rights, Iwishtonotify, onbehalf oftheSlovak Republic, multilateral agreements concluded
and/or succeeded bySlovakia which came intoeffect before theentry intoforce oftheAgreement
Establishing theWorld Trade Organization.*Thelistofmultilateral agreements where Slovakia is
aparty isbeing annexed.
Thebilateral agreements which remained inforce forSlovakia asoneofthesuccessor states
offormer Czechoslovakia willbenotified assoonasthereview isfinalized. Since thenotification
isnotconsidered ascompleted, Slovakia willprovide thelistofbilateral agreements atthelaterdate.
./.
*Thetexts ofthese agreements areavailable intheWTO Secretariat forconsultation byinterested delegations.IP/N/4/SVK/1
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MULTILATERAL TREATIES RELATING TOINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TOWHICH SLOVAK REPUBLIC ISPARTY
1. Convention Establishing theWorld Intellectual Property Organization
2. Paris Convention fortheProtection ofIndustrial Property
3. Berne Convention fortheProtection ofLiterary andArtistic Works
4. Madrid Agreement fortheRepression ofFalse orDeceptive Indications ofSource onGoods
5. Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration ofMarks andProtocol Relating
totheMadrid Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration ofMarks
6. NiceAgreement Concerning theInternational Classification ofGoods andServices forthe
Purposes oftheRegistration ofMarks
7. LisbonAgreementfortheProtectionofAppellationsofOriginandtheirInternationalRegistration
8. International Convention fortheProtection ofPerformers, Producers ofPhonograms and
Broadcasting Organizations
9. Locarno Agreement Establishing anInternational Classification forIndustrial Designs
10. Patent Cooperation Treaty
11. Strasbourg Agreement Concerning theInternational Patent Classification
12. Convention fortheProtection ofProducers ofPhonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication
ofTheir Phonograms
13. Budapest Treaty ontheInternational Recognition oftheDeposit ofMicroorganisms forthe
Purposes ofPatent Procedure
14. Treaty ontheInternational Registration ofAudiovisual Works
15. Trademark LawTreaty
16. International Convention fortheProtection ofNewVarieties ofPlants