RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/2/DEU/1
5July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1848)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.3AND 3.1OFTHE AGREEMENT
Germany
Thefollowing communication, dated 21June1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofGermany.
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Ihavethehonour totransmit thefollowing notification oftheFederal Republic ofGermany
made under Article 1,paragraph 3andArticle 3,paragraph 1oftheAgreement onTRIPS:
"TheFederal Republic ofGermany, inaccordance withArticle 1,paragraph 3oftheAgreement
onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights, confirms thatitwillnotapply thecriterion
offixation referred toinArticle 5,paragraph 1(b)oftheRome Convention asregards theprotection
ofproducers ofphonograms."