RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/ESP/1
21February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0658)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Spain
Thefollowing communication, dated 5February 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofSpain.
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Please findenclosed herewith twolistsofinternational agreements signed bySpain relating
tointellectual property andcopyright andrelated rights, respectively, which aretransmitted withthe
request thattheybenotified totheCouncil forTRIPS pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle 4(d)of
theAgreement.
These listsshould notbeconsidered asfinal, andwereserve therighttocomplete them, if
necessary, atalaterdate.IP/N/4/ESP/1
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Multilateral treaties Entry intoforce inSpain
Treaties ofgeneral scope
Convention Establishing theWorld Intellectual Property
Organization, of14July1967, amended in1979 26April 1970
Marks
Madrid Agreement fortheRepression ofFalse or
Deceptive Indications ofSource onGoods, revised at
Washington (1911), TheHague (1925), London (1934),
andLisbon (1958), completed bytheAdditional Actof
Stockholm (1967) 14August 1973
Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational
Registration ofMarks, of14April 1891, revised at
Brussels (1900), Washington (1911), TheHague
(1925), London (1934), Nice(1957), andStockholm
(1967), andamended in197915July1892
8June1979 (Stockholm Act)
Protocol Relating totheMadrid Agreement Concerning
theInternational Registration ofMarks, 1989 Inforce since 1December 1995
Trademark LawTreaty, 1994 TheTreaty hasnotyetentered into
force
NiceAgreement Concerning theInternational
Classification ofGoods andServices forthePurposes
oftheRegistration ofMarks, of15June1957, revised
atStockholm (1967) andGeneva (1977), amended in
19798April 1961
9May1970
(Geneva revision)
Industrial designs
Hague Agreement Concerning theInternational Deposit
ofIndustrial Designs, of6November 1925, revised at
London (1934) andTheHague (1960), completed by
theAdditional ActofMonaco (1961), the
Complementary ActofStockholm (1967) andthe
Geneva Protocol (1975), andamended in19791July1952
2March 1956
(London Act)
TheHague Actandthe
Complementary ActofStockholm
arenotinforce forSpain
Locarno Agreement Establishing anInternational
Classification forIndustrial Designs, of
8October 1968, amended in1979 17November 1973IP/N/4/ESP/1
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Multilateral treaties Entry intoforce inSpain
Patents
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning theInternational
Patent Classification, of24March 1971, amended in
1979 29November 1975
Budapest Treaty ontheInternational Recognition ofthe
Deposit ofMicro-organisms forthePurposes ofPatent
Procedure, of28April 1977, amended in1980 19March 1981
European Convention Relating totheFormalities
Required forPatent Applications, of11December 1953 1July1967
Munich Convention ontheGrant ofEuropean Patents,
of5October 1973 1October 1986
ActfortheRevision ofArticle 63oftheEuropean
Patent ConventionHasnotyetentered intoforce in
SpainIP/N/4/ESP/1
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Bilateral treaties Entry intoforce inSpain
Scientific andTechnical Cooperation Agreement s
Convention onEducational, Cultural andScientific
Cooperation withtheUnited States ofAmerica, of
27October 1994 (BOE No.119of19May1995) 26April 1995
Convention onScientific andTechnological
Cooperation withtheUnited States ofAmerica, of
10June1994 (BOE No.226of21September 1995) 10June1994
Convention onTrade Relations withCuba, of
23January 1979 (BOE of17March 1979) 1February 1979
Agreement onCommercial Exchanges and
Development ofEconomic andIndustrial Cooperation
withCzechoslovakia, of12December 1977 (BOE of
24February 1978) 12December 1977
Convention onEconomic andCommercial Cooperation
withArgentina, of27May1974 (BOE of
20July1977) 23May1977
Agreement onScientific andTechnical Cooperation
withtheUnited Arab Republic, of21January 1970
(BOE of17December 1970) 6November 1970
Agreement onScientific andTechnical Cooperation
withFrance, of28May1974 (BOE of17April 1975) 5March 1971
General Agreement onScientific andTechnical
Cooperation between theGovernment ofSpain andthe
Government oftheArab Republic ofEgypt, of
13June1975 (BOE of14August 1976) 17April 1976
Agreement onScientific andTechnical Cooperation
withGreece, of8December 1972 (BOE of10and
11February 1977) 20August 1976
Agreement onTrade andLong-Term Economic,
Industrial andTechnological Cooperation with
Romania, of19January 1977 (BOE of
12and14February 1977) 19January 1977
Basic Convention onTechnical, Scientific and
Technological Cooperation between theKingdom of
Spain andtheGovernment oftheFederal Republic of
Brazil, of13April 1989 (BOE of24February 1992) 13April 1989
Long-Term Agreement onEconomic, Industrial and
Technical Cooperation between theKingdom ofSpain
andthePeople 'sRepublic ofBulgaria, of
24January 1979 (BOE of28and29March 1980) 11January 1980
Agreement onScientific Cooperation withVenezuela,
of21January 1983 (BOE of13and14May1983) 18February 1983IP/N/4/ESP/1
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Bilateral treaties Entry intoforce inSpain
Agreement onTechnical andScientific Cooperation in
theField ofTextile Engineering withPortugal, of
13April 1978 (BOE of18July1983) 13April 1978
Agreement onEconomic andIndustrial Cooperation
between theGovernment ofSpain andtheGovernment
ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofPoland, of
13December 1984 (BOE of24June1985) 27May1985
Agreement andProtocol onProtection ofClassified
Information, withNorway, of17June1986 30July1987
Agreement onCultural, Educational andScientific
Cooperation withAustralia, of18January 1991 (BOE
of27and29April 1991) 15April 1991
Agreement onEconomic andIndustrial Cooperation
withRomania, of18April 1990 (BOE of
4November 1991) 3October 1991
Agreement onCultural, Educational andScientific
Cooperation withMauritania, of29March 1989 (BOE
of3July1992) 1June1992
Agreement onEconomic andIndustrial Cooperation
withthePhilippines, of21May1988 (BOE of26and
27March 1993) 14January 1993
Framework Agreement onScientific andTechnical
Cooperation withTunisia, of28May1991 (BOE of12
and13October 1993) 15August 1993
Framework Agreement onCultural, Scientific and
Technical Cooperation withJordan, of21January 1993
(BOE of25and26May1994) 10May1994IP/N/4/ESP/1
Page6Multilateral Conventions Related totheProtection ofCopyright andRelated Rights
(Notification Pursuant toArticle 4,Paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement)
Treaty Date Entry intoforce Source
Montevideo Agreement Concerning theProtection ofLiterary and
Artistic Works 11January 1889 (Date unknown)
Berne Convention fortheProtection ofLiterary andArtistic
Works (Paris Act)9September 1886
24July19719September 1910
10July1974 BOE, 15January 1975
Universal Copyright Convention (Paris Act) 6September 1952
24July197116September 1955
6October 1974 BOE, 10January 1975
European Agreement ontheProtection ofTelevision Broadcasts 22June1960 22October 1971 BOE, 13February 1974
International Convention fortheProtection ofPerformers,
Producers ofPhonograms andBroadcasting Organizations (Rome
Convention) 26October 1961 14November 1991 BOE, 14November 1991
Convention Establishing theWorld Intellectual Property
Organization 14July1967 26April 1970 BOE, 30January 1974
Convention fortheProtection ofProducers ofPhonograms
Against Unauthorized Duplication ofTheir Phonograms 29October 1971 18April 1973 BOE, 7September 1974Bilateral Conventions Related totheProtection ofCopyright andRelated RightsIP/N/4/ESP/1
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Treaty Date Ratification Source
Convention withtheNetherlands fortheprotection ofliterary and
artistic property 31December 1862 20July1863 Gaceta deMadrid, 20September 1963
Convention withFrance forthereciprocal guarantee ofproperty
rights relating toliterary, scientific andartistic works 16June1880 21July1880 Gaceta deMadrid, 23July1880
Convention withBelgium fortheprotection oftheexercise of
intellectual property rights relating toliterary andartistic works 26June1880 17March 1881 Gaceta deMadrid, 31March 1881
Convention withItalytoensure theexercise ofproperty rights in
respect ofscientific, literary andartistic works 28June1880 24July1880 Gaceta deMadrid, 2August 1880
Convention withPortugal toguarantee property rights inrespect
ofliterary, scientific andartistic works 9August 1880 4July1881 Gaceta deMadrid, 2August 1881
Convention withtheUnited Kingdom concerning theexercise of
copyright inliterary andartistic works 11August 1880 18September 1880 Gaceta deMadrid, 26November 1880
Convention withElSalvador toguarantee ownership ofscientific,
literary andartistic works 23June1884 5June1885 Gaceta deMadrid, 20June1885
Convention withColombia fortheprotection ofliterary,
scientific andartistic property 28November 1884 22November 1886 Gaceta deMadrid, 19January 1887
Convention withCosta Ricatoguarantee theexercise ofliterary,
scientific andartistic property rights 14November 1893 20June1896 Gaceta deMadrid, 9July1896
Exchange ofletters withtheUnited States establishing reciprocal
equal treatment ofnationals withregard tointellectual, artistic
andliterary property 6and15July1895 Gaceta deMadrid, 9July1896
Protocol withCosta Ricaclarifying various provisions ofthe
intellectual property convention of14November 1893 20June1896 Gaceta deMadrid, 9July1896
Convention withEcuador relating totheprotection ofliterary,
scientific andartistic property 30June1900 15November 1904Gaceta deMadrid, 27January 1905 and
24April 1905
Treaty withGuatemala fortheprotection ofliterary andartistic
property 30July1900
Exchange ofletters withtheUnited States fortherenewal ofthe
Agreement of6and15July189529January 1902
18and26November 1902 Gaceta deMadrid, 7December 1902
Convention withPanama relating toliterary andartistic property 25July1912 1June1913Treaty Date Ratification Source
Convention withPerurelating totheprotection ofliterary,
scientific andartistic property 26February 1924 6December 1928 Gaceta deMadrid, 7December 1928
Convention withMexico relating toliterary, artistic andscientific
property 31March 1924 6April 1925 Gaceta deMadrid, 17May1925
Convention withParaguay relating toliterary, artistic and
scientific property 8July1925 15September 1926 Gaceta deMadrid, 22October 1926
Agreement withtheDominican Republic relating toliterary,
artistic andscientific property 4November 1930 Gaceta deMadrid, 2April 1930
Convention withNicaragua relating toliterary, artistic and
scientific property 20November 1934 6November 1935 Gaceta deMadrid, 1March 1935
Exchange ofletters withItalyontherules governing thetermof
protection ofcopyright 12October 1957 12October 1957IP/N/4/ESP/1
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