RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/317/Add.1
21 November 2001
(01-5909)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Response from Antigua and Barbuda to a question posed by
the European Communities and their member States
Addendum
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda dated
20 November 2001, the Secretariat has received the following response to a question posed by the
European Communities and their member States, as circulated in document IP/C/W/274.
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58. Please indicate whether or not your legislation provides for a de minimis imports exception.
As specified in the answer given to question 15 of the Checklist of Issues on Enforcement, the
Copyright Bill does provide for the de minimis  import exception in section 50(4) where it states that a
person will not be liable for any penalty under the Act other than forfeiture of goods if he imports
small quantities of the good for his private and domestic use.  This is not specified in any of the other
Bills.
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