WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/EGY/2
6November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4861)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Egypt
Thefollowing communication, dated 30October 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheArab Republic ofEgypt, withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheMembers ofthe
Council forTRIPS.
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NOTIFICATION RELATING TOARTICLES 3,4AND 5
1. Egypt wishes tonotify thefollowing inrespect ofArticles 3,4and5oftheTRIPS Agreement.
National Treatment
EgyptaccordstonationalsofotherMembersoftheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO),asdefined
inArticle 1.3oftheTRIPS Agreement, treatment nolessfavourable thanEgypt accords toitsown
nationals withregard totheprotection ofcopyright andrelated rights.1,2
Most Favoured-Nation Treatment
Egypt accords, immediately andunconditionally, tothenationals ofallother Members ofthe
WTO, asdefined inArticle 1.3oftheTRIPS Agreement, anyadvantage, favour, privilege orimmunity
granted byEgypt tothenationals ofanyother country withregard totheprotection ofcopyright and
related rights.1,2
2. Thisnotification iswithout prejudice totherights ofEgypt under Article 65.2oftheTRIPS
Agreement.
1Anotification concerning other IPRs included intheAgreement willfollow.
2Certain exceptions asmentioned inArticles 3,4and5arecontained intheEgyptian lawsandregulations which are
being translated intoaWTO language andwillbenotified induecourse.