WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/2/ZMB/1
23 June 2000
(00-2547)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.3 AND 3.1 OF THE AGREEMENT
ZAMBIA
The following notification has been received from the Permanent Mission of Zambia by
means of a communication dated 11 April 2000.
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The Government of Zambia hereby notifies to the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights that, in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 3  and Article 3, paragraph 1
of the TRIPS Agreement on national treatment and MFN with respect to patents, registered designs
and trademarks, the laws of Zambia in section 8 of the Patent Act, section 13 of the Registered
Designs Act and section 73 of the Trademarks Act confer national treatment and MFN treatment toforeign nationals who are based in WTO Members or in member States of the Paris Convention.  The
treatment granted is not subject to any exceptions save those contained in the Paris Convention.
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