WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/DEU/3
17November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5028)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Germany
Thefollowing communication, dated 6November 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofGermany.
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Under Article 4,sentence 2,paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement Ihereby withdraw on
behalf oftheFederal Republic ofGermany thenotification ofthemultilateral treaties mentioned in
Annex 1.Thenotification ofthemultilateral treaties mentioned inAnnex 2,aswellasthenotification
ofthebilteral treaties shallremain unaffected.1
1Thebilateral treaties notified byGermany arelisted indocuments IP/N/4/DEU/1, IP/N/4/DEU/2 and
IP/N/4/DEU/2/Corr.1.IP/N/4/DEU/3
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ANNEX 1
Multilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notification pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,
paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement tobewithdrawn)
Treaty Date Source
Berne Convention fortheProtection ofLiterary
andArtistic Works (Paris Act)9September 1886
24July1971BGBl. 1973 II,p.1071
BGBl. 1985 II,p.81
Montevideo Agreement Concerning the
Protection ofLiterary andArtistic Works
-Additional Protocol
-Further application11January 1889
13February 1889
7February/23 June 1950RGBl. 1927 II,p.95
BAnz. No.144/50
Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational
Registration ofMarks
-(Stockholm Act)14April 1891
14July1967 BGBl. 1970 II,p.418
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
Paris Convention fortheProtection ofIndustrial
Property
-(Stockholm Act)20March 1883
14July1967 BGBl. 1970 II,p.293, 391
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
The Hague Agreement Concerning the
International Deposit ofIndustrial Designs
-(London Act)
-(The Hague Act)
-(Additional ActofMonaco)
-(Additional ActofStockholm)6November 1925
2June 1934
28November 1960
18November 1961
14July1967RGBl. 1937 II,p.583, 617
BGBl. 1962 II,p.774, 790
BGBl. 1962 II,p.937
BGBl. 1970 II,p.448
Convention onInternational Exhibitions
-Amending Protocol
-Resolution oftheGeneral Assembly22November 1928
30November 1972
31May 1988RGBl. 1931 II,p.11
BGBl. 1974 II,p.276
BGBl. 1982 II,p.90
BGBl. 1991 II,p.426
Universal Copyright Convention
-(Paris Act)6September 1952
24July1971 BGBl. 1973 II,p.1111
Nice Agreement Concerning theInternational
Classification ofGoods andServices forthe
Purposes oftheRegistration ofMarks
-(Geneva Act)15June 1957
13May 1977 BGBl. 1981 II,p.359
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
European Agreement ontheProtection of
Televisions Broadcasts22June 1960 BGBl. 1965 II,p.1234IP/N/4/DEU/3
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Multilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notification pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,
paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement tobewithdrawn)
Treaty Date Source
International Convention fortheProtection of
Performers, Producers ofPhonograms and
Broadcasting Organizations26October 1961 BGBl. 1965 II,p.1243
Convention ontheUnification ofCertain Points
ofSubstantive LawonPatents forInvention27November 1963 BGBl. 1976 II,p.658
Convention Establishing theWorld Intellectual
Property Organization14July1967 BGBl. 1970 II,p.295
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
BGBl. 1985 II,p.97
Locarno Agreement Establishing anInternational
Classification forIndustrial Designs8October 1968 BGBl. 1990 II,p.1677
Patent Cooperation Treaty 19June 1970 BGBl. 1976 II,p.664-720
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799, 975
StrasbourgAgreementConcerningthe
International Patent Classification24March 1971 BGBl. 1975 II,p.283
BGBl. 1984 II,p.799
Convention ontheGrant ofEuropean Patents
(European Patent Convention)
-ActRevising Article 635October 1973
17December 1991BGBl. 1976 II,p.826
BGBl. 1993 II,p.243
Budapest Treaty on the International
Recognition oftheDeposit ofMicroorganisms
forthePurposes ofPatent Procedure28April 1977 BGBl. 1980 II,p.1104
BGBl. 1984 II,p.679
European Convention on Transfrontier
Television5May 1989 BGBl. 1984 II,p.639IP/N/4/DEU/3
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ANNEX 2
Multilateral treaties related tointellectual property
(Notification pursuant toArticle 4,sentence 2,
paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement shallremain unaffected)
Treaty Date Source
Madrid Agreement fortheRepression ofFalse
orDeceptive Indications ofSource onGoods
-(Lisbon Act
-(Additional ActofStockholm)14April 1891
31October 1957
14July1967BGB1. 1961 II,p.293
BGB1. 1970 II,p.444
International Convention fortheProtection of
New Varieties ofPlants
-(Geneva Act)2December 1961
23October 1978BGB1. 1984 II,p.809
BGB1. 1986 II,p.782
Convention fortheProtection ofProducers of
Phonograms against unauthorized Duplication
oftheir Phonograms29October 1971 BGB1. 1973 II,p.1669
Convention Relating totheDistribution of
Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by
Satellite21May 1974 BGB1. 1979 II,p.114