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ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/265
17 May 2001
(01-2532)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  French
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Reply by Morocco to the Question Posed by Japan
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of Morocco, dated 8 May 2001,
the Secretariat has received the following reply to the question posed by Japan, which was circulated
in document IP/C/W/258.
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A. COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of  the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
Exemptions from national treatment
With regard to national treatment, Morocco applies the following exemptions under the
provisions of the Rome International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of
Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome Convention):
- "The first fixation of the sound" is the only criterion applied, under Article 5.3 of the
Rome Convention, for the granting of national treatment to foreign producers ofphonograms;
- pursuant to Article 6.2 of the Rome Convention, national treatment is applied for the
protection of a broadcast only if the headquarters of the broadcasting organization is
situated in a contracting State, or if the broadcast was transmitted from a transmittersituated on the territory of the same contracting State.
Exemptions from the MFN clause
With regard to the MFN clause and in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(d) of the
TRIPS Agreement on exemptions from this clause, Moro cco wishes to point out that it is a party to
the following international agreements on copyright and related rights, which entered into force prior
to the WTO Agreement and under which nationals of the signatory countries enjoy special benefits in
this field:IP/C/W/265
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Agreements Date of Morocco's accession
Berne Convention of 9 September 1886 for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act,
1971)16 June 1917
Convention establishing the World Intellectual
Property Organization27 July 1971
Universal Copyright Convention 8 May 1972
Brussels Convention relating to the Distribution of
Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite30 June 1983
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic
Symbol11 November 1993
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