WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/2/EST/1
14 March 2000
(00-1007)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 1.3 OF THE AGREEMENT
ESTONIA
The following communication, dated 3 March 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Estonia.
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1. The Republic of Estonia, in accordance with Article 1.3 of the Agreement on Trade-
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, will not apply the criterion of
publication referred to in Article 5(1)(c) of the Rome Convention as regards the
protection of producers of phonograms.
2. In accordance with Article 1.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights, the Republic of Estonia avails itself of the possibility
provided in Article 6(2) of the Rome Convention and, consequently, will protect
broadcasts only if the headquarter of the broadcasting organization is situated in a
WTO Member and the broadcast was transmitted from a transmitter situated in the
same WTO Member.
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