RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/C/6
13December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4053)
Council forTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights
TEXT OFPROPOSED "AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
AND
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION "
Approved bytheCouncil forTRIPS on11December 1995
Attached isthetextoftheproposed "Agreement between theWorld Intellectual Property
Organization andtheWorld Trade Organization" asapproved bytheCouncil forTRIPS atitsmeeting
of11December 1995.
Thisproposed Agreement willbeconsidered forapproval bytheCoordination Committee and
General Assembly ofWIPO attheirmeetings of19-21 December 1995.IP/C/6
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
AND
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TABLE OFCONTENTS
Page
Preamble 3
Article 1: Abbreviated Expressions 3
Article 2: Laws andRegulations 3
Article 3: Implementation ofArticle 6teroftheParis Convention 5
forthePurposes oftheTRIPS Agreement
Article 4: Legal-Technical Assistance andTechnical Cooperation 5
Article 5: Final Clauses 6IP/C/6
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Preamble
TheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization(WIPO)andtheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO),
Desiring toestablish amutually supportive relationship between them, andwithaview to
establishing appropriate arrangements forcooperation between them,
Agree asfollows:
Article 1
Abbreviated Expressions
Forthepurposes ofthisAgreement:
(i) "WIPO" means theWorld Intellectual Property Organization;
(ii) "WTO" means theWorld Trade Organization;
(iii) "International Bureau" means theInternational Bureau ofWIPO;
(iv) "WTO Member" means aparty totheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization;
(v) "theTRIPS Agreement" means theAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual
Property Rights, Annex 1CtotheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization;
(vi) "ParisConvention"meanstheParisConventionfortheProtectionofIndustrialProperty
ofMarch 20,1883, asrevised;
(vii) "Paris Convention (1967)" means theParisConvention fortheProtection ofIndustrial
Property ofMarch 20,1883, asrevised atStockholm onJuly14,1967;
(viii) "emblem" means, inthecaseofaWTO Member, anyarmorial bearing, flagandother
Stateemblem ofthatWTO Member, oranyofficial signorhallmark indicating control
andwarranty adopted byit,and,inthecaseofaninternational intergovernmental
organization, anyarmorial bearing, flag,other emblem, abbreviation orname ofthat
organization.
Article 2
Laws andRegulations
(1)[Accessibility ofLaws andRegulations intheWIPO Collection byWTO Members andTheir
Nationals ]TheInternational Bureau shall, onrequest, furnish toWTO Members andtonationals of
WTO Members copies oflawsandregulations, andcopies oftranslations thereof, thatexistinitsIP/C/6
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collection, onthesame terms asapply totheMember States ofWIPO andtonationals oftheMember
States ofWIPO, respectively.
(2)[Accessibility oftheComputerized Database ]WTO Members andnationals ofWTO Members
shallhaveaccess, onthesame terms asapply totheMember States ofWIPO andtonationals ofthe
Member States ofWIPO, respectively, toanycomputerized database oftheInternational Bureau
containing lawsandregulations. TheWTO Secretariat shallhaveaccess, freeofanycharge byWIPO,
toanysuchdatabase.
(3)[Accessibility ofLaws andRegulations intheWIPO Collection bytheWTO Secretariat andthe
Council forTRIPS ]
(a)Where, onthedateofitsinitial notification ofalaworregulation under Article 63.2of
theTRIPSAgreement,aWTOMemberhasalreadycommunicatedthatlaworregulation,oratranslation
thereof, totheInternational Bureau andthatWTO Member hassenttotheWTO Secretariat astatement
tothateffect, andthatlaw,regulation ortranslation actually exists inthecollection oftheInternational
Bureau, theInternational Bureau shall, onrequest oftheWTO Secretariat, give,freeofcharge, acopy
ofthesaidlaw,regulation ortranslation totheWTO Secretariat.
(b)Furthermore, if,forthepurposes ofcarrying outitsobligations under Article 68ofthe
TRIPS Agreement, suchasmonitoring theoperation oftheTRIPS Agreement orproviding assistance
inthecontext ofdispute settlement procedures, theCouncil forTRIPS oftheWTO requires acopy
ofalaworregulation, oracopyofatranslation thereof, which hadnotpreviously beengiven tothe
WTO Secretariat under subparagraph (a),andwhich exists inthecollection oftheInternational Bureau,
theInternational Bureau shall, uponrequest ofeither theCouncil forTRIPS ortheWTO Secretariat,
givetotheWTO Secretariat, freeofcharge, therequested copy.
(c)TheInternational Bureau shall, onrequest, furnish totheWTO Secretariat onthesame
terms asapply toMember States ofWIPO anyadditional copies ofthelaws, regulations andtranslations
given under subparagraph (a)or(b),aswellascopies ofanyother lawsandregulations, andcopies
oftranslations thereof, which existinthecollection oftheInternational Bureau.
(d)TheInternational Bureau shallnotputanyrestriction ontheusethattheWTO Secretariat
maymake ofthecopies oflaws, regulations andtranslations transmitted under subparagraph (a),(b)
or(c).
(4)[Laws andRegulations Received bytheWTO Secretariat fromWTO Members ]
(a)TheWTO Secretariat shalltransmit totheInternational Bureau, freeofcharge, acopy
ofthelawsandregulations received bytheWTO Secretariat fromWTO Members under Article 63.2
oftheTRIPS Agreement inthelanguage orlanguages andintheform orforms inwhich theywere
received, andtheInternational Bureau shallplace suchcopies initscollection.
(b)TheWTO Secretariat shallnotputanyrestriction onthefurther usethattheInternational
Bureau maymake ofthecopies ofthelawsandregulations transmitted under subparagraph (a).
(5)[Translation ofLawsandRegulations ]TheInternational Bureau shallmake available todeveloping
country WTO Members which arenotMember States ofWIPO thesame assistance fortranslation
oflawsandregulations forthepurposes ofArticle 63.2oftheTRIPS Agreement asitmakes available
toMembers ofWIPO which aredeveloping countries.IP/C/6
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Article 3
Implementation ofArticle 6teroftheParis Convention
forthePurposes oftheTRIPS Agreement
(1)[General ]
(a)Theprocedures relating tocommunication ofemblems andtransmittal ofobjections under
theTRIPSAgreementshallbeadministeredbytheInternationalBureauinaccordancewiththeprocedures
applicable under Article 6teroftheParis Convention (1967).
(b)TheInternational Bureau shallnotrecommunicate toaStateparty totheParis Convention
which isaWTO Member anemblem which hadalready beencommunicated toitbytheInternational
Bureau under Article 6teroftheParisConvention priortoJanuary 1,1996, or,where thatStatebecame
aWTO Member afterJanuary 1,1996, prior tothedateonwhich itbecame aWTO Member, and
theInternationalBureaushallnottransmitanyobjectionreceivedfromthesaidWTOMemberconcerning
thesaidemblem iftheobjection isreceived bytheInternational Bureau more than12months after
receipt ofthecommunication ofthesaidemblem under Article 6teroftheParis Convention bythesaid
State.
(2)[Objections ]Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), anyobjection received bytheInternational Bureau
from aWTO Member which concerns anemblem thathadbeencommunicated totheInternational
Bureau byanother WTO Member where atleastoneofthesaidWTO Members isnotparty tothe
Paris Convention, andanyobjection which concerns anemblem ofaninternational intergovernmental
organization andwhich isreceived bytheInternational Bureau fromaWTO Member notparty tothe
Paris Convention ornotbound under theParis Convention toprotect emblems ofinternational
intergovernmental organizations, shallbetransmitted bytheInternational Bureau totheWTO Member
orinternational intergovernmental organization concerned regardless ofthedateonwhich theobjection
hadbeenreceived bytheInternational Bureau. Theprovisions ofthepreceding sentence shallnot
affect thetimelimitof12months forthelodging ofanobjection.
(3)[Information toBeProvided totheWTO Secretariat ]TheInternational Bureau shallprovide to
theWTO Secretariat information relating toanyemblem communicated byaWTO Member tothe
International Bureau orcommunicated bytheInternational Bureau toaWTO Member.
Article 4
Legal-Technical Assistance andTechnical Cooperation
(1)[Availability ofLegal-Technical Assistance andTechnical Cooperation ]TheInternational Bureau
shallmake available todeveloping country WTO Members which arenotMember States ofWIPO
thesame legal-technical assistance relating totheTRIPS Agreement asitmakes available toMember
States ofWIPO which aredeveloping countries. TheWTO Secretariat shallmake available toMember
States ofWIPO which aredeveloping countries andarenotWTO Members thesame technical
cooperationrelatingtotheTRIPSAgreementasitmakesavailabletodevelopingcountryWTOMembers.
(2)[Cooperation Between theInternational Bureau andtheWTOSecretariat ]TheInternational Bureau
andtheWTO Secretariat shallenhance cooperation intheirlegal-technical assistance andtechnicalIP/C/6
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cooperation activities relating totheTRIPS Agreement fordeveloping countries, soastomaximize
theusefulness ofthose activities andensure theirmutually supportive nature.
(3)[Exchange ofInformation ]Forthepurposes ofparagraphs (1)and(2),theInternational Bureau
andtheWTO Secretariat shallkeepinregular contact andexchange non-confidential information.
Article 5
Final Clauses
(1)[Entry intoForce ofthisAgreement ]ThisAgreement shallenter intoforce onJanuary 1,1996.
(2)[Amendment ofthisAgreement ]ThisAgreement maybeamended bycommon agreement ofthe
parties tothisAgreement.
(3)[Termination ofthisAgreement ]Ifoneoftheparties tothisAgreement gives theother party written
notice toterminate thisAgreement, thisAgreement shallterminate oneyearafterreceipt ofthenotice
bytheother party, unless alonger period isspecified inthenotice orunless bothparties agree ona
longer orashorter period.
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Done inGeneva onDecember ..,1995.
FortheWorld FortheWorld
Intellectual Property Organization Trade Organization
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Director General Director-General