RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/2/TUN/1
14July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1977)
Original: French Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 1.3AND 3.1OFTHE AGREEMENT
Tunisia
Thefollowing communication, dated 30June1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofTunisia.
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ForArticle 5.3oftheRome Convention, Tunisia wishes toretain onlythecriterion offirst
fixation forthegranting ofnational treatment toforeign producers ofphonogrammes.
ForArticle 6.2oftheRome Convention, theGovernment ofTunisia intends toextend the
advantages ofnational treatment onlyifbroadcasting organizations meetbothconditions, namely:
- They musthavetheirheadquarters inanother member StateoftheWTO andtransmit
thebroadcasts covered byprotection fromatransmitter situated inthesame member
State.
ForArticle 16.1(b) oftheRome Convention, theGovernment ofTunisia doesnotintend to
apply subparagraph (d)ofArticle 13oftheRome Convention.
With regard toArticle 6oftheBerne Convention, theGovernment ofTunisia doesnotwish
toapply therestrictive provisions contained inthisArticle.