RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/NOR/1
29January 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0342)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Norway
Thefollowing communication, dated 29December 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNorway.
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TheTRIPS Council noted atitsmeeting of21November 1995 thatMembers whowishto
havelegalcover from1January 1996foranyexceptions toMFN treatment byreference totheabove-
mentioned Article, willhavetonotify thisbefore thisdate.
1. Onthisbackground Norway hereby notifies theTRIPS Council oftheAgreement establishing
theEuropean Economic Area.1Norway would liketounderline thatnotification ofthis
Agreement concerns notonlythose provisions directly contained therein asinterpreted bythe
relevant jurisprudence, butalsoexisting orfuture actsadopted onthebasis ofthe
above-mentioned Agreement following theprocess ofregional integration.
2. Norway would alsoliketonotify thefollowing:
- With respect totheInternational Convention fortheProtection ofNewVarieties of
Plants of2December 1961 andtherelated Norwegian national law,theActof
12March 1993Relating tothePlant Breeder 'sRight, Norway willnotautomatically
accord mostfavoured nation treatment toother countries thanthose which aremember
States ofthesaidConvention.
- With respect totheRegulations Concerning Registration ofIndustrial Designs of
10September 1970, issued inaccordance with theNorwegian Design Act,
most-favoured-nation treatment isnotapplied tothefullest extent asaconsequence
ofSection 36intheabove-mentioned Regulations which exempts applicants forand
owners ofindustrial designs domiciled inDenmark andSweden from theobligation
tohavearepresentative domiciled inNorway.
(ThesaidRegulations areunder revision, alsowithregard toSection 36.Further
information willbetransmitted when newregulations areadopted.)
1Thetextoftheagreement isavailable intheWTO Secretariat forconsultation byinterested delegations.