RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/2/CHE/1
29June1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1770)
Original: French Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.3AND 3.1OFTHE AGREEMENT
Switzerland
TheSwiss instrument ofratification oftheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization Done atMarrakesh on15April 1994, deposited on1June1995, contains thefollowing
declaration relating totheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights:
"Inaccordancewithparagraph3ofArticle1oftheAgreementonTrade-RelatedAspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights, Switzerland rejects thecriterion offirstfixation provided for
inArticle 5,paragraph 1(b)oftheInternational Convention fortheProtection ofPerformers,
Producers ofPhonograms andBroadcasting Organizations, adopted on26October 1961. It
willtherefore apply thecriterion offirstpublication."