RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/AUT/1
29January 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0343)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Austria
Thefollowing communication, dated 20December 1995, hasbeenreceived fromtheDelegation
ofAustria.
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Inaccordance withArticle 4paragraph (d)oftheTRIPS Agreement Austria hasthehonour
tonotify totheCouncil forTRIPS bilateral agreements withtheCzech Republic, France, Greece, Italy
andSpain concerning theprotection ofindications oforigin ofgoods, ofdesignation oforigin, the
protection ofgeneral designation ofagricultural andindustrial products aswell.
These bilateral agreements have been concluded before theentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement andareattached inthecorresponding languages.1
Theentry intoforce ofthese agreements isindicated asfollows:
- Czech Republic -26February 1981
- France -22September 1975
- Greece -19August 1972
- Italy-1September 1954
- Spain -15December 1977
1Thetexts ofthese agreements areavailable intheWTO Secretariat forconsultation byinterested delegations.