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IP/N/1/IRL/P/23  
 
13 July 2023  
(23-4756)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (CERTAIN PROVISIONS)  
(COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2007  
(S.I. NO. 761 OF 2007 ) 
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement ) 
Order 2007 S.I. No. 761 of 2007  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/IRL/23_10339_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This Order appoints 13 December 2007 as the date on which specified provisions of the Patents 
(Amendment) Act 2006, arising from the revision of the European Patent Convention, come into 
operation. The revised Convention will enter into force on 13 December 2007  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  13 December 2007  
Other date   Adoption: 14 November 2007  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  19 April 2023  IP/N/1/IRL/64 • IP/N/1/IRL/P/23  
 
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  Other information  IP/N/1/IRL/60  
(Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 31 of 2006))  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment  
 
trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  