   
  
IP/N/1/GBR/244, IP/N/1/GBR/E/39  
IP/N/1/GBR/C/96, IP/N/1/GBR/D/57  
IP/N/1/GBR/T/68, IP/N/1/GBR/P/57  
 
19 April 2024  
(24-3301)  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  
UNITED KINGDOM : THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (EXHAUSTION OF RIGHTS)  
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2023  
Notifying Member  UNITED KINGDOM  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) 
Regulations  2023 
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights; Trademarks; Industrial designs; Patents 
(including plant variety protection); Enforcement  
 
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2024/IP/GBR/24_02616_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/GBR/83  - IP/N/1/GBR/C/4  - IP/N/1/GBR/D/38  - IP/N/1/GBR/L/3  - 
IP/N/1/GBR/T/53 ;  
IP/N/1/GBR/21  - IP/N/1/GBR/D/10 ;  
IP/N/1/GBR/P/1 ;  
IP/N/1/GBR/T/1 ;  
IP/N/1/GBR/C/1 ;  
IP/N/1/GBR/D/1  
 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
These Regulations restate retained EU law ( "REUL") deriving from certain directly effective rights 
arising under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ( "TFEU"), in particular from 
Articles 34 and 36, and the Agreement on the European Economic Area ( "EEA Agreement ") which 
concern the exhaustion of rights of the holder of an intellectual property right. The purpose of the 
regulations is to ensure the continued opera tion of the principle of the exhaustion of intellectual 
property ( "IP") rights in the United Kingdom ( "the UK 's exhaustion regime ") without making 
substantive changes to this policy area by addressing the failure of this law to operate effectively 
and othe r deficiencies as a result of the repeal of section 4 of the European Union (Withdrawal) 
Act 2018 ( "the Withdrawal Act ") by section 2 of the Retained EU law (Revocation and Reform) 
Act 2023 ( "the 2023 Act ") at the end of 2023.  
 IP/N/1/GBR/244 • IP/N/1/GBR/E/39 • IP/N/1/GBR/C/96 • IP/N/1/GBR/D/57 • IP/N/1/GBR/T/68 • 
IP/N/1/GBR/P/57  
 
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  Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  28 November 2023  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  12 April 2024  
Other information  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1287/contents/made  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  UK Intellectual Property Office  
 
Concept House  
Cardiff Road  
Newport  
South Wales  
NP10 8QQ  
United Kingdom  
 
information@ipo.gov.uk  
 
0300 300 2000  
 
Outside the UK:  
+44 (0)1633 814000  
 
 
 
* 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.  