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Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 317The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2006(The document as of February, 2008) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2006 No. 317DESIGNSThe Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2006
Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 13(1) and 37(5) of the Registered Designs Act 1949[1], makes the following Order: 1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006. (2) The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2004[2] is revoked. 2.The countries specified in the Schedule are declared to be convention countries for the purposes of all the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Columbia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Faeroe Islands Fiji Finland France (including Overseas Departments and Territories) Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles and Aruba New Zealand (including the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau) Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States of America (including Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions) Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe (This note is not part of the Order) This Order, pursuant to section 13(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), declares the countries specified in the Schedule to be convention countries for the purposes of all the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949. In this Order the term "country" includes colonies, protectorates and territories by reason of section 13(3) of that Act. The majority of the countries specified in the Order have acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ("the Paris Convention") (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cmnd. 4431) or the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (including the Agreement on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) (Cm. 3044-6, 3080, 3263-4, 3268-9, 3271, 3275-7 and 3282). This Order revokes the Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2004 (SI 2004/3336) (the 2004 Order). This Order provides a consolidated list of countries that are convention countries for the purposes of all the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the only substantive change from the 2004 Order is the addition of the Comoros to the Schedule. Notes: [1]1949 c. 88.back [2]SI 2004/3336.back ISBN0 11 074053 X -- Back --
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