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Seate

Contribution class*

– 6 ·

Date on which State

became party to the Convention

March 18, 1967

Latest Act of the Convention to which State is party and date on which State became party to that Act

Stockholm: December 28.,1979 Stockholm: July 2, 19762

Stockholm: October 16, 1973

Stockholm: January 31, 1975

Lisbon: April 6, 1965

Stockholm, Articles 13 to 30: May 14, 1977 Stockholm: December 30, 1981

Uruguay. Viet Nam. Yugoslavia.

Zaire... Zambia.

VIII

IX

March 8, 1949

VI

February 26, 1921

S January 31, 1975

S

April 6, 1965

Zimbabwe..

IX

April 18, 1980

(Total: 109 States)

* Classes I to IX correspond to 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 3, 1, 1/2 and 1/4 units, respectively. Class S corresponds to 1/8 of one unit.

1 "Stockholm" means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 (Stockholm Act); "Lisbon" means the Paris Convention as revised at Lisbon on October 31, 1958 (Lisbon Act); "London" means the Paris Convention as revised at London on June 2, 1934 (London Act); "The Hague" means the Paris Convention as revised at The Hague on November 6, 1925 (Hague Act).

2

With the declaration provided for in Article 28(2) of the Stockholm Act relating to the International Court of Justice.

3 These are the alternative dates of entry into force which the Director General of WIPO communicated to the States concerned.

4

5

Denmark extended the application of the Stockholm Act to the Faroe Islands with effect from August 6, 1971.

Including all Overseas Departments and Territories.

6

Ratification for the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

7

The accession of New Zealand to the Stockholm Act, with the exception of Articles 1 to 12, extends to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.

8

The United Kingdom extended the application of the Stockholm Act to the territory of Hong Kong with effect from November 16, 1977, and to the Isle of Man with effect from October 29, 1983.

9 The United States of America extended the application of the Stockholm Act to all territories and possessions of the United States of America, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as from August 25, 1973.