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14. Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification

of the Figurative Elements of Marks

Vienna Agreement (1973), amended in 1985

(Vienna Union)

Status on May 10, 2001

State	Date on which State became party to the Agreement	State	Date on which State became party to the Agreement

Austria............................................	October 27, 1999	Poland [1]...........................................	March 4, 1997
Bulgaria...........................................	February 27, 2001	Republic of Moldova.....................	December 1, 1997
Cuba [2]..............................................	July 18, 1997	Romania..........................................	June 30, 1998
France ² ^{, [3]}.........................................	August 9, 1985	Slovenia 1 .........................................	August 10, 2001
Guinea............................................	November 5, 1996	Sweden...........................................	August 9, 1985
Kyrgyzstan....................................	December 10, 1998	Trinidad and Tobago......................	March 20, 1996
Luxembourg....................................	August 9, 1985	Tunisia............................................	August 9, 1985
Mexico............................................	January 26, 2001	Turkey............................................	January 1, 1996
Netherlands[4]...................................	August 9, 1985	Uruguay..........................................	January 19, 2000

(Total: 18 States)

15. Convention Relating to the Distribution

of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite

Satellites Convention (Brussels, 1974)

Status on April 15, 2001

State	Date on which State became party to the Convention

Armenia..........................................	December 13, 1993
Australia.........................................	October 26, 1990
Austria............................................	August 6, 1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina.................	March 6, 1992
Costa Rica......................................	June 25, 1999
Croatia............................................	October 8, 1991
Germany1.......................................	August 25, 1979
Greece.............................................	October 22, 1991
Italy1...............................................	July 7, 1981
Jamaica...........................................	January 12, 2000
Kenya.............................................	August 25, 1979
Mexico............................................	August 25, 1979
Morocco.........................................	June 30, 1983
Nicaragua........................................	August 25, 1979
Panama...........................................	September 25, 1985
Peru................................................	August 7, 1985
Portugal..........................................	March 11, 1996
Russian Federation.........................	January 20, 19892
Slovenia..........................................	June 25, 1991
Switzerland.....................................	September 24, 1993
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia................	November 17, 1991
Trinidad and Tobago³.....................	November 1, 1996
United States of America...............	March 7, 1985
Yugoslavia......................................	August 25, 1979

(Total: 24 States)

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1 With a declaration, pursuant to Article 2(2) of the Convention, that the protection accorded under Article 2(1) is restricted in its territory to a period of 25 years after the expiry of the calendar year in which the transmission by satellite has occurred.

2 Date of accession by the Soviet Union, continued by the Russian Federation as from December 25, 1991.

³With a declaration, pursuant to Article 2(2) of the Convention, that the protection accorded under Article 2(1) is restricted in its territory to a period of 20 years after the expiry of the calendar year in which the transmission by satellite has occurred.

[1] With the reservation provided for in Article 4(5).

[2] With the declaration provided for in Article 16(2) relating to the International Court of Justice.

[3] Including certain Departments and Overseas Territories.

[4] Ratification for the Kingdom in Europe.

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