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9. International Convention for the Protection of Performers,

Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations *

Rome Convention (1961)

Status on April 15, 2001

State	Date on which State became party to the Convention

Albania .....................................	September 1, 2000
Argentina ..................................	March 2, 1992
Australia [1].................................	September 30, 1992
Austria ¹ ....................................	June 9, 1973
Barbados ..................................	September 18, 1983
Belgium ¹ ...................................	October 2, 1999
Bolivia ......................................	November 24, 1993
Brazil ........................................	September 29, 1965
Bulgaria ....................................	August 31, 1995
Burkina Faso ............................	January 14, 1988
Canada ¹ ....................................	June 4, 1998
Cape Verde ...............................	July 3, 1997
Chile .........................................	September 5, 1974
Colombia ..................................	September 17, 1976
Congo ¹ ......................................	May 18, 1964
Costa Rica ................................	September 9, 1971
Croatia ......................................	April 20, 2000
Czech Republic ¹ .......................	January 1, 1993
Denmark ¹ .................................	September 23, 1965
Dominica ..................................	August 7, 1999
Dominican Republic .................	January 27, 1987
Ecuador ....................................	May 18, 1964
El Salvador ...............................	June 29, 1979
Estonia .....................................	April 28, 2000
Fiji ¹ ...........................................	April 11, 1972
Finland ¹ ....................................	October 21, 1983
France ¹ .....................................	July 3, 1987
Germany ¹ .................................	October 21, 1966
Greece ......................................	January 6, 1993
Guatemala ................................	January 14, 1977
Honduras ..................................	February 16, 1990
Hungary ...................................	February 10, 1995
Iceland ¹ .....................................	June 15, 1994
Ireland ¹ .....................................	September 19, 1979
Italy ¹ ........................................	April 8, 1975
Jamaica .....................................	January 27, 1994
Japan ¹ .......................................	October 26, 1989
Latvia ¹ ......................................	August 20, 1999
Lebanon ....................................	August 12, 1997
Lesotho ¹ ...................................	January 26, 1990
Liechtenstein ¹ ^{.........................................}	October 12, 1999
Lithuania ¹ .................................	July 22, 1999
Luxembourg ¹ ............................	February 25, 1976
Mexico .....................................	May 18, 1964
Monaco ¹ ...................................	December 6, 1985
Netherlands ¹ ^,[2]...........................	October 7, 1993
Nicaragua ..................................	August 10, 2000
Niger ¹ .......................................	May 18, 1964
Nigeria ¹ .....................................	October 29, 1993
Norway ¹ ...................................	July 10, 1978
Panama .....................................	September 2, 1983
Paraguay ...................................	February 26, 1970
Peru ..........................................	August 7, 1985
Philippines ...............................	September 25, 1984
Poland ¹ .....................................	June 13, 1997
Republic of Moldova ¹ ..............	December 5, 1995
Romania ¹ ..................................	October 22, 1998
Saint Lucia ¹ ..............................	August 17, 1996
Slovakia ¹ ...................................	January 1, 1993
Slovenia ¹ ...................................	October 9, 1996
Spain ¹ .......................................	November 14, 1991
Sweden ¹ ....................................	May 18, 1964
Switzerland ¹ ............................	September 24, 1993
The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia ¹ ........................	March 2, 1998
United Kingdom ¹ ^,[3]...................	May 18, 1964
Uruguay ...................................	July 4, 1977
Venezuela .................................	January 30, 1996
Yugoslavia ................................	April 27, 1992

(Total: 68 States)

* The secretariat tasks relating to this Convention are performed jointly with the International Labour Office and UNESCO.

[1] The instruments of ratification or accession deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations by the following States contain declarations made under the articles mentioned hereafter (with reference to publication in Le Droit d'auteur (Copyright) for the years 1962 to 1964, in Copyright for the years 1965 to 1994, in Industrial Property and Copyright until May 1998 and, in Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties since June 1998):

Australia , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 6(2), 16(1)(a)(i) and 16(1)(b) [1992, p. 301];

Austria , Article 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) and 1(b) [1973, p. 67];

Belgium , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 6(2), 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1999, p. 119];

Bulgaria , Article 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1995, p. 262];

Canada , Article 5(3) (concerning Articles 5(1)(b) and (c)), 6(2) (concerning Article 6(1)) and 16(1)(a)(iv) [1998, p. 42]

Congo , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)) and 16(1)(a)(i) [1964, p. 127];

Croatia , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)) and 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [2000, p.14];

Czech Republic , Article 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1964, p. 110];

Denmark , Articles 6(2), 16(1)(a)(ii) and (iv) and 17 [1965, p. 214];

Estonia , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(i) [2000, p.14];

Fiji , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)), 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(i) [1972, pp. 88 and 178];

Finland , Articles 16(1)(a)(i), (ii) and (iv) and 17 [1983, p. 287 and 1994, p. 152];

France, Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)) and 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1987, p. 184];

Germany , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)) and 16(1)(a)(iv) [1966, p. 237];

Iceland , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)), 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) [1994, p. 152];

Ireland , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)), 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(ii) [1979, p. 218];

Italy , Articles 6(2), 16(1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv), 16(1)(b) and 17 [1975, p. 44];

Japan , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)) and 16(1)(a)(ii) and (iv) [1989, p. 288];

Latvia , Article 16(1)(a)(iii) [1999, p. 76];

Lesotho , Article 16(1)(a)(ii) and (1)(b) [1990, p. 95];

Liechtenstein , Article 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)) and Article 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1999, p. 119];

Lithuania , Article 16(1)(a)(iii) [1999, p. 76];

Luxembourg , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 16(1)(a)(i) and 16(1)(b) [1976, p. 24];

Monaco , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 16(1)(a)(i) and 16(1)(b) [1985, p. 422];

Netherlands , Article 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1993, p. 253];

Niger , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)) and 16(1)(a)(i) [1963, p. 155];

Nigeria , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) [1993, p. 253];

Norway , Articles 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) [1978, p. 133; in respect of 16(1)(a)(ii) modified: 1989, p. 288];

Poland , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 6(2), 16(1)(a)(i), (iii) and (iv) and 16(1)(b) [1997 p. 170];

Republic of Moldova , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)), 6(2), 16(1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) [1996, p. 40];

Romania , Articles 5(3), 6(2), 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1998, p. 54];

Saint Lucia, Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)) and 16(1)(a)(iii);

Slovakia , Article 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1964, p. 110];

Slovenia , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)) and 16(1)(a)(i) [1996, p. 318];

Spain , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)), 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1991, p. 221];

Sweden , Article 16(1)(a)(iv) [1962, p. 211; 1986, p. 382];

Switzerland , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)) and 16(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) [1993, p. 254];

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(c)) and 16(1)(a)(i) [1998, p. 42];

United Kingdom , Articles 5(3) (concerning Article 5(1)(b)), 6(2) and 16(1)(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) [1963, p. 244]; the same declarations were made for Gibraltar and Bermuda [1967, p. 36; 1970, p. 108].

[2] Accession for the Kingdom in Europe .

[3] The United Kingdom extended the application of the Rome Convention to the Isle of Man with effect from July 28, 1999 .

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