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2.15. Annex XV - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

Geneva, 4 October 1977

Registration: 19 October 1977, No. 521.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1057, p. 320

Note: The term "Participant" in the present context refers to the State party to the Convention, which has undertaken to apply the provisions of the Convention to the above specialized agency, in accordance with section 43 of article X thereof.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Participant  Application, Succession (d) 
Australia  9 May 1986 
Austria  2 Jul 1991 
Belgium  23 Dec 2002 
Bosnia and Herzegovina1  1 Sep 1993 
Bulgaria  24 Jan 2000 
Cameroon  30 Apr 1992 
Croatia1  12 Oct 1992 
Czech Republic2  22 Feb 1993 
Denmark  15 Dec 1983 
Estonia  8 Oct 1997 
France  2 Aug 2000 
Gabon  30 Nov 1982 
Georgia  18 Jul 2007 
Germany3,4,5  20 Aug 1979 
Iceland  17 Jan 2006 
Italy  30 Aug 1985 
Japan  15 Aug 2005 
Latvia  19 Dec 2005 
Lithuania  10 Feb 1997 
Montenegro6  23 Oct 2006 d 
Norway  22 Nov 2000 
Saint Lucia  2 Sep 1986 
Serbia1  12 Mar 2001 
Seychelles  24 Jul 1985 
Slovakia2  28 May 1993 
Slovenia1  6 Jul 1992 
South Africa  30 Aug 2002 
Spain  12 Dec 2003 
Sweden  1 Mar 1979 
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1  11 Mar 1996 
Uganda  11 Aug 1983 
Ukraine  25 Feb 1993 
United Arab Emirates  11 Dec 2003 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  3 Sep 1986 
Uzbekistan  18 Feb 1997 
Zimbabwe  5 Mar 1991 
 

 

NOTES


1. The former Yugoslavia applied the Annex as fromon 8 February 1979. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


2. Czechoslovakia had acceded to the Convention on 29 December 1966 in respect of the following agencies: ILO, ICAO, UNESCO, WHO, UPU, ITU, WMO and IMO. Subsequently, on 6 September 1988 and 26 April 1991, the Government of Czechoslovakia notified the Secretary-General that it applied the Convention in respect of FAO (second revised text of annex II), WIPO, and UNIDO, and IMF, IBRD, IFC and IDA, respectively. The instrument of accession also contained a reservation, subsequently withdrawn on 26 April 1991. For the text of the reservation, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 586, p. 247. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


3. In a communication received by the Secretary-General on 10 October 1957, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declared that the Convention will also apply to the Saar Territory except that Section 7 (b) of the Convention shall not take effect with regard to the Saar Territory until the expiration of the interim period defined in article 3 of the Treaty of 27 October 1956 between France and the Federal Republic of Germany.


4. The German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Conven- tion, with a reservation, on 4 October 1974 in respect of the following specialized agencies: ILO, UNESCO, WHO (third revised text of annex VII), UPU, ITU, WMO, IMO (revised text of annex XII). For the text of the reservation see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 950, p. 357. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


5. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


6. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.