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CHAPTER III
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS, ETC
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 XI thereof.
Participant
 Application
Angola
  9 May 2012
Armenia
 16 May 2022
Australia
  9 May 1986
Austria
  2 Jul 1991
Belgium
 23 Dec 2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, 2
 1 Sep 1993
Brunei Darussalam
  1 Feb 2017
Bulgaria
 24 Jan 2000
Cameroon
 30 Apr 1992
China
 21 Oct 2021
Croatia 1, 2
12 Oct 1992
Czech Republic 2, 3
22 Feb 1993
Denmark
 15 Dec 1983
Ecuador
 30 Oct 2020
El Salvador
 24 Sep 2012
Estonia
  8 Oct 1997
France
  2 Aug 2000
Gabon
 30 Nov 1982
Georgia
 18 Jul 2007
Germany 4, 5, 6
20 Aug 1979
Greece
 20 Dec 2021
Hungary
 18 Jun 2021
Iceland
 17 Jan 2006
Italy
 30 Aug 1985
Japan
 15 Aug 2005
Latvia
 19 Dec 2005
Lithuania
 10 Feb 1997
Luxembourg
 18 Dec 2020
Montenegro 2, 7
23 Oct 2006
Morocco
 16 Oct 2020
Mozambique
  6 Oct 2011
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
  7 Jan 2022
North Macedonia 1, 2
11 Mar 1996
Norway
 22 Nov 2000
Oman
 19 Oct 2023
Portugal
  8 Nov 2012
Qatar
 10 Jan 2014
Republic of Moldova
  2 Sep 2011
Romania
 15 May 2018
Russian Federation
 30 Dec 2019
San Marino
 21 Feb 2013
Serbia 1, 2
12 Mar 2001
Seychelles
 24 Jul 1985
Slovakia 2, 3
28 May 1993
Slovenia 1, 2
 6 Jul 1992
South Africa
 30 Aug 2002
Spain
 12 Dec 2003
St. Lucia
  2 Sep 1986
Sweden
  1 Mar 1979
Switzerland
 25 Sep 2012
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
China

Declaration:

       The aforementioned decision applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
End Note
1The 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.
2These States deposited instruments of succession to the Convention and applied the provisions of the Convention to the above specialized agency with effect from the date of the succession of State.  See Chapter III-2.
3Czechoslovakia 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.
4In 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.
5See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
6The German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Convention, 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.
7See note 1 under “Montenegro” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
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