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CHAPTER III - Annex

LIST OF CONTRACTING STATES TO THE PARIS CONVENTION (see III, 6.2)

 

List of States (as on 3 January 2005) in respect of which the filing is recognised as giving rise to a priority right. The States in question are Contracting States to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. No agreements have so far been concluded pursuant to Art. 87(5) (see III, 6.2). (total: 169 States)

 

Albania

 

Algeria

 

Andorra

 

Antigua and Barbuda

 

Argentina

 

Armenia

 

Australia

 

Austria

 

Azerbaijan

 

Bahamas

 

Bahrain

 

Bangladesh

 

Barbados

 

Belarus

 

Belgium

 

Belize

 

Benin

 

Bhutan

 

Bolivia

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Botswana

 

Brazil

 

Bulgaria

 

Burkina Faso

 

Burundi

 

Cambodia

 

Cameroon

 

Canada

 

Central African Republic

 

Chad

 

Chile

 

China

 

Colombia

 

Comoros

 

Congo

 

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

 

Costa Rica

 

Côte d'Ivoire

 

Croatia

 

Cuba

 

Cyprus

 

Czech Republic

 

Denmark

 

Djibouti

 

Dominica

 

Dominican Republic

 

Ecuador

 

Egypt

 

El Salvador

 

Equatorial Guinea

 

Estonia

 

Finland

 

France

 

Gabon

 

Gambia

 

Georgia

 

Germany

 
 

Ghana

 

Greece

 

Grenada

 

Guatemala

 

Guinea

 

Guinea-Bissau

 

Guyana

 

Haiti

 

Holy See

 

Honduras

 

Hungary

 

Iceland

 

India

 

Indonesia

 

Iran, Islamic Republic of

 

Iraq

 

Ireland

 

Israel

 

Italy

 

Jamaica

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kazakhstan

 

Kenya

 

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Kyrgyztan

 

Lao People's Democratic Republic

 

Latvia

 

Lebanon

 

Lesotho

 

Liberia

 

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

 

Liechtenstein

 

Lithuania

 

Luxembourg

 

Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

 

Madagascar

 

Malawi

 

Malaysia

 

Mali

 

Malta

 

Mauritania

 

Mauritius

 

Mexico

 

Moldova, Republic of

 

Monaco

 

Mongolia

 

Morocco

 

Mozambique

 

Namibia

 

Nepal

 

Netherlands

 

New Zealand

 

Nicaragua

 

Niger

 

Nigeria

 
 

Norway

 

Oman

 

Pakistan

 

Panama

 

Papua New Guinea

 

Paraguay

 

Peru

 

Philippines

 

Poland

 

Portugal

 

Qatar

 

Romania

 

Russian Federation

 

Rwanda

 

Saint Kitts and Nevis

 

Saint Lucia

 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

 

San Marino

 

Sao Tome and Principe

 

Saudi Arabia

 

Senegal

 

Seychelles

 

Sierra Leone

 

Singapore

 

Slovakia

 

Slovenia

 

South Africa

 

Spain

 

Sri Lanka

 

Sudan

 

Surinam

 

Swaziland

 

Sweden

 

Switzerland

 

Syrian Arab Republic

 

Tajikistan

 

Tanzania, United Republic of

 

Togo

 

Tonga

 

Trinidad and Tobago

 

Tunisia

 

Turkey

 

Turkmenistan

 

Uganda

 

Ukraine

 

United Arab Emirates

 

United Kingdom

 

United States of America

 

Uruguay

 

Uzbekistan

 

Venezuela

 

Viet Nam

 

Yugoslavia

 

Zambia

 

Zimbabwe