Treaty on the International Registration of Audiovisual Works

(b) Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the Contracting States which were Contracting States at the time the amendment was adopted by the Assembly.

(c) Any amendment which has been accepted and which has entered into force in accordance with subparagraph (a) shall bind all States which become Contracting States after the date on which the amendment was adopted by the Assembly.

 

CHAPTER IV
FINAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 11
Becoming Party to the Treaty

 

(1) [Adherence] Any State member of the Organization may become party to this Treaty by:

(i) signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval, or

(ii) the deposit of an instrument of accession.

(2) [Deposit of Instruments] The instruments referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deposited with the Director General.

 

Article 12
Entry Into Force of the Treaty

 

(1) [Initial Entry Into Force] This Treaty shall enter into force, with respect to the first five States which have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, three months after the date on which the fifth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession has been deposited.

(2) [States Not Covered by the Initial Entry Into Force] This Treaty shall enter into force with respect to any State not covered by paragraph (1) three months after the date on which that State has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession unless a later date has been indicated in the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. In the latter case, this Treaty shall enter into force with respect to the said State on the date thus indicated.

 

Article 13
Reservations to the Treaty

 

(1) [Principle] Subject to paragraph (2), no reservation may be made to this Treaty.

(2) [Exception] Any State, upon becoming party to this Treaty, may, in a notification deposited with the Director General, declare that it will not apply the provisions of Article 4(1) in respect of statements which do not concern the exploitation of intellectual property rights in audiovisual works. Any State that has made such a declaration may, by a notification deposited with the Director General, withdraw it.

 

Article 14
Denunciation of the Treaty

 

(1) [Notification] Any Contracting State may denounce this Treaty by notification addressed to the Director General.

(2) [Effective Date] Denunciation shall take effect one year after the day on which the Director General has received the notification.

(3) [Moratorium on Denunciation] The right of denouncing this Treaty provided for in paragraph (1) shall not be exercised by any Contracting State before the expiration of five years from the date on which this Treaty enters into force with respect to it.

 

Article 15
Signature and Languages of the Treaty

 

(1) [Original Texts] This Treaty shall be signed in a single original in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.

(2) [Official Texts] Official texts shall be established by the Director General, after consultation with the interested Governments, in the Arabic, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish languages, and such other languages as the Assembly may designate.

(3) [Time Limit for Signature] This Treaty shall remain open for signature at the International Bureau until December 31, 1989.

 

Article 16
Depository Functions

 

(1) [Deposit of the Original] The original of this Treaty and the Regulations shall be deposited with the Director General.

(2) [Certified Copies] The Director General shall transmit two copies, certified by him, of this Treaty and the Regulations, to the Governments of States entitled to sign this Treaty.

(3) [Registration of the Treaty] The Director General shall register this Treaty with the Secretariat of the United Nations.

(4) [Amendments] The Director General shall transmit two copies, certified by him, of any amendment to this Treaty and the Regulations to the Governments of the Contracting States and, on request, to the Government of any other State.

 

Article 17
Notifications

 

The Director General shall notify the Governments of the States members of the Organization of any of the events referred to in Articles 8(2), 10(2) and (3), 11, 12, 13 and 14.

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Done at Geneva, on April 20, 1989.

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1 Entry into force: See Article 12.

Source: International Bureau of WIPO.