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Schedule 3 COUNTRIES ENJOYING PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF BROADCASTS

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(The countries specified in this Schedule either are parties to the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations and/or the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts and/or the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and/or are member States of the European Community or otherwise give adequate protection under their law.)

  • *Angola (1st December 1996)

  • *Antigua and Barbuda (1st January 1996)

  • Argentina (2nd March 1992)

  • Australia (30th September 1992)

  • Austria (1st June 1957)

  • *Bahrain (1st January 1996)

  • *Bangladesh (1st January 1996)

  • Barbados (18th September 1983)

  • Belgium (1st June 1957)

  • *Belize (1st January 1996)

  • *Benin (22nd February 1996)

  • Bolivia (24th November 1993)

  • *Botswana (1st January 1996)

  • Brazil (29th September 1965)

  • *Brunei Darussalam (1st January 1996)

  • Bulgaria (31st January 1995)

  • Burkina Faso (14th January 1988)

  • *Burundi (1st January 1996)

  • Canada (1st January 1996)

  • *Cameroon (1st January 1996)

  • Cape Verde (3rd July 1997)

  • *Central African Republic (1st January 1996)

  • *Chad (19th October 1996)

  • Chile (5th September 1974)

  • Colombia (17th September 1976)

  • Congo (18th May 1964)

  • Costa Rica (9th September 1971)

  • *Cote D'Ivoire (1st January 1996)

  • *Cuba (1st January 1996)

  • Cyprus, Republic of (5th May 1970 – television; 1st January 1996 – non-television)

  • Czech Republic (1st January 1993)

  • *Democratic Republic of the Congo (1st January 1997)

  • Denmark (1st June 1957)

  • *Djibouti (1st January 1996)

  • *Dominica (1st January 1996)

  • Dominican Republic (27th January 1987)

  • Ecuador (18th May 1964)

  • *Egypt (1st January 1996)

  • El Salvador (29th June 1979)

  • Faeroe Islands (1st February 1962 – television; 1st July 1965 – non-television)

  • Fiji (11th April 1972)

  • Finland (1st June 1957)

  • France (including all Overseas Departments and Territories) (1st June 1957)

  • *Gabon (1st January 1996)

  • *Gambia (23rd October 1996)

  • Germany (1st June 1957)

  • *Ghana (1st January 1996)

  • Greece (1st June 1957)

  • Greenland (1st February 1962 – television; 1st July 1965 – non-television)

  • *Grenada (22nd February 1996)

  • Guatemala (14th January 1977)

  • *Guinea-Bissau (1st January 1996)

  • *Guinea (1st January 1996)

  • *Guyana (1st January 1996)

  • *Haiti (30th January 1996)

  • Honduras (16th February 1990)

  • Hong Kong (1st June 1957)

  • Hungary (10th February 1995)

  • Iceland (15th June 1994)

  • Indonesia (1st June 1957)

  • *India (1st January 1996)

  • Ireland, Republic of (1st June 1957)

  • *Israel (1st January 1996)

  • Italy (1st June 1957)

  • Jamaica (27th January 1994)

  • Japan (26th October 1989)

  • *Kenya (1st January 1996)

  • *Korea, Republic of (1st January 1996)

  • *Kuwait (1st January 1996)

  • *Kyrgyz Republic (20th December 1998)

  • *Latvia (10th February 1999)

  • Lebanon (12th August 1997)

  • Lesotho (26th January 1990)

  • *Liechtenstein (1st January 1996)

  • Luxembourg (1st June 1957)

  • *Macau (1st January 1996)

  • Macedonia (2nd March 1998)

  • *Madagascar (1st January 1996)

  • Malawi (22nd June 1989)

  • Malaysia (1st June 1957)

  • *Maldives (1st January 1996)

  • *Mali (1st January 1996)

  • *Malta (1st January 1996)

  • *Mauritania (1st January 1996)

  • *Mauritius (1st January 1996)

  • Mexico (18th May 1964)

  • Moldova (5th December 1995)

  • Monaco (6th December 1985)

  • *Mongolia (29th January 1997)

  • *Morocco (1st January 1996)

  • *Mozambique (1st January 1996)

  • *Myanmar (1st January 1996)

  • *Namibia (1st January 1996)

  • Netherlands (1st June 1957)

  • *New Zealand (1st January 1996)

  • *Nicaragua (1st January 1996)

  • Niger (18th May 1964)

  • Nigeria (29th October 1993)

  • Norway (10th August 1968 – television; 10th July 1978 – non-television)

  • Panama (2nd September 1983)

  • *Pakistan (1st January 1996)

  • *Papua New Guinea (6th June 1996)

  • Paraguay (26th February 1970)

  • Peru (7th August 1985)

  • Philippines (25th September 1984)

  • Poland (1st January 1996)

  • Portugal (1st June 1957)

  • *Qatar (13th January 1996)

  • Romania (1st January 1996)

  • *Rwanda (22nd May 1996)

  • *Saint Kitts and Nevis (21st February 1996)

  • Saint Lucia (1st January 1996)

  • *Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1st January 1996)

  • *Senegal (1st January 1996)

  • *Sierra Leone (1st January 1996)

  • Singapore (1st June 1957)

  • Slovak Republic (1st January 1993)

  • Slovenia (1st January 1996)

  • *Solomon Islands (26th July 1996)

  • *South Africa (1st January 1996)

  • Spain (1st June 1957)

  • *Sri Lanka (1st January 1996)

  • *Suriname (1st January 1996)

  • *Swaziland (1st January 1996)

  • Sweden (1st June 1957)

  • Switzerland (24th September 1993)

  • *Tanzania (1st January 1996)

  • *Thailand (1st January 1996)

  • *Togo (1st January 1996)

  • *Trinidad and Tobago (1st January 1996)

  • *Tunisia (1st January 1996)

  • *Turkey (1st January 1996)

  • *Uganda (1st January 1996)

  • *United Arab Emirates (10th April 1996)

  • *United States (1st January 1996)

  • Uruguay (4th July 1977)

  • Venezuela (1st January 1996)

  • *Zambia (1st January 1996)

  • *Zimbabwe (1st January 1996)