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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-application-to-other-countries-order-1999/schedule-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1751",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright (Application to Other Countries) Order 1999",
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  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "COUNTRIES ENJOYING PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF BROADCASTS",
  "text": "(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.)\n*Angola (1st December 1996)\n*Antigua and Barbuda (1st January 1996)\nArgentina (2nd March 1992)\nAustralia (30th September 1992)\nAustria (1st June 1957)\n*Bahrain (1st January 1996)\n*Bangladesh (1st January 1996)\nBarbados (18th September 1983)\nBelgium (1st June 1957)\n*Belize (1st January 1996)\n*Benin (22nd February 1996)\nBolivia (24th November 1993)\n*Botswana (1st January 1996)\nBrazil (29th September 1965)\n*Brunei Darussalam (1st January 1996)\nBulgaria (31st January 1995)\nBurkina Faso (14th January 1988)\n*Burundi (1st January 1996)\nCanada (1st January 1996)\n*Cameroon (1st January 1996)\nCape Verde (3rd July 1997)\n*Central African Republic (1st January 1996)\n*Chad (19th October 1996)\nChile (5th September 1974)\nColombia (17th September 1976)\nCongo (18th May 1964)\nCosta Rica (9th September 1971)\n*Cote D'Ivoire (1st January 1996)\n*Cuba (1st January 1996)\nCyprus, Republic of (5th May 1970 – television; 1st January 1996 – non-television)\nCzech Republic (1st January 1993)\n*Democratic Republic of the Congo (1st January 1997)\nDenmark (1st June 1957)\n*Djibouti (1st January 1996)\n*Dominica (1st January 1996)\nDominican Republic (27th January 1987)\nEcuador (18th May 1964)\n*Egypt (1st January 1996)\nEl Salvador (29th June 1979)\nFaeroe Islands (1st February 1962 – television; 1st July 1965 – non-television)\nFiji (11th April 1972)\nFinland (1st June 1957)\nFrance (including all Overseas Departments and Territories) (1st June 1957)\n*Gabon (1st January 1996)\n*Gambia (23rd October 1996)\nGermany (1st June 1957)\n*Ghana (1st January 1996)\nGreece (1st June 1957)\nGreenland (1st February 1962 – television; 1st July 1965 – non-television)\n*Grenada (22nd February 1996)\nGuatemala (14th January 1977)\n*Guinea-Bissau (1st January 1996)\n*Guinea (1st January 1996)\n*Guyana (1st January 1996)\n*Haiti (30th January 1996)\nHonduras (16th February 1990)\nHong Kong (1st June 1957)\nHungary (10th February 1995)\nIceland (15th June 1994)\nIndonesia (1st June 1957)\n*India (1st January 1996)\nIreland, Republic of (1st June 1957)\n*Israel (1st January 1996)\nItaly (1st June 1957)\nJamaica (27th January 1994)\nJapan (26th October 1989)\n*Kenya (1st January 1996)\n*Korea, Republic of (1st January 1996)\n*Kuwait (1st January 1996)\n*Kyrgyz Republic (20th December 1998)\n*Latvia (10th February 1999)\nLebanon (12th August 1997)\nLesotho (26th January 1990)\n*Liechtenstein (1st January 1996)\nLuxembourg (1st June 1957)\n*Macau (1st January 1996)\nMacedonia (2nd March 1998)\n*Madagascar (1st January 1996)\nMalawi (22nd June 1989)\nMalaysia (1st June 1957)\n*Maldives (1st January 1996)\n*Mali (1st January 1996)\n*Malta (1st January 1996)\n*Mauritania (1st January 1996)\n*Mauritius (1st January 1996)\nMexico (18th May 1964)\nMoldova (5th December 1995)\nMonaco (6th December 1985)\n*Mongolia (29th January 1997)\n*Morocco (1st January 1996)\n*Mozambique (1st January 1996)\n*Myanmar (1st January 1996)\n*Namibia (1st January 1996)\nNetherlands (1st June 1957)\n*New Zealand (1st January 1996)\n*Nicaragua (1st January 1996)\nNiger (18th May 1964)\nNigeria (29th October 1993)\nNorway (10th August 1968 – television; 10th July 1978 – non-television)\nPanama (2nd September 1983)\n*Pakistan (1st January 1996)\n*Papua New Guinea (6th June 1996)\nParaguay (26th February 1970)\nPeru (7th August 1985)\nPhilippines (25th September 1984)\nPoland (1st January 1996)\nPortugal (1st June 1957)\n*Qatar (13th January 1996)\nRomania (1st January 1996)\n*Rwanda (22nd May 1996)\n*Saint Kitts and Nevis (21st February 1996)\nSaint Lucia (1st January 1996)\n*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1st January 1996)\n*Senegal (1st January 1996)\n*Sierra Leone (1st January 1996)\nSingapore (1st June 1957)\nSlovak Republic (1st January 1993)\nSlovenia (1st January 1996)\n*Solomon Islands (26th July 1996)\n*South Africa (1st January 1996)\nSpain (1st June 1957)\n*Sri Lanka (1st January 1996)\n*Suriname (1st January 1996)\n*Swaziland (1st January 1996)\nSweden (1st June 1957)\nSwitzerland (24th September 1993)\n*Tanzania (1st January 1996)\n*Thailand (1st January 1996)\n*Togo (1st January 1996)\n*Trinidad and Tobago (1st January 1996)\n*Tunisia (1st January 1996)\n*Turkey (1st January 1996)\n*Uganda (1st January 1996)\n*United Arab Emirates (10th April 1996)\n*United States (1st January 1996)\nUruguay (4th July 1977)\nVenezuela (1st January 1996)\n*Zambia (1st January 1996)\n*Zimbabwe (1st January 1996)",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/774",
      "affecting_title": "The Copyright (Application to Other Countries) (Amendment) Order 2003"
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