# The Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, made pursuant to section 13(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 with a view to the fulfilment of obligations under the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (“the Paris Convention ”) (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cm. 4431) and under the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (including the Agreement on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) (Cm. 2556–59, 2561–69, 2571–74), declares Cambodia, Fiji, Grenada, Equatorial Guinea, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands and United Arab Emirates to be convention countries for the purposes of all of the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1561/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designs-convention-countries-amendment-no-2-order-2000/note
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