Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Governments of Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine have given notice of their respective accessions as such to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cmnd. 4431). This Order declares each of those countries to be a convention country for the purposes of the Registered Designs Act 1949.