# The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, pursuant to section 13(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), declares the countries specified in the Schedule to be convention countries for the purposes of all the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949. In this Order the term “country” includes colonies, protectorates and territories by reason of section 13(3) of that Act.
The majority of the countries specified in the Order have acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (“the Paris Convention”) (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cmnd. 4431) or the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (including the Agreement on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) (Cm. 3044-6, 3080, 3263-4, 3268-9, 3271, 3275-7 and 3282).
This Order revokes the Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2004 (SI 2004/3336) (the 2004 Order). This Order provides a consolidated list of countries that are convention countries for the purposes of all the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the only substantive change from the 2004 Order is the addition of the Comoros to the Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/317/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/designs-convention-countries-order-2006/note
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