Division 1 By the end of the fourth year after the entry into force of the Agreement, Egypt shall accede to the following multilateral conventions on intellectual property rights:

the Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome, 1961),

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977, amended 1980),

the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington 1970, amended in 1979 and modified in 1984),

the International Convention for Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (Geneva Act 1991),

Nice Agreement concerning the international Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpose of the Registration of Marks (Geneva Act 1977and amended in 1979),

Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of Marks (Madrid 1989).