# Council Decision of 18 December 2006 approving the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, adopted in Geneva on 2 July 1999 (2006/954/EC), Article 2: Applicability of Other Protection Accorded by Laws of Contracting Parties and by Certain International Treaties

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. [Laws of Contracting Parties and Certain International Treaties] The provisions of this Act shall not affect the application of any greater protection which may be accorded by the law of a Contracting Party, nor shall they affect in any way the protection accorded to works of art and works of applied art by international copyright treaties and conventions, or the protection accorded to industrial designs under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation.
2. [Obligation to Comply with the Paris Convention] Each Contracting Party shall comply with the provisions of the Paris Convention which concern industrial designs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/954/annex/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-954/annex/article-2
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