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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Post-transition Interim Constitution of the Republic of Burundi (2005) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law of 20 August 1964 on Patents (1964) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 1 / 02 of 11 January 2007 establishing the Customs Code (2007) Commercial Code; Decree Law No. 1-045 of 9 July 1993 (1993) Decree-Law No. 1/6 of 4 April 1981 on the Reform of the Penal Code (1981) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Law No. 1/13 of July 28th, 2009 on Industrial Property in Burundi (2009) Law No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005 on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights in Burundi. (2005)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances ... Patent Law Treaty ... Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (September 3, 1977) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (March 30, 1977) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (January 14, 2009) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (December 31, 2008) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (November 25, 2006) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (July 27, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (April 3, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 20, 2006) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (October 31, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (October 1, 1999) Convention on Biological Diversity (July 14, 1997) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (April 6, 1997) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (July 23, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (July 23, 1995) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (December 10, 1993) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (December 10, 1993) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (August 9, 1990) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (August 19, 1982) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (May 31, 1968) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (July 1, 1962) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (July 1, 1962) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (July 1, 1962) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community (July 1, 2007) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Treaty Establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (December 8, 1994) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) Treaty Establishing the Economic Community of Central African States (December 18, 1984) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (February 12, 1976)

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