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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of Cameroon, as revised by the Law No. 96-06 of January 18, 1996 (1996) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 2000/011 of December 19, 2000 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (2000) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 2002/004 of April 19, 2002 on the Investment Charter of the Republic of Cameroon (2002) Law No. 96/12 of August 5, 1996 on the Framework Law on the Environmental Management (1996) Law No. 94/01 of January 20, 1994 on the Regime of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries (1994) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Ordinance No. 2009/001 of May 13, 2009 Amending certain Provisions of Law No. 2002/4 of 19 April 2002 to Institute the Investment Charter of the Republic of Cameroon (2009)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Decree No. 2001/956/PM of November 1, 2001 implementing Law No. 2000/11 of December 19, 2000 on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (2001)

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 ... Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks ... Patent Cooperation Treaty (January 24, 1978) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (November 3, 1973) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (May 10, 1964) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (January 1, 1960) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Additional Protocol to the Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States ... Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties ... Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (January 9, 2013) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (August 17, 2009) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (May 4, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (April 5, 2006) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (March 19, 2006) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (February 14, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (September 11, 2003) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (December 13, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (December 13, 1995) Convention on Biological Diversity (January 17, 1995) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (January 17, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (September 27, 1984) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (September 16, 1984) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (September 16, 1984) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (March 7, 1983) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (July 10, 1974) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (May 1, 1973) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (August 24, 1972) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (August 15, 1964) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (January 12, 1962) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (January 12, 1962) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (January 1, 1960) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (January 1, 1960) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (January 1, 1960) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Bangui Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Constituting a Revision of the Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African and Malagasy Office of Industrial Property (Bangui (Central African Republic), March 2, 1977) (February 8, 1982) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (April 19, 2002) Treaty Establishing the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (June 25, 1999) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (January 19, 1996) Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (May 16, 1992) 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) (April 4, 1976) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Interim Agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Central Africa Party, of the other part (October 1, 2009) Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Cameroon concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment (April 6, 1989)

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