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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) The Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt, 11 Sep. 1971 and amendments May 22nd 1980, May 25th 2005, and March 26th 2007 (2007) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Law No. 82, 2002 (2002) Law No. 82 of 2002 Pertaining to the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (2002) Law No. 82 of 2002 Pertaining to the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Industrial Designs and Models; Amendment to Chapter II (2002) Law No. 82 of 2002 Pertaining to the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Patents of Invention, Utility Models, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits and Undisclosed Information (2002) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No.4 of the Year 1994 regarding the issuance of Environment Law (2011) Law No. 190 of 2008 Amending Some Provisions of the Law to Protect Competition and Prevent Monopolistic Practices, Promulgated by Law No.3 of 2005 (2008) Law No.27/1994 Promulgating the Law Concerning Arbitration in Civil and Commercial Matters (as amended by Law No.9 of 1997) (2007) The Consumer Protection Law Enacted by Law Number 67 of 2006 (2006) Law No. 3 of 2005 Promulgating the Law on the Protection of Competition and the Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices (2005) Customs Law No.66 of the Year 1963 As Amended by Law No. 95/2005 (2005) Agriculture Law No. 53 of the Year 1966, as amended by Law No. 116 of 1983 (1983) Law No. 118 of the Year 1975 relating to Import and Export (1975) Law No. 131 of 1948 issuing the Civil Code (1948) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Law No. 34 of 1976 relating to Commercial Register, as amended by Law No. 98 of 1996 (1996)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Prime Minister Decree No. 497 of 2005 On Issuing the Executive Regulations for Book III Of Law No. (82) of 2002 on The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (2011) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation: Ministerial Decree No.731 of the year 2010 (2010) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation: Ministerial Decree No. 589 of the Year 2010 (2010) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation: Ministerial Decision 454 of the Year 2010 (2010) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation: Ministerial Decision No.8 of the Year 2010 (2010) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No. 1735 of the Year 2009 (2009) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No. 1711 of the year 2009 (2009) Ministry of Agriculture and land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No. 1627 of the Year 2009 (2009) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No. 840 of the Year 2009 (2009) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No.388 of the Year 2008 (2008) Prime Ministerial Decree No. (2202) of 2006 on The Amendment of Some Provisions of the Executive Regulations for Book Three of the Law on The Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights Issued by Law (82)Of 2002 (2006) Prime Ministerial Decree 1241/2006 Modifying some provisions in the Executive Regulations of the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Law promulgated by Prime Ministerial Decree 1366/2003 (2006) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No. 570 of 2006 (2006) Decree By The Minister of Foreign Trade & Industry No.770 /2005 Issuing The Executive Regulation To Implement Import and Export Law no.118/1975 as well as Inspection and Control Procedures of Imported And Exported Goods (2005) Prime Ministerial Decree No. 1316 of 2005 Issuing the Executive Regulation of Protection of Competition and prohibition of Monolistic Practices Law No.3 of 2005 (2005) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No. 862 of 2005 (2005) Ministerial Decree No.807 of 2005 Determining plant species whose varieties are protected under Intellectual Property Rights Protection Law (2005) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ministerial Decree No.804 of 2005 (2005) Ministry of Agriculture, Ministerial Decree No. 808 of 2005 (2005) Ministerial Decree No. 2227 of the Year 2004 relating to the adoption of the forms to be used at the Office of Plant Variety Protection (2004) Council of Ministers Resolution No. 1366 of 2003 issuing Implementing regulations for Law No. 82 of 2002 on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Books One, Two and Four (2003) Decree of The prime Minister No.492 for the year 2003, establishing the Office for the Protection of Plant Varieties (2003) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministerial Decree No.1920 for the Year 2003 (2003) Ministerial Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 2341 of the Year 2003 (2003) Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation: Ministerial Decree No. 82 of the Year 1998 (1998)

IP Legal Literature	Patents: Manual of forms for Inventions or Utility Models Applications Patents:The annual fees starting from the second year of the filing date until the end of the protection period

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 Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits ... Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (September 3, 2009) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (June 18, 2005) Patent Cooperation Treaty (September 6, 2003) Trademark Law Treaty (October 7, 1999) Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (October 1, 1982) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (April 23, 1978) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (June 7, 1977) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (October 17, 1975) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (April 21, 1975) Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (July 1, 1952) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (July 1, 1952) Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (July 1, 1952) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (July 1, 1951) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 14, 2008) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (November 23, 2007) International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005 (May 25, 2007) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 20, 2006) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 3, 2005) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (May 26, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (April 12, 2005) Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (October 21, 2004) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 29, 2004) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (March 21, 2004) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (June 30, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (June 30, 1995) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 5, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (August 31, 1994) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 9, 1993) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (April 9, 1993) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (January 1, 1988) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (April 14, 1982) Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (January 2, 1981) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (December 17, 1975) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (July 5, 1973) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (August 7, 1956) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 17, 1955) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (May 10, 1953) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (May 10, 1953) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (May 10, 1953) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (May 8, 1952) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Charter for African Cultural Renaissance ... Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (July 30, 2001) Treaty Establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (January 7, 1999) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (June 16, 1989) Protocol Relating to Trade Negotiations Among Developing Countries Agreement (August 15, 1973) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Free Trade Agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the EFTA States (August 1, 2007) Agreement Establishing a Free Trade Area between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Turkey (March 1, 2007) Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Communities and Egypt (June 1, 2004) Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (November 3, 1997) Agreement between the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (May 8, 1997) Agreement between the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of the Republic of Albania for the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (January 1, 1994) Agreement between the Government of Argentina and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (December 3, 1993) Treaty between the United States of America and the Arab Republic of Egypt concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investments (June 27, 1992)

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