Guinea-Bissau (3 texts)

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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1996) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Industrial Property Code (approved by Decree-Law No. 6/96 of March 3, 1996) (1997) Copyright Code (approved by Decree-Law No. 46.980 of April 27, 1966) (1972)

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 Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 12, 1997) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (July 22, 1991) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (June 28, 1988) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (June 28, 1988) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ... 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 ... Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (August 17, 2010) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 5, 2009) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (November 4, 2008) International Plant Protection Convention (October 24, 2007) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (May 2, 2006) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (April 28, 2006) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2006) Convention on Biological Diversity (January 25, 1996) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (January 25, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (May 31, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (May 31, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (October 2, 1992) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 21, 1987) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (April 21, 1987) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (August 21, 1974) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (August 21, 1974) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (August 21, 1974) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) 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) (July 8, 1998) Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ... The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) ... Constitutive Act of the African Union (July 7, 2003) Treaty on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) (May 2, 1997) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994)

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