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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitutional Declaration (2011) Constitution of Libya 1951 (1951) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 9 for 1968 Issuing the Copyright Protection Law (1968) Law No. 8 of 1959 on Patents and Industrial Designs and Models (1959) Law No. 40 of 1956 on Trademarks (1956)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Decision of the Secretary of the General People’s Committee for Economics and Commerce No. 86 of 2004 Amending the Implementing Regulations of the Trademark Law No. 40 of 1956 (2004)

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 (September 15, 2005) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (September 28, 1976) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (September 28, 1976) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (September 28, 1976) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (January 2, 2009) International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005 (October 2, 2007) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (November 22, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (September 12, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (September 12, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (September 5, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (July 11, 2005) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (March 9, 2004) Convention on Biological Diversity (October 10, 2001) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (September 12, 1999) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (August 14, 1989) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (January 13, 1979) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (December 7, 1978) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (December 7, 1978) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 3, 1976) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (April 22, 1973) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (April 9, 1973) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (February 19, 1958) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (February 19, 1958) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (November 22, 1956) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (November 22, 1956) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (November 22, 1956) 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) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (July 8, 1989) Treaty Establishing the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) (July 1, 1989)

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