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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Republic of Mali (1992) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 08-024 of July 23, 2008 laying down the Regime of Literary and Artistic Property in the Republic of Mali (2008) Law on the Protection of Industrial Property (No. 87-18/AN-RM of March 9, 1987) (1987) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Customs Code (Law No. 01-075 of July 18, 2001) (2001) Law No. 98-037 regulating the Film Industry (1998) Penal Code (Law No. 61-99 AN-RM of August 3, 1961) (1961) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Ordinance No. 07-025/P-RM of July 18, 2007 on the Organization of the Competition (2007) Order No. 00-042/P-RM of September 21, 2000 establishing the Malian Office of Copyright (2000) Order No. 00-044/P-RM of September 21, 2000 governing the Production, Distribution, Control, Import, Export of Seeds and Embryos and Animal Breeding (2000) Decree No. 95-009/P-RM issuing the Visa for Pharmaceutical Products (1995)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Decree Implementing the Law on the Protection of Industrial Property No. 87-18/AN-RM of March 9, 1987 (No. 130/PG-RM of May 18, 1987) (1987)

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 ... Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (September 7, 2006) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (May 20, 2002) WIPO Copyright Treaty (April 24, 2002) Patent Cooperation Treaty (October 19, 1984) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (March 1, 1983) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (August 14, 1982) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (April 4, 1960) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) 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 ... Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 15, 2012) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 7, 2008) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 7, 2008) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 20, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (January 17, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (August 3, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (October 21, 2004) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (September 11, 2003) Convention on Biological Diversity (June 27, 1995) 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 Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 28, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (August 8, 1989) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (August 8, 1989) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (July 6, 1987) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (July 5, 1977) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 3, 1976) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (November 10, 1967) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (November 24, 1965) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (November 24, 1965) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (November 24, 1965) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (August 18, 1961) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (August 18, 1961) 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) 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) (September 30, 1984) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (August 23, 1995) Treaty on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) (August 1, 1994) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (February 12, 1976) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement between the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Republic of Mali on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (February 16, 1999)

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