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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1991) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Framework law No. 2005-046 of 25 July 2005 on the Protection of Tangible Cultural Heritage (2005) Law 2000-045 pertaining to the Environmental Code (2000) Law No. 2000-024 of 19 January 2000 related to the Natural Park of Banc d'Arguin (2000) Law No. 2000-05 on the Code of Commerce (2000) Law regulating the Telecommunications (Law of 11 July 1999) (1999) Law No. 98-016 Organizing Oasis Participative Management (1998) Ordinance 83-162 of 09 July 1983 concerning the Imposition of a Criminal Code (1983) Law No. 72-160 on the Preservation and Enhancement of Natural, Prehistoric, Historic and Archaeological Heritage (1972) Law No. 66-145 of 21 July 1966 establishing the Customs Code (1966)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Decree PR-131 on the Advisory Committee of Museums (1993)

Treaty Approvals	Laws / Decrees (Date of current version) Law 96-012 authorizing the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (1996)

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 (April 13, 1983) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (September 17, 1976) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (February 6, 1973) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (April 11, 1965) 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 ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2012) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2012) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (February 15, 2007) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (January 26, 2006) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (October 20, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (October 20, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (October 20, 2005) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (February 17, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 29, 2004) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (September 1, 2000) Convention on Biological Diversity (November 14, 1996) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (August 16, 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 Framework Convention on Climate Change (April 20, 1994) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (June 2, 1981) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (September 14, 1980) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (September 14, 1980) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (July 27, 1977) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (November 28, 1960) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (November 28, 1960) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (November 28, 1960) 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) (February 8, 1982) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (July 4, 2002) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (December 20, 2001) Treaty Establishing the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) (July 1, 1989) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (February 12, 1976)

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