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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of Malta (2007) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Copyright (Amendment) Act No. IX of 2009 (2009) Cultural Heritage Act (Chapter 445) (2009) Patents and Designs Act (Chapter 417) (2007) Trademarks Act (Chapter 416) (2007) Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (Regulation) Act (Chapter 488) (2006) Patents and Designs (Amendment) Act No. XVIII of 2005 (2005) Intellectual Property Rights (Cross-Border Measures) Act (Chapter 414) (2000) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Criminal code (Chapter 9) (2010) Trading Licences Act (Chapter 441) (2009) Company Act (Chapter 386) (2009) Commercial Code (Chapter 13) (2009) Wine Act (Chapter 436) (2008) Malta Council for Culture and the Arts Act (Chapter 444) (2007) Competition Act (Chapter 379) (2007) Trade Description Act (Chapter 313) (2007)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Control of the Establishment and Operation of Societies for the Collective Administration of Copyright (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 (2010) Exemption on Royalties Derived from Patents Rules, 2010 (2010) European Patent Convention Regulations, 2007 (2007) Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations, 2007 (2007) Artists’ Resale Right Regulations, 2006 (2006) Regulations of 2004 on Revival of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Protection) and Exhaustion of Distribution Rights (Extension) (2004) Control of the Establishment and Operation of Societies for the Collective Administration of Copyright Regulations 2004 (2003) Community Trademark Rules, 2003 (2003) Patents (Medicinal Products) Regulations, 2002 (2002) Patents (Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 2002 (2002) Patents Regulations, 2002 (2002) Trademarks (Provisions and Fees) Rules, 2000 (2000)

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 Trademark Law Treaty ... WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 14, 2010) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (March 14, 2010) Patent Cooperation Treaty (March 1, 2007) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (December 7, 1977) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (October 20, 1967) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (September 21, 1964) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ... London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (November 9, 2012) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (November 9, 2012) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (April 5, 2007) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 27, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (July 22, 2002) Convention on Biological Diversity (March 29, 2001) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (June 15, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (December 13, 1990) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (October 17, 1989) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (October 17, 1989) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (February 14, 1979) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (November 19, 1968) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (September 21, 1964) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (September 21, 1964) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (September 21, 1964) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (September 21, 1964) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (September 21, 1964) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPO) (March 1, 2007)

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