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Contracting Parties Berne Convention Berlin Act (1908) (Total Members: 38)
Member Signature Instrument In Force Restriction Details
Australia
Declaration of Continued Application: April 14, 1928
April 14, 1928
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1913, No.12, p.165 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)
Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Papua: February 1, 1913. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1913, No.12, p.165)
Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Norfolk Island: July 1, 1912. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1913, No.12, p.165)
Austria
Accession: September 11, 1920
October 1, 1920
Belgium
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Brazil
Accession: February 6, 1922
February 9, 1922
Bulgaria
Accession: December 5, 1921
December 5, 1921
Canada
Declaration of Continued Application: April 10, 1928
April 10, 1928
Denmark
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 28, 1912
July 1, 1912
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) included the Faroe Islands. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)
Estonia
Accession: June 9, 1927
June 9, 1927
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations: (1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (2) Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right to authorize the public performance of translations of dramatic or dramatico-musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1927, No.8, p.89)
Finland
Accession: March 23, 1928
April 1, 1928
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1928, No.4, p.45)
France
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 30, 1910
September 9, 1910
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: In respect to the protection of works of art applied to industry, Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Act is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, (N.B. the latter article does not include said works among literary and artistic works). (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.7, p.86)
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) included colonies and protectorates. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1930, No.7, p.73)
Germany
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Greece
Accession: November 9, 1920
November 9, 1920
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations: (1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (2) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (3) Article 11 of the Act is replaced by Article 9 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right of public performance of dramatic, dramatico-musical and musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1920, No.12, p.133)
Haiti
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Hungary
Accession: February 14, 1922
February 14, 1922
India
Declaration of Continued Application: April 23, 1928
April 1, 1928
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.3, p.33 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)
Ireland
Accession: October 5, 1927
October 5, 1927
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1927, No.11, p.125)
Italy
November 13, 1908
Ratification: September 23, 1914
December 23, 1914
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations: (1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (2) Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right to authorize the public performance of translations of dramatic or dramatico-musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.10, p.129)
Japan
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations: (1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (2) Article 11 of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 3, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the public performance of musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.7, p.86)
Liberia
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Liechtenstein
Accession: July 20, 1931
July 30, 1931
Luxembourg
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Monaco
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Morocco
Accession: June 16, 1917
June 16, 1917
Notification of accession to the Berlin Act (1908) through France.
Namibia
Declaration of Continued Application: September 21, 1993
March 21, 1990
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Accession: October 9, 1912
November 1, 1912
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations: (1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (2) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (3) Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right to authorize the public performance of translations of dramatic or dramatico-musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.11, p.146)
New Zealand
Declaration of Continued Application: April 26, 1928
April 24, 1928
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.4, p.46 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)
Norway
November 13, 1908
Ratification: September 4, 1910
September 9, 1910
The reservations to the Berlin Act (1908) were abandoned by Norway as of December 12, 1931. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1932, No.1, p.3)
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations: (1) Article 2 of the Act which includes architectural works as such among literary and artistic works is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in so far as Article 4 provides that literary and artistic works shall include plans, sketches and plastic works relative to architecture. (2) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (3) Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the application of the Berlin Act to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in their country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.9, p.113-114)
Poland
Accession: January 28, 1920
January 28, 1920
Portugal
Accession: March 29, 1911
March 29, 1911
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) included colonies. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1911, No.4, p.45)
Romania
Accession: August 28, 1926
January 1, 1927
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1926, No.11, p.121)
South Africa
Declaration of Continued Application: October 3, 1928
October 3, 1928
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1920, No.5, p.49 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)
Spain
November 13, 1908
Ratification: September 7, 1910
September 9, 1910
Sweden
November 13, 1908
Ratification: September 22, 1919
January 1, 1920
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1919, No.10, p.109)
Switzerland
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 9, 1910
September 9, 1910
Thailand
Accession: June 17, 1931
July 17, 1931
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations: (1) In respect to the protection of works of art applied to industry, Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Act is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, (N.B. the latter article does not include said works among literary and artistic works). (2) Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the fulfilment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the law of the country of origin of the work. (3) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (4) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (5) Article 11 of the Act is replaced by Article 9 of the Berne Convention, 1886 and point 2 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in respect to the public performance of dramatic, dramatico-musical and musical works. (6) Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1931, No.8, p.86)
Tunisia
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 30, 1910
September 9, 1910
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: In respect to the protection of works of art applied to industry, Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Act is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, (N.B. the latter article does not include said works among literary and artistic works). (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.7, p.86)
Signature and ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) through France.
Türkiye
Accession: June 20, 1931
June 20, 1931
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) and the Berne Additional Protocol (1914) "subject to the conditions and reservations stipulated in Article 14 of the Commercial Convention signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923". This Commercial Convention provided for the accession of Turkey to the Berne Convention and to the Additional Protocol of 1914, subject to "such reservation as Turkey might formulate concerning the provisions of the aforementioned Convention and Protocol, with reference to the right of translation in the Turkish language, if the other signatory Powers of the Convention and Protocol have not themselves opposed the said reservation in the course of the year following the entry into force" of the Convention of Lausanne. This treaty was signed by Turkey on the one hand, and by France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Romania and Yugoslavia on the other. None of these countries opposed the Turkish reservation. In opposition to the reservation were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, and these countries did not consider themselves bound to Turkey. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1931, No.7, p.74)
United Kingdom
November 13, 1908
Ratification: June 4, 1912
July 1, 1912
Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)
Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) for Palestine: March 17, 1924; Entry into force: March 21, 1924. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1924, No.9, p.97)
Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Jersey: February 4, 1914; Entry into force: March 8, 1913. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.3, p.33)
Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Guernsey, Alderney and Sark: February 4, 1914; Entry into force: July 1, 1912. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.3, p.33)