L.N. 65 of 2002
REGISTERED DESIGNS ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF
SCHEDULE) REGULATION 2002
(Made by the Chief Executive in Council under section 83 of the Registered Designs Ordinance (Cap. 522))
1. Commencement
This Regulation shall come into operation on 11 July 2002.
2. Paris Convention countries and WTO members
The Schedule to the Registered Designs Ordinance (Cap. 522) is amended
(a) in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention" by repealing everything after the heading and substituting
"The Republic of Albania
The Democratic People's Republic of Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Republic of Argentina
The Republic of Armenia
The Commonwealth of Australia
The Republic of Austria
The Republic of Azerbaijan
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
The State of Bahrain
The People's Republic of Bangladesh
Barbados
The Republic of Belarus
The Kingdom of Belgium
Belize
The Republic of Benin
The Kingdom of Bhutan
The Republic of Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Republic of Botswana
The Federative Republic of Brazil
The Republic of Bulgaria
The Burkina Faso
The Republic of Burundi Kingdom of Cambodia The Republic of Cameroon Canada The Central African Republic The Republic of Chad
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Republic of Chile
The People's Republic of China
The Republic of Colombia
The Democratic Republic of Congo
The Republic of Congo
The Republic of Costa Rica
The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
The Republic of Croatia
The Republic of Cuba
The Czech Republic
The Kingdom of Denmark
The Republic of Djibouti
The Commonwealth of Dominica
The Dominican Republic
The Republic of Ecuador
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Republic of El Salvador
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Republic of Estonia
The Republic of Finland
The Republic of France
The Gabonese Republic
The Republic of the Gambia
Georgia
The Federal Republic of Germany
The Republic of Ghana
Grenada
The Republic of Guatemala
The Republic of Guinea
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau
The Cooperative Republic of Guyana
The Republic of Haiti
The Hellenic Republic (Greece)
Holy See
The Republic of Honduras
The Republic of Hungary
The Republic of Iceland
The Republic of India
The Republic of Indonesia
The Islamic Republic of Iran
The Republic of Iraq
Ireland
The State of Israel
The Republic of Italy
Jamaica
Japan
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The Republic of Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kenya
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Kyrghyz Republic The Lao People's Democratic Republic Republic of Latvia The Republic of Lebanon The Kingdom of Lesotho The Republic of Liberia The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya The Principality of Liechtenstein The Republic of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg The Republic of Macedonia The Republic of Madagascar The Republic of Malawi Malaysia The Republic of Mali The Republic of Malta The Islamic Republic of Mauritania The Republic of Mauritius The Republic of Moldova The Principality of Monaco
Mongolia The Kingdom of Morocco The Republic of Mozambique The Kingdom of Nepal The Kingdom of the Netherlands New Zealand The Republic of Nicaragua The Republic of Niger The Federal Republic of Nigeria The Kingdom of Norway The Sultanate of Oman The Republic of Panama The Independent State of Papua New Guinea Republic of Paraguay The Republic of Peru Republic of the Philippines The Republic of Poland The Portuguese Republic The State of Qatar Romania The Russian Federation The Republic of Rwanda The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Republic of San Marino The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
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The Republic of Senegal The Republic of Sierra Leone The Republic of Singapore The Slovak Republic The Republic of Slovenia The Republic of South Africa Spain The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka The Republic of the Sudan The Republic of Suriname The Kingdom of Swaziland The Kingdom of Sweden Swiss Confederation
The Republic of Syprus (Cyprus) The Syrian Arab Republic The Republic of Tajikistan The Republic of Togo The Kingdom of Tonga The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Tunisia The Republic of Turkey Turkmenistan The Republic of Uganda Ukraine The United Arab Emirates The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United Republic of Tanzania The United States of America The United States of Mexico Oriental Republic of Uruguay The Republic of Uzbekistan The Bolivar Republic of Venezuela The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Republic of Zambia The Republic of Zimbabwe";
(b) in the list under the heading "Countries, territories and areas which have acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement (not including countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention)" by repealing everything after the heading and substituting
"The Republic of Angola
Negara Brunei Darussalam
European Community
The Republic of The Fiji Islands
The State of Kuwait
The Macao Special Administrative Region
The Republic of Maldives
The Union of Myanmar
The Republic of Namibia
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu
The Solomon Islands
Royal Thai (Thailand)".
CHENG Mei-sze, Maisie Clerk to the Executive Council COUNCIL CHAMBER 14 May 2002
Explanatory Note
This Regulation updates the lists of countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention and countries, territories and areas which have acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement.