The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to refer to the deposit by the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, on September 22, 2021, of its instrument of accession to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, adopted at Beijing on June 24, 2012. (See Beijing Notification No. 44, dated September 22, 2021, for ease of reference.)
In this respect, the Director General of WIPO has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, on March 3, 2025, of the following declaration, pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Treaty:
- "Instead of the exclusive right of authorization referred to in Article 11(1), the Principality of Liechtenstein grants a right to remuneration in accordance with Article 41 of the Liechtenstein Act on Copyright and Related Rights of 19 May 1999 for the broadcasting, retransmission or public reception of an audiovisual fixation where it is made from a commercially available audiovisual fixation."
This declaration will enter into force, with respect to the Principality of Liechtenstein, on June 3, 2025.
March 3, 2025