The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments and has the honor to refer to the deposit by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on December 14, 2009, of its instrument of ratification of the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted at Geneva on December 20, 1996. (See WPPT Notification No. 78, dated December 14, 2009, for ease of reference.)
In this respect, the Director General of WIPO has the honor to notify that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has deposited, on March 31, 2025, the following declaration:
- "In accordance with Article 3(3), the United Kingdom will not apply the criterion of fixation.
- This declaration is made in respect of the United Kingdom and the territories of the Isle of Man and Gibraltar."
The said declaration will enter into force on July 1, 2025.
March 31, 2025