Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris 5

Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris

 

Article VIII.

1. This Convention, which shall bear the date of 24 July
1971, shall be deposited with the Director-General and shall remain open
for signature by all States party to the 1952 Convention for a period of
120 days after the date of this Convention. It shall be subject to
ratification or acceptance by the signatory States.

2. Any State which has not signed this Convention may accede thereto.

3. Ratification, acceptance or accession shall be effected by the deposit
of an instrument to that effect with the Director-General.

Article IX.

1. This Convention shall come into force three months after the
deposit of twelve instruments of ratification, acceptance or accession.

2. Subsequently, this Convention shall come into force in respect of each
State three months after that State has deposited its instrument of
ratification, acceptance or accession.

3. Accession to this Convention by a State not party to the 1952 Convention
shall also constitute accession to that Convention; however, if its
instrument of accession is deposited before this Convention comes into
force, such State may make its accession to the 1952 Convention conditional
upon the coming into force of this Convention. After the coming into force
of this Convention, no State may accede solely to the 1952 Convention.

4. Relations between States party to this Convention and States that are
party only to the 1952 Convention, shall be governed by the 1952
Convention. However, any State party only to the 1952 Convention may, by a
notification deposited with the Director-General, declare that it will
admit the application of the 1971 Convention to works of its nationals or
works first published in its territory by all States party to this
Convention.

Article X.

1. Each Contracting State undertakes to adopt, in accordance
with its Constitution, such measures as are necessary to ensure the
application of this Convention.

2. It is understood that at the date this Convention comes into force in
respect of any State, that State must be in a position under its domestic
law to give effect to the terms of this Convention.

Article XI.

1. An Intergovernmental Committee is hereby established with he
following duties:
(a) to study the problems concerning the application and operation of the
Universal Copyright Convention;
(b) to make preparation for periodic revisions of this Convention;
(c) to study any other problems concerning the international protection
of copyright, in co-operation with the various interested
International Organizations , such as the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Union for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Organization of
American States;
(d) to inform States party to the Universal Copyright Convention as to
its activities.

2. The Committee shall consist of the representatives of eighteen States
party to this Convention or only to the 1952 Convention.

3. The Committee shall be selected with due consideration to a fair balance
of national interests on the basis of geographical location, population,
languages and stage of development.

4. The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, the Director-General of the World Intellectual
Property Organization and the Secretary-General of the Organization of
American States, or their representatives, may attend meetings of the
Committee in an advisory capacity.

Article XII.

The Intergovernmental Committee shall convene a conference for
revision whenever it deems necessary, or at the request of at least ten
States party to this Convention.

Article XIII.

1. Any Contracting State may, at the time of deposit of its
instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, or at any time
thereafter, declare by notification addressed to the Director-General that
this Convention shall apply to all or any of the countries or territories
for the international relations of which it is responsible and this
Convention shall thereupon apply to the countries or territories named in
such notification after the expiration of the term of three months provided
for in article IX. In the absence of such notification, this Convention
shall not apply to any such country or territory.

2. However, nothing in this article shall be understood as implying the
recognition or tacit acceptance by a Contracting State of the factual
situation concerning a country or territory to which this Convention is
made applicable by another Contracting State in accordance with the
provisions of this article.

 

Article XIV.

1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention in its
own name or on behalf of all or any of the countries or territories with
respect to which a notification has been given under article XIII. The
denunciation shall be made by notification addressed to the
Director-General. Such denunciation shall also constitute denunciation of
the 1952 Convention.

2. Such denunciation shall operate only in respect of the State or of the
country or territory on whose behalf it was made and shall not take effect
until twelve months after the date of receipt of the notification.

Article XV.

A dispute between two or more Contracting States concerning the
interpretation or application of this Convention, not settled by
negotiation, shall, unless the States concerned agree on some other method
of settlement, be brought before the International Court of Justice for
determination by it.

Article XVI.

1. This Convention shall be established in English, French and
Spanish. The three texts shall be signed and shall be equally
authoritative.

2. Official texts of this Convention shall be established by the Director-
General, after consultation with the governments concerned, in Arabic,
German, Italian and Portuguese.

3. Any Contracting State or group of Contracting States shall be entitled
to have established by the Director-General other texts in the language of
its choice by arrangement with the Director-General.

4. All such texts shall be annexed to the signed texts of this Convention.

 

Conclusion

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