(Geneva, 18/04/1971)
ENTRY INTO FORCE : 18 April 1973, in accordance with article 11
Depositary: Secretary–General of the United Nations
Parties | Date of Signature | Date of ratification / Other | Entry Into Force | Domestication Legislation (where available) |
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Fiji | 15 Jun 1972 a |   |   |   |
Albania |   | 26 Mar 2001 a |   |   |
Argentina |   | 19 Mar 1973 a |   |   |
Armenia |   | 31 Oct 2002 a |   |   |
Australia |   | 12 Mar 1974 a |   |   |
Austria | 29-Apr-76 | 07-May-86 |   |   |
Azerbaijan |   | 1 Jun 2001 a |   |   |
Barbados |   | 23 Mar 1983 a |   |   |
Belarus |   | 17 Jan 2003 a |   |   |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |   | 12 Jan 1994 d |   |   |
Brazil | 30-Oct-75 | 07-Aug-79 |   |   |
Bulgaria |   | 31 May 1995 a |   |   |
Burkina Faso |   | 14 Oct 1987 a |   |   |
Canada |   | 30-Oct-75 |   |   |
Chile |   | 15 Dec 1976 a |   |   |
China |   | 5 Jan 1993 a |   |   |
Colombia | 30-Oct-75 | 15-Feb-98 |   |   |
Costa Rica |   | 1 Mar 1982 a |   |   |
Croatia |   | 20 Jan 2000 a |   |   |
Cyprus |   | 25 Jun 1993 a |   |   |
Czech Republic |   | 30 Sep 1993 d |   |   |
DECLARATIONS |   |   |   |   |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |   | 25 Jul 1977 a |   |   |
Denmark | 30-Oct-75 | 08-Dec-80 |   |   |
Ecuador | 30-Oct-75 | 05-Jun-78 |   |   |
Egypt [#] |   | 15 Dec 1977 a |   |   |
El Salvador |   | 25 Oct 1978 a |   |   |
Estonia |   | 28 Feb 2000 a |   |   |
Finland | 22-Apr-75 | 19-Dec-76 |   |   |
France | 30-Oct-75 | 13-Sep-76 |   |   |
Germany | 30-Oct-75 | 08-Feb-78 |   |   |
Greece |   | 2 Nov 1993 a |   |   |
Guatemala |   | 14 Oct 1976 a |   |   |
Holy See | 10-Oct-75 | 05-Apr-81 |   |   |
Honduras |   | 16 Nov 1989 a |   |   |
Hungary [#] |   | 24 Feb 1975 a |   |   |
India | 30-Oct-75 | 02-Nov-78 |   |   |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |   | 30-Oct-75 |   |   |
Israel | 30-Oct-75 | 11-Jan-82 |   |   |
Italy | 30-Oct-75 | 21-Dec-80 |   |   |
Jamaica |   | 7 Oct 1993 a |   |   |
Japan | 22-Apr-76 | 19 Jun 1978 A |   |   |
Kazakhstan |   | 3 May 2001 a |   |   |
Kenya | 05-Apr-76 | 07-Jan-80 |   |   |
Kyrgyzstan |   | 12 Jul 2002 a |   |   |
Latvia |   | 29 Apr 1997 a |   |   |
Liberia |   | 16 Sep 2005 a |   |   |
Liechtenstein | 29-Apr-76 | 13-Jul-03 |   |   |
Lithuania |   | 27 Oct 1999 a |   |   |
Luxembourg | 30-Oct-75 | 26-Nov-79 |   |   |
Mexico | 30-Oct-75 | 12-Sep-77 |   |   |
Moldova |   | 17 Apr 2000 a |   |   |
Monaco | 30-Oct-75 | 22-Aug-78 |   |   |
Montenegro |   | 23 Oct 2006 d |   |   |
Netherlands |   | 7 Jul 1993 a |   |   |
New Zealand |   | 3 May 1976 a |   |   |
Nicaragua | 30-Oct-75 | 11-May-04 |   |   |
Norway | 29-Apr-76 | 11-Apr-82 |   |   |
Panama | 29-Apr-76 | 21-Mar-78 |   |   |
Paraguay |   | 30 Oct 1978 a |   |   |
Peru |   | 7 May 1985 a |   |   |
Philippines |   | 30-Apr-76 |   |   |
Republic of Korea |   | 1 Jul 1987 a |   |   |
Romania |   | 1 Jul 1998 a |   |   |
Russian Federation |   | 9 Dec 1994 a |   |   |
Saint Lucia |   | 2 Jan 2001 a |   |   |
Serbia | 12 Mar 2001 d | 11-Mar-07 |   |   |
Slovakia |   | 28 May 1993 d |   |   |
Slovenia |   | 9 Jul 1996 a |   |   |
Spain | 30-Oct-75 | 17-May-78 |   |   |
Sweden | 30-Oct-75 | 19-Jan-77 |   |   |
Switzerland | 30-Oct-75 | 25-Jun-97 |   |   |
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |   | 2 Dec 1997 a |   |   |
Togo |   | 10 Mar 2003 a |   |   |
Trinidad and Tobago |   | 27 Jun 1988 a |   |   |
Ukraine |   | 18 Nov 1999 a |   |   |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [#] | 30-Oct-75 | 06-Dec-76 |   |   |
United States of America | 30-Oct-75 | 27-Nov-77 |   |   |
Uruguay | 30-Oct-75 | 07-Oct-86 |   |   |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |   | 30 Jul 1982 a |   |   |
Viet Nam |   | 6 Apr 2005 a |   |   |
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(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification, accession, acceptance or succession.)
Czech Republic3
A. Ad article 9, paragraphs 1 and 2
In the opinion of the Hungarian People's Republic, article 9, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Convention have a discriminatory character. The Convention is a general, multilateral one and therefore every State has the right to be a party to it, in accordance with the basic principles of international law
B. Ad article 11, paragraph 3
The Hungarian People's Republic declares that the provisions of article 11, paragraph 3 of the Convention are inconsistent with the principles of the independence of colonial countries and peoples, formulated, inter alia, also in resolution No. 1514 (XV) of the United Nations General Assembly.
Slovakia3
Territorial Application
Participant
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [up]
NOTES
1. The former Yugoslavia had signed the Convention on 29 October 1971. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
2. On 17 June 1997, the Secretary-General received from the Government of China, the following communication
In accordance with the Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Question of Hong Kong signed on 19Â December 1984, the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997. Hong Kong will, with effect from that date, become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and will enjoy a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defense affairs which are the responsibility of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China
The [said Convention], which the Government of the People's Republic of China acceded on 5 January 1993, will apply to the Hong Kong Sspecial Administrative Region with effect from 1 July 1997
The Government of the Preople's Republic of China will assume responsibility for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
3. Czechoslovakia had acceded to the Convention on 5 October 1984. Subsequently, on 1 February 1985, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Czechoslovakia, the following reservation
The provision of article 11, paragraph 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms is in contradiction to the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples which was adopted at the XVth session of the United Nations General Assembly (resolution C 1514/XV of 14 December 1960).
See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
4. See note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
5. See note 2 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
6. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
7. For the Kingdom in Europe
8. In a notification received on 18 January 1980, the Government of Egypt informed the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the declaration relating to Israel. The notification indicates 25Â January 1980 as the effective date of the withdrawal. For the text of said declar- ation, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1067, p. 327
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