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Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention. Geneva, 6 September 1952.¹

States

Date of deposit of instrument

Type of instrument

Andorra

31/12/1952²

Ratification

Cambodia

03/08/1953

Accession

Pakistan

28/04/1954

Accession

Lao People's Democratic Republic

19/08/1954

Accession

Haiti

01/09/1954

Ratification

United States of America

06/12/1954

Ratification

Costa Rica

07/12/1954

Accession

Israel

06/04/1955

Ratification

Germany

03/06/1955

Ratification

Holy See

05/07/1955

Ratification

Luxembourg

15/07/1955

Ratification

France

14/10/1955

Ratification

Japan

28/01/1956

Ratification

Portugal

25/09/1956

Ratification

Italy

24/10/1956

Ratification

Austria

02/04/1957

Ratification

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

27/06/1957

Ratification

India

21/10/1957

Ratification

Ireland

20/10/1958

Ratification

Lebanon

17/07/1959

Accession

Brazil

13/10/1959

Ratification

Belgium

31/05/1960

Ratification

Sweden

01/04/1961

Ratification

Nicaragua

16/05/1961

Ratification

Denmark

09/11/1961

Ratification

Paraguay

11/12/1961

Accession

Canada

10/05/1962

Ratification

Ghana

22/05/1962

Accession

Panama

17/07/1962

Accession

Norway

23/10/1962

Ratification

Finland

16/01/1963

Ratification

Greece

24/05/1963

Accession

New Zealand

11/06/1964

Accession

Guatemala

28/07/1964

Ratification

Kenya

07/06/1966

Accession

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

30/06/1966

Accession

Netherlands

22/03/1967

Ratification

Tunisia

19/03/1969

Accession

Australia

24/07/1969

Ratification

Mauritius

20/08/1970

Notification of succession

Morocco

08/02/1972

Accession

Sri Lanka

27/07/1988

Accession

Rwanda

10/08/1989

Accession

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

22/12/1989

Accession

Slovenia

05/11/1992

Notification of succession

Uruguay

12/01/1993

Accession

Czech Republic

26/03/1993

Notification of succession

Slovakia

31/03/1993

Notification of succession

Bosnia and Herzegovina

12/07/1993

Notification of succession

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

30/04/1997

Notification of succession

Serbia

11/09/2001

Notification of succession

Montenegro

26/04/2007

Notification of succession

¹This Protocol entered into force on 7 August 1956. It subsequently entered into force for each State on the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of notifications of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.

²Date upon which an instrument of ratification was deposited on behalf of the Bishop of Urgel, Co-Prince of Andorra. Date upon which an instrument of ratification was deposited on behalf of the President of the French Republic, Co﷓Prince of Andorra.

Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention. Geneva, 6 September 1952.1

Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention. Geneva, 6 September 1952.¹