Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Paris, 24 July 1971.¹

States	Group	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
Albania	II	04/11/2003	Accession
Algeria	Vb	18/05/1973	Accession
Australia	IV	29/11/1977	Accession
Austria	I	14/05/1982	Accession
Bahamas	III	27/09/1976	Accession
Bangladesh	IV	05/05/1975	Accession
Barbados	III	18/03/1983	Accession
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	III	22/12/1989	Accession
Bosnia and Herzegovina	II	12/07/1993	Notification of succession
Brazil	III	11/09/1975	Ratification
Bulgaria	II	07/03/1975	Accession
Cameroon	Va	01/02/1973	Accession
China	IV	30/07/1992	Accession
Colombia	III	18/03/1976	Accession
Costa Rica	III	07/12/1979	Ratification
Croatia	II	06/07/1992	Notification of succession
Cyprus	I	19/09/1990	Accession
Czechia	II	26/03/1993	Notification of succession
Denmark	I	11/04/1979	Ratification
Dominican Republic	III	08/02/1983	Accession
Ecuador	III	06/06/1991	Accession
El Salvador	III	29/12/1978	Accession
Finland	I	01/08/1986	Ratification
France	I	11/09/1972	Ratification
Germany	I	18/10/1973	Ratification
Guinea	Va	13/08/1981	Accession
Holy See	~	06/02/1980	Ratification
Hungary	II	15/09/1972	Ratification
India	IV	07/01/1988	Ratification
Italy	I	25/10/1979	Ratification
Japan	IV	21/07/1977	Acceptance
Kenya	Va	04/01/1974	Ratification
Liechtenstein	~	11/08/1999	Accession
Mexico	III	31/07/1975	Ratification
Monaco	I	13/09/1974	Ratification
Montenegro	II	26/04/2007	Notification of succession
Morocco	Vb	28/10/1975	Accession
Netherlands	I	30/08/1985	Acceptance
Niger	Va	15/02/1989	Accession
North Macedonia	II	30/04/1997	Notification of succession
Norway	I	07/05/1974	Ratification
Panama	III	03/06/1980	Accession
Peru	III	22/04/1985	Accession
Poland	II	09/12/1976	Accession
Portugal	I	30/04/1981	Accession
Republic of Korea	IV	01/07/1987	Accession
Russian Federation	II	09/12/1994	Accession
Rwanda	Va	10/08/1989	Accession
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	III	22/01/1985	Notification of succession
Saudi Arabia	Vb	13/04/1994	Accession
Senegal	Va	09/04/1974	Accession
Serbia	II	11/09/2001	Notification of succession
Slovakia	II	31/03/1993	Notification of succession
Slovenia	II	05/11/1992	Notification of succession
Spain	I	10/04/1974	Ratification
Sri Lanka	IV	25/10/1983	Accession
Sweden	I	27/06/1973	Ratification
Switzerland	I	21/06/1993	Ratification
Togo	Va	28/02/2003	Accession
Trinidad and Tobago	III	19/05/1988	Accession
Tunisia	Vb	10/03/1975	Ratification
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I	19/05/1972	Ratification
United States of America	I	18/09/1972	Ratification
Uruguay	III	12/01/1993	Accession
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	III	11/01/1996	Accession

¹This Convention entered into force on 10 July 1974. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after 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.

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Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Paris, 24 July 1971.1

Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Paris, 24 July 1971.¹