S.I. No. 37/1996 - Designs and Trade Marks (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order, 1996

1. This order may be cited as the Designs and Trade Marks (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order, 1996.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. It is hereby declared that the provisions of

section 152

of the

Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927

(No. 16 of 1927) (as amended by

section 7

of the

Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 1957

(No. 13 of 1957) and

section 70

of the

Trade Marks Act, 1963

) (No. 9 of 1963), apply in the case of Foreign States specified in the Schedule to this Order.

4. The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, (International Arrangements) Order, 1987 (

S.I. No. 223 of 1987

), is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Albania

Benin

Algeria

Bolivia

Antigua and Barbuda

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Argentina

Botswana

Armenia

Brazil

Australia

Brunei Darussalam

Austria

Bulgaria

Azerbaijan

Burkina Faso

Bahamas

Burundi

Bahrain

Cameroon

Bangladesh

Canada

Barbados

Central African Republic

Belarus

Chad

Belgium

Chile

Belize

China

Colombia

Lebanon

Congo

Lesotho

Costa Rica

Liberia

Côte d'Ivoire

Libya

Croatia

Liechtenstein

Cuba

Lithuania

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Czech Republic

Macau

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Madagascar

Denmark, together with the Faröe Islands

Malawi

Djibouti

Malaysia

Dominica

Maldives

Dominican Republic and overseas territories

Mali

Malta

Egypt

Mauritania

El Salvador

Mauritius

Estonia

Mexico

Finland

Monaco

France, including overseas Departments

Mongolia

Gabon

Morocco

Gambia

Mozambique

Georgia

Myanmar

Germany

Namibia

Ghana

Netherlands, together with Aruba

Greece

and the Netherlands Antilles

Guatemala

New Zealand, together with the

Guinea

Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau

Guinea-Bissau

Nicaragua

Guyana

Niger

Haiti

Nigeria

Holy See

Norway

Honduras

Pakistan

Hungary

Paraguay

Iceland

Peru

India

Philippines

Indonesia

Poland

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Portugal

Iraq

Republic of Korea

Israel

Republic of Moldova

Italy

Romania

Jamaica

Russian Federation

Japan

Rwanda

Jordan

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Kazakstan

Saint Lucia

Kenya

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kuwait

San Marino

Kyrgyzstan

Senegal

Latvia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Uganda

Slovakia

Ukraine

Slovenia

United Kingdom, together with

South Africa

Hong Kong and the Isle of Man

Spain

United Republic of Tanzania

Sri Lanka

United States of America together with

Sudan

the territories of Puerto Rico,

Suriname

the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Samoa (U.S.)

Swaziland

and Guam

Sweden

Uruguay

Switzerland

Uzbekistan

Syria

Venezuela

Tajikistan

Viet Nam

Thailand

Yugoslavia

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Zaire

Zambia

Togo

Zimbabwe

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 30th

day of January, 1996.

JOHN BRUTON

Taoiseach

S.I. No. 37 of 1996.

DESIGNS AND TRADE MARKS (INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS)(AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1996

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 152

(5) of the

Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927

(No. 16 of 1927) (as adapted by

section 2

of the

Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937

) (No. 20 of 1937), and

section 70

(5) of the

Trade Marks Act, 1963

(No. 9 of 1963), hereby order as follows