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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Republic of Angola (2010) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 3/92 on Industrial Property of February 28, 1992 (1992) Law No. 4/90 of March 10, 1990 on Author's Rights (1990) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 1/07 of May 14, 2007 on Commercial Activities (2007) Penal Code (2006) Law No. 7/06 of May 15, 2006 on the Press (2006) Law No. 14/05 of 7 October 2005 on Cultural Heritage (2005) Law No. 5/04 of 7 September on Industrial Activities (2004) Law No. 15/03 of 22 July on Consumer Protection (2003) Basic Private Investment Law No. 11/03 of May 13, 2003 (2003) Law No. 11/03 of 13 May on the Basis for Private Investment (2003) Law of 1999 on Crimes against the Economy (1999) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Decree No. 90/09 of 15 December - General Regulatory Subsystem of higher Education (2010) Customs Code (approved by Executive Decree No. 5/06 of October 4, 2006) (2006) Decree on Videograms and Phonograms (2005) Decree No. 4/01 of January 19 - Statute of Scientific Researcher's Career (2001) Order No. 59/96 of June 14, 1996 (1996)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Organic Statute of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science and Technology (2010) Decree-Law No. 7/03 of June 6 - Organic Statute of the Ministry of Culture (2003) Decree-Law No. 18/99 of 12 November - Organic Statute of the Ministry of Industry (1999) Decree-Law No. 15/99 of 8 October - Organic Statute of the Ministry of Science and Technology (1999) Decree No. 80/76 of the September 3, 1976 determining the Form of Conservation and Protection of the Angolan People's Historical and Cultural Heritage (1976)

IP Legal Literature	Environmental Investment Program. General Report on the State of the Environment in Angola 2006 (2006) Strategy and National Action Plan for Biodiversity (2007-2012) - Resolution No. 42/06 of July 26, 2006 (2006)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 27, 2007) Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 27, 2007) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (April 15, 1985) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (May 7, 2012) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (May 7, 2012) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (May 28, 2009) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (December 19, 2007) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (August 6, 2007) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (January 21, 2007) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 12, 2006) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (August 15, 2000) Convention on Biological Diversity (June 30, 1998) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (November 23, 1996) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (November 23, 1996) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (April 10, 1992) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (February 7, 1992) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (February 7, 1992) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (March 20, 1985) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (March 20, 1985) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (March 20, 1985) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (March 20, 1985) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Charter for African Cultural Renaissance ... Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries ... The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) ... Protocol on Trade in the SADC (October 26, 2003) Constitutive Act of the African Union (December 20, 2001) Treaty Establishing the Economic Community of Central African States (January 21, 1999) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (September 30, 1993) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Angola concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (March 1, 2007)

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