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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde (2010) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Code of Advertising (Decree-Law No. 46/2007 of December 10, 2007) (2007) Decree-Law No. 59/2006 of December 26, 2006, on Medicinal Products (2006) Penal Code (approved by Legislative Decree No. 4/2003 of November 18, 2003) (2003) Law No. 59/V/98 of April 30, 1998, on the Status of Journalist (1998) Law No. 57/V/98 of April 28, 1998, on Television (1998) Ordinance No. 68-A/97 of September 30, 1997 (Civil Code) (1997) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Statutes of the Intellectual Property Institute of Cape Verde (2010) Resolution No. 25/2010 of May 24, 2010, Establishing the Institute for Intellectual Property of Cape Verde (IPICV) (2010) Decree-Law No. 1/2009 of April 27, 2009, Revising the Law on Copyright (2009) Decree-Law No. 13/2008 of April 7, 2008, Establishing the Cultural Creation Grant and Approving its Regulations (2008) Decree-Law No. 33/2007 of September 24, 2007, regulating the Use of Digital Signatures (2007) Decree-Law No. 4/2007 of 20 August. Industrial Property Code (2007) Law No. 8/VII/2007 of March 26, 2007, Concerning the Establishment of the Legal Regime Applicable to the Promotion and Protection of Industrial Property Rights and its Regulations (2007) Resolution No. 16/2006 of May 22, 2006 approving the Government Programme for the 7th Legislature 2006-2011 (2006) Legislative Decree No. 10/93 of June 29, 1993, Governing the Exercise of the Broadcasting Activity (1993)

IP Legal Literature	Memorandum of Understanding. 'Environmental Information System' (2005)

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 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (July 7, 1997) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (July 7, 1997) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (July 3, 1997) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ... Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (November 9, 2011) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (July 23, 2008) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (July 23, 2008) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 30, 2006) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (May 11, 2006) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (January 30, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (January 2, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (October 21, 2004) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (September 16, 1995) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (September 16, 1995) Convention on Biological Diversity (June 27, 1995) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (June 27, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (November 6, 1993) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (July 28, 1988) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (November 11, 1984) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (November 11, 1984) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (November 11, 1984) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) ... Constitutive Act of the African Union (July 9, 2001) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (July 15, 1996) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994)

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