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Layout-design (Topography) of Integrated Circuits (Designation of Qualifying Countries, Territories or Areas) Regulation (Chapter 445A), Hong Kong, China

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Details Details Year of Version 1997 Dates Entry into force: December 20, 1996 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Notes The notification by Hong Kong to the WTO under article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'The Regulation designates countries, territories or areas as qualifying countries, territories or areas under Section 24 of the Layout-design (Topography) of Integrated Circuits Ordinance (Cap. 445)'.

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 Layout-design (Topography) of Integrated Circuits (Designation of Qualifying Countries, Territories or Areas) Regulation (Chapter 445A)

IP/N/1/HKG/L/2 Page 2

Chapter: 445A Title:

Heading:

LAYOUT-DESIGN

(TOPOGRAPHY) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (DESIGNATION OF QUALIFYING COUNTRIES, TERRITORIES OR AREAS) REGULATION

Empowering section

Gazette Number:

Version Date: 30/06/1997

(Cap 445 section 24)

[20 December 1996] L.N. 555 of 1996

(L.N. 315 of 1996)

Chapter: 445A Title: LAYOUT-DESIGN Gazette Number: (TOPOGRAPHY) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (DESIGNATION OF QUALIFYING COUNTRIES, TERRITORIES OR AREAS) REGULATION

Section: 1 Heading: (Omitted as spent) Version Date: 30/06/1997

(Omitted as spent)

(Enacted 1996)

Chapter: 445A Title: LAYOUT-DESIGN Gazette Number: (TOPOGRAPHY) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (DESIGNATION OF QUALIFYING COUNTRIES, TERRITORIES OR AREAS) REGULATION

Section: 2 Heading: Designation of qualifying Version Date: 30/06/1997 countries, territories or areas

The countries, territories or areas specified in the Schedule are designated as qualifying countries,

territories or areas.

(Enacted 1996)

LAYOtJT DESIGN Gazette (TOPOGRAPHY)Qf 1N1$GRATBD Cll CU!TS {DESIGNATfONQf QUAUFYJNG COUNTRiES, TERR!TORJES.bRAREA$) REGULATrON

QUAUFYlNG 30!06/l997 COUNTruE

IP/N/1/HKG/L/2 Page 3

Title: Number:

Hooding: Version Dare:

TERRITORIES OR AREAS

[section 2]

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Fiji Finland France Gabon Germany Ghana Greece Grenada

IPIN/ 1/HKG/L/2 Page 4

Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya Kuwait Lesotho Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands-For the Kingdom in Europe and for the Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Pakistan Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Romania Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore

Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

IP/N/1/HKG/L/2 Page 5

(Enacted 1996)

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