The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the People's Republic of China, on February 5, 2022, of its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, adopted at Geneva on July 2, 1999 (the "Geneva Act").
The said instrument contained the following declaration:
- "In accordance with the Basic Law of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People's Republic of China declares that the 1999 Act of the Hague Agreement shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China unless otherwise notified by the Government of the People's Republic of China."
The Geneva Act will enter into force, with respect to the People's Republic of China, on May 5, 2022.
February 5, 2022