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Contracting Parties Universal Copyright Convention 1971 Algeria

Dates Accession: May 18, 1973 Entry into force: July 10, 1974

Declarations, Reservations

Le 7 mai 2014, l’Algérie a déposé auprès de la Directrice générale la notification suivante : « Conformément aux dispositions de la Convention universelle sur le droit d’auteur révisée à Paris le 24 juillet 1971, notamment l’article V bis relatif aux exceptions accordées aux pays en développement en matière d’autorisation de traduction et de réédition d’œuvres, ratifiée par l’Algérie le 28 mai 1973, j’ai l’honneur de vous demander de bien vouloir prendre note du dépôt d’une nouvelle notification de l’Algérie pour faire prévaloir les exceptions accordées aux pays en voie de développement, au titre des articles V ter et V quater de ladite Convention, en matière d’autorisation de traduction et de réédition d’œuvres pour la prochaine décennie». Par la notification précitée, l’Algérie a renouvelé sa notification antérieure emportant le même effet. Aux termes du paragraphe 2 de l’article Vbis, ladite notification restera en vigueur jusqu’au 9 juillet 2024 inclus. [original french]

By a notification deposited on 11 June 1976, the Government of the Algerian Republic declared, in accordance with Article Vbis (1) of the Convention, that it was availing itself ‘of all the exceptions which are provided for in Articles Vter and Vquater of the Convention and which were drafted for the benefit of developing countries, referring to the right to translate and reproduce literary, artistic and scientific works protected by copyright and introducing compulsory provisions in respect of the granting of licences in favour of such countries’.
The Algerian Government deposited a new notification with the Director-General on 5 August 1983, in conformity with Article Vbis of the Convention ‘in order to avail itself for a second period of ten years of all the exceptions provided for in Articles Vter and Vquater of the Convention, which were drafted for the benefit of developing countries, referring to the right to translate and reproduce literary, artistic and scientific works protected by copyright and introducing compulsory provisions in respect of the granting of licences in favour of such countries’.
The Algerian Government deposited a further notification with the Director-General on 5 May 1993 in conformity with Article Vbis of the Convention for a period of ten years.