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L.N. 66 of 2002
PATENTS ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 1)
ORDER 2002
(Made by the Chief Executive in Council under section 153 of the Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514))
1. Commencement
This Order shall come into operation on 11 July 2002.
Paris Convention countries and WTO member
countries, territories and areas
Schedule 1 to the Patents Ordinance (Cap. 514) is amended
(a) in the list under the heading "Paris Convention countries" by repealing everything after "Convention-" and substituting
"The Republic of Albania
The Democratic People's Republic of Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Republic of Argentina
The Republic of Armenia
The Commonwealth of Australia
The Republic of Austria
The Republic of Azerbaijan
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
The State of Bahrain
The People's Republic of Bangladesh
Barbados
The Republic of Belarus
The Kingdom of Belgium
Belize
The Republic of Benin
The Kingdom of Bhutan
The Republic of Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Republic of Botswana
The Federative Republic of Brazil
The Republic of Bulgaria
The Burkina Faso
The Republic of Burundi
Kingdom of Cambodia The Republic of Cameroon Canada The Central African Republic The Republic of Chad Republic of Chile
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The People's Republic of China The Republic of Colombia The Democratic Republic of Congo The Republic of Congo The Republic of Costa Rica The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire The Republic of Croatia The Republic of Cuba The Czech Republic The Kingdom of Denmark The Republic of Djibouti The Commonwealth of Dominica The Dominican Republic The Republic of Ecuador The Arab Republic of Egypt The Republic of El Salvador The Republic of Equatorial Guinea Republic of Estonia The Republic of Finland The Republic of France The Gabonese Republic The Republic of the Gambia Georgia The Federal Republic of Germany The Republic of Ghana Grenada The Republic of Guatemala The Republic of Guinea The Republic of Guinea-Bissau The Cooperative Republic of Guyana The Republic of Haiti
The Hellenic Republic (Greece) Holy See The Republic of Honduras The Republic of Hungary The Republic of Iceland The Republic of India The Republic of Indonesia The Islamic Republic of Iran The Republic of Iraq Ireland The State of Israel The Republic of Italy Jamaica Japan The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan The Republic of Kazakhstan The Republic of Kenya
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Republic of Korea Kyrghyz Republic The Lao People's Democratic Republic Republic of Latvia The Republic of Lebanon The Kingdom of Lesotho The Republic of Liberia The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya The Principality of Liechtenstein The Republic of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg The Republic of Macedonia The Republic of Madagascar The Republic of Malawi Malaysia The Republic of Mali The Republic of Malta The Islamic Republic of Mauritania The Republic of Mauritius The Republic of Moldova The Principality of Monaco
Mongolia The Kingdom of Morocco The Republic of Mozambique The Kingdom of Nepal The Kingdom of the Netherlands New Zealand The Republic of Nicaragua The Republic of Niger The Federal Republic of Nigeria The Kingdom of Norway The Sultanate of Oman The Republic of Panama The Independent State of Papua New Guinea Republic of Paraguay The Republic of Peru Republic of the Philippines The Republic of Poland The Portuguese Republic The State of Qatar
Romania The Russian Federation The Republic of R wanda The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Republic of San Marino The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe The Republic of Senegal The Republic of Sierra Leone
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The Republic of Singapore
The Slovak Republic
The Republic of Slovenia
The Republic of South Africa
Spain
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
The Republic of the Sudan
The Republic of Suriname
The Kingdom of Swaziland
The Kingdom of Sweden
Swiss Confederation
The Republic of Syprus (Cyprus)
The Syrian Arab Republic
The Republic of Tajikistan
The Republic of Togo
The Kingdom of Tonga
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
The Republic of Tunisia
The Republic of Turkey
Turkmenistan
The Republic of Uganda
Ukraine
The United Arab Emirates
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The United Republic of Tanzania
The United States of America
The United States of Mexico
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
The Republic of U zbekistan
The Bolivar Republic of Venezuela
The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Republic of Zambia
The Republic of Zimbabwe";
(b) in the list under the heading "WTO member countries, territories and areas (not including Paris Convention countries)" by repealing everything after "Agreement-" and substituting
"The Republic of Angola
Negara Brunei Darussalam
European Community
The Republic of The Fiji Islands
The State of Kuwait
The Macao Special Administrative Region
The Republic of Maldives
The Union of Myanmar
The Republic of Namibia
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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
The Solomon Islands Royal Thai (Thailand)".
CHENG Mei-sze, Maisie Clerk to the Executive Council
COUNCIL CHAMBER 14 May 2002
Explanatory Note
This Order updates the lists of countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention and countries, territories and areas which have acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement.