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 Swiss Confederation, on August 31, 2021, of its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement), adopted at Geneva on May 20, 2015.
Upon request from the Swiss Confederation, the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement will enter into force, with respect to the Swiss Confederation, on December 1, 2021.
August 31, 2021