The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments and has the honor to refer to the deposit by the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on November 20, 2020, 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. (See Lisbon Notification No. 44, for ease of reference).
In this respect, the Director General of WIPO has the honor to notify the deposit, by the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on July 25, 2023, of the following declaration:
- In accordance with Article 7(4) of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic declares that protection resulting from the international registration of each appellation of origin and geographical indication in the Lao People's Democratic Republic shall be subject to the payment of an individual fee to cover its cost of substantive examination of the international application.
The said declaration will enter into force, with respect to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on October 25, 2023.
July 25, 2023