ANNEX VISupplementary provisions
ANNEX VI Intellectual property rights referred to in Article 37 1. By the end of the fourth year after the entry into force of the Agreement, Egypt shall accede to the following multilateral conventions on intellectual property rights: — the Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome, 1961), — Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977, amended 1980), — the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington 1970, amended in 1979 and modified in 1984), — the International Convention for Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (Geneva Act 1991), — Nice Agreement concerning the international Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpose of the Registration of Marks (Geneva Act 1977and amended in 1979), — Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of Marks (Madrid 1989). 2. The Parties confirm the importance they attach to the obligations arising from the following multilateral conventions: — the World Trade Organisation Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Marrakech, April 15, 1994), taking into consideration the transitional period provided for developing countries in Article 65 of that Agreement, — the Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property (Stockholm Act 1967 amended in 1979), — Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works (Paris Act 1971), — Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Stockholm Act 1967 amended in 1979). 3. The Association Council may decide that paragraph 1 shall apply to other multilateral conventions in this field.