Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works signed on 9 September 1886, completed at Paris on 4 May 1896, revised at Berlin on 13 November 1908, completed at Berne on 20 March 1914, revised at Rome on 2 June 1948 and revised at Brussels on 26 June 1948

• Coming into Force: 01 August 1951
• Subject Terms: Property matters,Patents,Copyright,Cultural matters
• Citation: UNTS v. 331 (p.217)
• Date of Conclusion: 26 June 1948
• Registration Date: 15 June 1959
• Registration Number: 4757
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Government of Belgium
• Participants: Australia,Austria,Bahamas,Bélgica,Brasil,Canada,Czechoslovakia,Dinamarca,Finlandia,France,Greece,Israel,Italia,Lebanon,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg,Monaco,Morocco,Holanda,New Hebrides,New Zealand,Noruega,Pakistán,Philippines,Polonia,Portugal,España,Suecia,Suiza,Syria,Tunisia,Turquia,Union of South Africa,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Vatican City State,Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)

No.

4757

AUSTRALIA,

AUSTRIA,

BELGIUM,

BRAZIL,

CANADA,

etc.

Berne

Convention

for

the

Protection

of

Literary

and

Artistic

Works

signed

on

9

September

1886,

completed

at

Paris

on

4

May

1896,

revised

at

Berlin,

on

13

November

1908,

completed

at

Berne

on

20

March

1914,

revised

at

Rome

on

2

June

1928,

and

revised

at

Brussels

on

26

June

1948

Official

texts

:

English

and

French.

Registered

by

the

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Northern

Ireland

on

15

June

1959.

AUSTRALIE,

AUTRICHE, BELGIQUE,

BRÉSIL,

CANADA,

etc.

Convention

de

Berne

pour

la

protection

des

œuvres littéraires

et

artistiques

signée

le

9

septembre

1886,

complétée

à

Paris

le

4

mai

1896,

revisée

à

Berlin

le

13

novembre

1908,

complétée

à

Berne

le

20

mars

1914,

revisée

à

Rome,

le

2

juin

1928

et

revisée

à

Bruxelles

le

26

juin

1948

Textes

officiels

anglais

et

fran ais.

Enregistr

par

le

Royaume-Uni

de

Grande-Bretagne

et

d'Irlande

du

Nord

le

15

juin

1959.

331

—

15

1959

Nations

Unies

Recueil

des

Traités

219

No.

4757.

BERNE

CONVENTION

FOR

THE

PROTECTION

OF

LITERARY

AND

ARTISTIC

WORKS SIGNED

ON

9

SEPTEMBER

1886,

1

COMPLETED

AT

PARIS

ON

4

MAY

1896,

2

REVISED

AT

BERLIN

ON

13

NOVEMBER

1908,

3

COMPLETED

AT

BERNE

ON

20

MARCH

1914,

4

REVISED

AT

ROME

ON

2

JUNE

1928,

5

AND

REVISED

AT

BRUSSELS

ON

26

JUNE

1948

6

Australia,

Austria,

Belgium,

Brazil,

Canada,

Czechoslovakia,

Denmark,

Finland,

France,

Greece,

Hungary,

Iceland,

India,

Ireland,

Italy,

Lebanon,

Liechtenstein,

Luxembourg,

Monaco,

Morocco,

New

Zealand,

the

Netherlands,

Norway,

Pakistan,

Poland,

Portugal,

Spain,

Sweden,

Switzerland, Syria,

Tunis,

the

Union

of

South

Africa,

the

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Northern

Ireland,

Vatican

City

and

Yugoslavia,

Being

equally

animated

by the

desire

to

protect

in

as

effective

and

uniform

a

manner

as

possible

the

rights

of

authors

over

their

literary

and

artistic

works,

Have

resolved

to

revise

and

to

complete

the

Act

signed

at

Berne

on

the

9th

Sep

tember

1886,*

completed

at

Paris

on

the

4th

May

1896,

2

revised

at

Berlin

on

the

13th

November

1908,

s

completed

at

Berne

on

the

20th

March

1914*

and

revised

at

Rome

on

the

2nd

June

1928.

5

1

De

Martens,

Nouveau

Recueil

général

de

Traités,

deuxi me

s rie,

tome

XII,

p.

173.

2

De

Martens,

Nouveau

Recueil

général

de

Traités,

deuxi me

s rie,

tome

XXIV,

p.

758.

3

League

of

Nations,

Treaty

Series,

Vol.

I,

p.

217

;

Vol.

Ill,

p.

259

;

Vol.

XI,

p.

359

;

Vol.

XXIV,

p.

139

;

Vol.

XLV,

p.

95

;

Vol.

LIX,

p.

342

;

Vol.

LXIII,

p. 375

;

Vol.

LXIX,

p.

64

;

Vol.

LXXVIII,

p.

434

;

Vol.

LXXXIII,

p.

372

;

Vol.

C,

p.

150

;

Vol.

CVII,

p.

456

;

Vol.

CXVII,

p.

43

;

Vol.

CXLVII,

p.

312

;

Vol.

CLVI, p.

172,

and

Vol.

CCIV,

p.

438.

4

League

of

Nations,

Treaty

Series,

Vol.

I, p.

243

;

Vol.

Ill,

p.

259

;

Vol.

XI,

p.

359

;

Vol.

XXIV,

p.

139

;

Vol.

XLV,

p.

95

;

Vol.

LIX,

p.

342

;

Vol.

LXIII,

p.

375

;

Vol.

LXIX,

p.

69

;

Vol.

LXXXIII,

p.

372

;

Vol.

XCVI,

p.

180

;

Vol.

C,

p.

153

;

Vol.

CVII,

p.

459,

and

Vol.

CXVII,

p.

46.

5

League

of

Nations,

Treaty

Series,

Vol.

CXXIII,

p.

233

;

Vol.

CXXX,

p.

469

;

Vol.

CXXXIV,

p.

432

;

Vol.

CXXXVIII,

p. 453

;

Vol.

CXLII,

p.

377

;

Vol.

CLII,

p.

303

;

Vol.

CLVI, p.

238,

and

Vol.

CLX, p.

384.

6

Came

into

force

on

1

August

1951,

in

accordance

with

article

28

(2).

Following

is

the

list

of

ratifications,

accessions

and

extensions

:

RATIFICATIONS

Date

of

deposit

Date

of

deposit

Belgium

.......

20

June

1951

Monaco

.......

27

June

1951

France

........

14

March

1951

Portugal

.......

1

July

1951

Greece

........

1

November

1956

Spain

........

30

June

1951

Holy

See

.......

20

June

1951

Union

of

South

Africa

.

29

March

1950

Liechtenstein

.....

10

October

1950

Yugoslavia

......

28

June

1951

Luxembourg

.....

8

April

1950

(Footnote

6

continued

on

p.

22{)