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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of Côte d'Ivoire (Law No. 2000-513 of August 1, 2000) (2000) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 96-564 of July 25, 1996 on the Protection of Intellectual Works and the Rights of Authors, Performers and Phonogram and Videogram Producers (1996) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 2004-644 of December 14, 2004 creating a Legal Regime of Audiovisual Communication (2004) Law No. 1981-640 of July 31, 1981 establishing the Criminal Code (amended by Act No. 1995-522 of July 6, 1995) (1981) Customs Code (1964) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Decree No. 2008-357 of November 20, 2008 on the Reform of the Ivorian Copyright Office (BURIDA) (2008)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Interministerial Order No. 016 of May 9, 2006 on the Organization and Operation of the Brigade to Combat Fraud and Piracy of Cultural Works (Cultural Brigade) (2006)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances ... Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Program-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite ... Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ... Patent Law Treaty ... Trademark Law Treaty ... Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (May 30, 1993) Patent Cooperation Treaty (April 30, 1991) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (May 1, 1974) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (October 23, 1963) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (January 1, 1962) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ... WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (November 11, 2010) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (July 22, 2007) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (July 16, 2007) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (October 13, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 29, 2004) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Convention on Biological Diversity (February 27, 1995) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 27, 1995) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (June 26, 1992) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (January 30, 1991) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (March 20, 1990) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (March 20, 1990) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (April 9, 1981) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (April 24, 1980) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (October 19, 1963) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (August 7, 1960) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (August 7, 1960) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (August 7, 1960) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Charter for African Cultural Renaissance ... Bangui Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Constituting a Revision of the Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African and Malagasy Office of Industrial Property (Bangui (Central African Republic), March 2, 1977) (February 8, 1982) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (November 5, 1996) Treaty on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) (August 1, 1994) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (February 12, 1976) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Free Trade Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and European Communities (January 1, 2009)

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