Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Last update : 2003-03-06

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General information

Date of signature	1886-09-09
Place of signature	Berne
Depositary	World Intellectual Property Organization
Status	in force
Date of entry into force	1887-12-05
Classification	Intellectual Property - Copyright
Reference	cci.01.0044.en

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Ratifications (or adhesions) and reservations (161 countries) (Explanation)

Berne Union

Country	Date on which State became party to the Convention	Latest Act of the Convention to which State is party	Date on which State became party to that Act	Type(s) of reserve
Albania	1994-03-06	Paris	1994-03-06
Algeria	1998-04-19	Paris	1998-04-19	E, F
Andorra	2004-06-02	Non-applicable	2004-06-02
Antigua and Barbuda	2000-03-17	Paris	2000-03-17
Argentina	1967-06-10	Paris	2000-02-19	D
Armenia	2000-10-19	Paris	2000-10-19
Australia	1928-04-14	Paris	1978-03-01
Austria	1920-10-01	Paris	1982-08-21
Azerbaijan	1999-06-04	Paris	1999-06-04
Bahamas	1973-07-10	Paris	1977-01-08	A, E
Bahrain	1997-03-02	Paris	1997-03-02	F
Bangladesh	1999-05-04	Paris	1999-05-04	F
Barbados	1983-07-30	Paris	1983-07-30
Belarus	1997-12-12	Paris	1997-12-12
Belgium	1887-12-05	Paris	1999-09-29
Belize	2000-06-17	Paris	2000-06-17
Benin	1961-01-03	Paris	1975-03-12
Bhutan	2004-11-25	Non-applicable	2004-11-25
Bolivia	1993-11-04	Paris	1993-11-04
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1992-03-01	Paris	1992-03-01	C
Botswana	1998-04-15	Paris	1998-04-15
Brazil	1922-02-09	Paris	1975-04-20
Bulgaria	1921-12-05	Paris	1974-12-04
Burkina Faso	1963-08-19	Paris	1976-01-24
Cameroon	1964-09-21	Paris	1974-10-10	D
Canada	1928-04-10	Paris	1998-06-26
Cape Verde	1997-07-07	Paris	1997-07-07
Central African Republic	1977-09-03	Paris	1997-09-03
Chad	1971-11-25	Stockholm	1971-11-25	A
Chile	1970-06-05	Paris	1975-07-10
China	1992-10-15	Paris	1992-10-15	L
Côte d'Ivoire	1962-01-01	Paris	1974-10-10	D
Colombia	1988-03-07	Paris	1988-03-07
Comoros	2005-04-17	Non-applicable	2005-04-17
Congo	1962-05-08	Paris	1975-12-05
Congo Dem. Republic	1963-10-08	Paris	1975-01-31
Costa Rica	1978-06-10	Paris	1978-06-10
Croatia	1991-10-08	Paris	1991-10-08	C
Cuba	1997-02-20	Paris	1997-02-20	E, F
Cyprus	1964-02-24	Paris	1983-07-27	C
Czech Republic	1993-01-01	Paris	1993-01-01
Denmark	1903-07-01	Paris	1979-06-30
Djibouti	2002-05-13	Paris	2002-05-13
Dominica	1999-08-07	Paris	1999-08-07
Dominican Republic	1997-12-24	Paris	1997-12-24
Ecuador	1991-10-09	Paris	1997-10-09
Egypt	1977-06-07	Paris	1977-06-07	E
El Salvador	1994-02-19	Paris	1994-02-19
Equatorial Guinea	1997-06-26	Paris	1997-06-26
Estonia	1994-10-26	Paris	1994-10-26
Fiji	1971-12-01	Stockholm	1972-03-15
Finland	1928-04-01	Paris	1986-11-01
France	1887-12-05	Paris	1974-10-10	D
Gabon	1962-03-26	Paris	1975-06-10
Gambia	1993-03-07	Paris	1993-03-07
Georgia	1995-05-16	Paris	1995-05-16
Germany	1887-12-05	Paris	1974-10-10	D, G
Ghana	1991-10-11	Paris	1991-10-11
Greece	1920-11-09	Paris	1976-03-08
Grenada	1998-09-22	Paris	1998-09-22
Guatemala	1997-07-28	Paris	1997-07-28	E
Guinea	1980-11-20	Paris	1980-11-20
Guinea-Bissau	1991-07-22	Paris	1991-07-22
Guyana, Republic of	1994-10-25	Paris	1994-10-25
Haiti	1996-01-11	Paris	1996-01-11
Holy See	1935-09-12	Paris	1975-04-25
Honduras	1990-01-25	Paris	1990-01-25
Hungary	1922-02-14	Paris	1974-10-10	D
Iceland	1947-09-07	Paris	1999-08-25	D
India	1928-04-01	Paris	1984-05-06	D, E, H, I
Indonesia	1997-09-05	Paris	1997-09-05	E
Ireland	1927-10-05	Stockholm	1970-12-21	A
Israel	1950-03-24	Stockholm	1970-02-26	A
Italy	1887-12-05	Paris	1979-11-14
Jamaica	1994-01-01	Paris	1994-01-01
Japan	1899-07-15	Paris	1975-04-24
Jordan	1999-07-28	Paris	1999-07-28	E, F
Kazakhstan	1999-04-12	Paris	1999-04-12
Kenya	1993-06-11	Paris	1993-06-11
Korea, Dem. People's Republic of	2003-04-28	Non-applicable	2003-04-28	E
Korea, Republic of	1996-08-21	Paris	1996-08-21
Kyrgyzstan	1999-07-08	Paris	1999-07-08
Latvia	1995-08-11	Paris	1995-08-11
Lebanon	1947-09-30	Rome	1947-09-30
Lesotho	1989-09-28	Paris	1989-09-28	E
Liberia	1989-03-08	Paris	1989-03-08	E
Libian arab Jamahiriya	1976-09-28	Paris	1976-09-28	E
Liechtenstein	1931-07-30	Paris	1999-09-23
Lithuania	1994-12-14	Paris	1994-12-14	E
Luxembourg	1888-06-20	Paris	1975-04-20
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Mac.	1991-09-08	Paris	1991-09-08
Madagascar	1966-01-01	Brussels	1966-01-01
Malawi	1991-10-12	Paris	1991-10-12
Malaysia	1990-10-01	Paris	1990-10-01
Mali	1962-03-19	Paris	1977-12-05
Malta	1964-09-21	Paris	1977-12-12	B, E
Mauritania	1973-02-06	Paris	1976-09-21
Mauritius	1989-05-10	Paris	1989-05-10	E
Mexico	1967-06-11	Paris	1974-12-17
Micronesia, Federated State of	2003-10-07	Non-applicable	2003-10-07
Moldova, Republic of	1995-11-02	Paris	1995-11-02
Monaco	1889-05-30	Paris	1974-11-23
Mongolia	1998-03-12	Paris	1998-03-12	E, F
Morocco	1917-06-16	Paris	1987-05-17
Namibia	1990-03-21	Paris	1993-12-24
Nepal	2006-01-11	Non-applicable	2006-01-11	E
Netherlands	1912-11-01	Paris	1986-01-30	D, K, L
New Zealand	1928-04-24	Rome	1947-12-04
Nicaragua	2000-08-23	Paris	2000-08-23
Niger	1962-05-02	Paris	1975-05-21
Nigeria	1993-09-14	Paris	1993-09-14
Norway	1896-04-13	Paris	1995-10-11	D, G
Oman	1999-07-14	Paris	1999-07-14	E
Pakistan	1948-07-05	Stockholm	1970-02-26	B
Panama	1996-06-08	Paris	1996-06-08
Paraguay	1992-01-02	Paris	1992-01-02
Peru	1988-08-20	Paris	1988-08-20
Philippines	1951-08-01	Paris	1997-06-18	D, F
Poland	1920-01-28	Paris	1994-10-22	D
Portugal	1911-03-29	Paris	1979-01-12	J, K
Qatar	2000-07-05	Paris	2000-07-05
Romania	1927-01-01	Stockholm	1998-09-09
Russian Federation	1995-03-13	Paris	1995-03-13
Rwanda	1984-03-01	Paris	1984-03-01
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1995-04-09	Paris	1995-04-09
Saint Lucia	1993-08-24	Paris	1993-08-24	E
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1995-08-29	Paris	1995-08-29
Samoa	2006-04-21	Non-applicable	2006-04-21	F
Saudi Arabia	2004-03-11	Non-applicable	2004-03-11
Senegal	1962-08-25	Paris	1975-08-12
Serbia and Montenegro	1930-06-17	Paris	1975-09-02	C
Singapore	1998-12-21	Paris	1998-12-21	F
Slovakia	1993-01-01	Paris	1993-01-01
Slovenia	1991-06-25	Paris	1991-06-25	C
South Africa	1928-10-03	Paris	1975-03-24	A, E
Spain	1887-12-05	Paris	1974-10-10	D
Sri Lanka	1959-07-20	Paris	1978-09-23	B
Sudan	2000-12-28	Paris	2000-12-28
Suriname	1977-02-23	Paris	1977-02-23
Swaziland	1998-12-14	Paris	1998-12-14
Sweden	1904-08-01	Paris	1974-10-10	D
Switzerland	1887-12-05	Paris	1993-09-25
Syrian Arab Republic	2004-06-11	Non-applicable	2004-06-11	F
Tajikistan	2000-03-09	Paris	2000-03-09
Tanzania, U. R.	1994-07-25	Paris	1994-07-25	E
Thailand	1931-07-17	Paris	1995-09-02	D, E, F
Togo	1975-04-30	Paris	1975-04-30
Tonga	2001-06-14	Paris	2001-06-14
Trinidad and Tobago	1988-08-16	Paris	1988-08-16
Tunisia	1887-12-05	Paris	1975-08-16	E
Turkey	1952-01-01	Paris	1996-01-01
Ukraine	1995-10-25	Paris	1995-10-25
United Arab Emirates	2004-07-14	Non-applicable	2004-07-14	F
United Kingdom	1887-12-05	Paris	1990-01-02	G, K, L
United States	1989-03-01	Paris	1989-03-01
Uruguay	1967-07-10	Paris	1979-12-28
Uzbekistan	2005-04-19	Non-applicable	2005-04-19	F
Venezuela	1982-12-30	Paris	1982-12-30	E
Viet Nam	2004-10-26	Non-applicable	2004-10-26	E, F
Zambia	1992-01-02	Paris	1992-01-02
Zimbabwe	1980-04-18	Paris	1981-12-30	B

Last update : 2002-10-15

Reserves information

Code	Description
A	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 28 (1) b) of the Convention. State is party to the Act of Brussels (articles 1 to 21).
B	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 28 (1) b) of the Convention. State is party to the Act of Rome (articles 1 to 21).
C	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 30 (2) b) of the Convention.
D	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 28 (1) c) of the Convention.
E	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 33 (2) of the Convention.
F	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article I of the Appendix of the Convention.
G	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article VI (1) ii) of the Appendix of the Convention.
H	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 14bis (3) of the Convention.
I	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 15 (4) b) of the Convention.
J	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 14bis (2) c) of the Convention.
K	Reservation or declaration made in accordance with article 31 (1) of the Convention.
L	Other type of reservation or declaration.

The reserves have not been analyzed since 2003