Tractatenblad 2003, 161

A. TITEL

Verdrag van de Wereldorganisatie voor de intellectuele eigendom inzake auteursrecht (WCT) (1996);

Genève, 20 december 1996

B. TEKST

De Engelse en de Franse tekst van het Verdrag zijn geplaatst in Trb. 1997, 318.

Het Verdrag is voorts nog ondertekend voor de volgende staten:

Belarus	8 december 1997
Canada	22 december 1997
Colombia	22 oktober 1997
Costa Rica	2 december 1997
Denemarken	28 oktober 1997
Ecuador	31 december 1997
Ierland	19 december 1997
Kroatië	15 december 1997
Mexico	18 december 1997
Panama	31 december 1997
Roemenië	31 december 1997
Senegal	17 december 1997
Zuid Afrika	12 december 1997
Zweden	31 oktober 1997
Slovenië	12 december 1997
Slowakije	29 december 1997

C. VERTALING

Zie Trb. 1998, 247.

D. PARLEMENT

Zie Trb. 1997, 318.

E. BEKRACHTIGING

Zie Trb. 1998, 247.

Behalve de aldaar genoemde hebben nog de volgende staten een akte van bekrachtiging van het Verdrag bij de Secretaris-Generaal van de Wereldorganisatie voor de intellectuele eigendom nedergelegd:

Argentinië	19 november 1999
Burkina Faso	19 juli 1999
Chili	11 april 2001
Colombia	29 november 2000
Costa Rica	23 mei 2000
Ecuador	21 juni 2000
Hongarije	27 november 1998
Kroatië	3 juli 2000
Mexico	18 mei 2000
Mongolië	25 juli 2002
Panama	17 maart 1999
Roemenië	1 februari 2001
Senegal	18 februari 2002
Slovenië	19 november 1999
Slowakije	14 januari 2000
Togo	21 februari 2003
de Verenigde Staten van Amerika	14 september 1999

F. TOETREDING

De volgende staten hebben een akte van toetreding tot het Verdrag bij de Secretaris-Generaal van de Wereldorganisatie voor de intellectuele eigendom nedergelegd:

Bulgarije	29 maart 2001
Cyprus	4 augustus 2003
Ecuador	21 juni 2000
El Salvador	20 oktober 1998
de Filippijnen	4 juli 2002
Gabon	6 december 2001
Georgië	4 juli 2001
Guatemala	4 november 2002
Guinee	25 februari 2002
Honduras	20 februari 2002
Jamaica	12 maart 2002
Japan	6 juni 2000
Letland	22 maart 2000
Litouwen	18 juni 2001
Mali	24 januari 2002
Nicaragua	6 december 2002
Oekraïne	29 november 2001
Paraguay	29 november 2000
Peru	30 juli 2001
Servië en Montenegro	13 maart 2003
Sint Lucia	24 november 1999
Tsjechië	10 oktober 2001

G. INWERKINGTREDING

Zie Trb. 1997, 318.

J. GEGEVENS

Verwijzingen

Zie Trb. 1997, 318 en Trb. 1998, 247.

Titel	:	Verdrag tot oprichting van de Wereldorganisatie voor de Intellectuele Eigendom (OMPI/WIPO); Stockholm, 14 juli 1967
Laatste Trb.	:	Trb. 2002, 147
Titel	:	Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Gemeenschap; Rome, 25 maart 1957
Laatste Trb.	:	Trb. 2003, 150 (geconsolideerde versie)
Voor wijzigingen van bovengenoemd Verdrag van 25 maart 1957, zie rubriek J van Trb. 2003, 152.

Verklaringen

Tijdens de Diplomatieke Conferentie inzake zekere auteursrecht- en andere daaraan verwante problemen, welke is gehouden te Genève van 2 tot en met 20 december 1996, zijn de Verdragsluitende Partijen verklaringen met betrekking tot het Verdrag¹ overeengekomen, waarvan de Engelse tekst als volgt luidt:

Agreed statement concerning Article 1(4)

The reproduction right, as set out in Article 9 of the Berne Convention, and the exceptions permitted thereunder, fully apply in the digital environment, in particular to the use of works in digital form. It is understood that the storage of a protected work in digital form in an electronic medium constitutes a reproduction within the meaning of Article 9 of the Berne Convention.

Agreed statement concerning Article 3

It is understood that in applying Article 3 of this Treaty, the expression ``country of the Union" in Articles 2 to 6 of the Berne Convention will be read as if it were a reference to a Contracting Party to this Treaty, in the application of those Berne Articles in respect of protection provided for in this Treaty. It is also understood that the expression ``country outside the Union" in those Articles in the Berne Convention will, in the same circumstances, be read as if it were a reference to a country that is not a Contracting Party to this Treaty, and that ``this Convention" in Articles 2(8), 2bis(2), 3, 4 and 5 of the Berne Convention will be read as if it were a reference to the Berne Convention and this Treaty. Finally, it is understood that a reference in Articles 3 to 6 of the Berne Convention to a ``national of one of the countries of the Union" will, when these Articles are applied to this Treaty, mean, in regard to an intergovernmental organization that is a Contracting Party to this Treaty, a national of one of the countries that is member of that organization.

Agreed statement concerning Article 4

The scope of protection for computer programs under Article 4 of this Treaty, read with Article 2, is consistent with Article 2 of the Berne Convention and on a par with the relevant provisions of the TRIPS Agreement.

Agreed statement concerning Article 5

The scope of protection for compilations of data (databases) under Article 5 of this Treaty, read with Article 2, is consistent with Article 2 of the Berne Convention and on a par with the relevant provisions of the TRIPS Agreement.

Agreed statement concerning Articles 6 and 7

As used in these Articles, the expressions ``copies" and ``original and copies," being subject to the right of distribution and the right of rental under the said Articles, refer exclusively to fixed copies that can be put into circulation as tangible objects.

Agreed statement concerning Article 7

It is understood that the obligation under Article 7(1) does not require a Contracting Party to provide an exclusive right of commercial rental to authors who, under that Contracting Party's law, are not granted rights in respect of phonograms. It is understood that this obligation is consistent with Article 14(4) of the TRIPS Agreement.

Agreed statement concerning Article 8

It is understood that the mere provision of physical facilities for enabling or making a communication does not in itself amount to communication within the meaning of this Treaty or the Berne Convention. It is further understood that nothing in Article 8 precludes a Contracting Party from applying Article 11bis(2).

Agreed statement concerning Article 10

It is understood that the provisions of Article 10 permit Contracting Parties to carry forward and appropriately extend into the digital environment limitations and exceptions in their national laws which have been considered acceptable under the Berne Convention. Similarly, these provisions should be understood to permit Contracting Parties to devise new exceptions and limitations that are appropriate in the digital network environment.

It is also understood that Article 10(2) neither reduces nor extends the scope of applicability of the limitations and exceptions permitted by the Berne Convention.

Agreed statement concerning Article 12

It is understood that the reference to ``infringement of any right covered by this Treaty or the Berne Convention" includes both exclusive rights and rights of remuneration.

It is further understood that Contracting Parties will not rely on this Article to devise or implement rights management systems that would have the effect of imposing formalities which are not permitted under the Berne Convention or this Treaty, prohibiting the free movement of goods or impeding the enjoyment of rights under this Treaty.

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Uitgegeven de veertiende oktober 2003

De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken,

J. G. DE HOOP SCHEFFER

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