International Agreements and Treaties
The Republic of Belarus is a party to 17 multilateral international treaties in the sphere of intellectual property, operating under the auspices of WIPO.
| Name | Normative legal act of accession |
Date of entry into force for the Republic of Belarus |
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Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883 г.) |
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on March 11, 1993 № 141 "On the Succession of the Republic of Belarus in Relation to International Agreements on Industrial Property Protection" | December 25, 1991 |
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Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891 г.) |
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on March 11, 1993 № 141 "On Succession of the Republic of Belarus in Relation to International Agreements on Industrial Property Protection" | December 25, 1991 |
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Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (1957 г.) |
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on December 31, 1997 № 674 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification, Locarno Agreement Establishing the International Classification for Industrial Designs" | June 12, 1998 |
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International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1961 г.) |
Law of the Republic of Belarus on June 24, 2002 № 115-Z "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants | January 5, 2003 |
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International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (1961 г.) |
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on August 7, 2002 № 440 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations" | May 27, 2003 |
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Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (1967 г.) |
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus on October 18, 1968 "On Ratification of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization" | April 26, 1970 |
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Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (1968 г.) |
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on December 31, 1997 № 674 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification, Locarno Agreement Establishing the International Classification for Industrial Designs" | July 24, 1998 |
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Patent Cooperation Treaty («PCT») (1970 г.) |
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on March 11, 1993 № 141 "On Succession of the Republic of Belarus in Relation to International Agreements on Industrial Property Protection" | December 25, 1991 |
| Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (1971 г.) | Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on December 31, 1997 № 674 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification, Locarno Agreement Establishing the International Classification for Industrial Designs" | March 12, 1999 |
| Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act on July 24, 1971 and amended on September 28, 1979) | Law of the Republic of Belarus on July 14, 1997 № 62-З "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act on July 24, 1971 and amended on September 28, 1979)" | December 12, 1997 |
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Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977 г.) |
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on May 15, 2001 № 262 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure" | October 20, 2003 |
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Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (1981 г.) |
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on March 15, 1993 № 149 "On Succession of the Republic of Belarus in Relation to the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol" | December 25, 1991 |
| Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989 г.) | Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on September 7, 2001 № 474 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks" | January 18, 2002 |
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WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996 г.) |
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on November 17, 1997 № 592 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the WIPO Copyright Treaty", Law of the Republic of Belarus on June 10, 1998 № 165-Z "On Ratification of the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty" | March 6, 2002 |
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WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996 г.) |
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on November 17, 1997 № 593 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty", Law of the Republic of Belarus on June 10, 1998 № 164-Z "On Ratification of the World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty" | May 20, 2002 |
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Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (together with the Regulations under the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks) (2006 г.) |
Law of the Republic of Belarus on December 10, 2012 № 1-Z "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks" | May 13, 2014 |
| Patent Law Treaty (2000) | Law of the Republic of Belarus of 13 July 2016 “On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Patent Law Treaty” (National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, July16, 2016, 2/2394) | October 21, 2016 |
| Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (2013) | Law of the Republic of Belarus of May 20, 2020 №19-Z “On Accession to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled” | October 22, 2020 |
| The Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (1999) | Law of the Republic of Belarus of April 9, 2021 №96-Z “On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs” | July 19, 2021 |
| Name | Normative legal act of accession |
Date of entry into force for the Republic of Belarus |
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Universal Copyright Convention (1952 г.) |
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on June 7, 1993 № 370 "On Succession of the Republic of Belarus in Relation to the Signed on September 6, 1952 in Geneva Universal Copyright Convention" | May 27, 1973 |
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Convention for Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms (1971 г.) |
Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on August 7, 2002 № 439 "On Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Convention for Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms" | April 17, 2003 |
| Name | Normative legal act of accession |
Date of entry into force for the Republic of Belarus |
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Agreement on Cooperation in the Sphere of Protection of Copyright and Related Rights (1993 г.) |
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December 4, 1997 |
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Eurasian Patent Convention (1994 г.) |
Regulation of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus on April 13, 1995 № 3734-XII "On Ratification of the Eurasian Patent Convention" | August 12, 1995 |
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Agreement on Mutual Securing of Interstate Secrets in the Sphere of Legal Protection of Inventions (1999 г.) |
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus on November 17, 1999 № 1791 "On Approval of the Agreement on Mutual Provision of Interstate Secrets in the Sphere of Legal Protection of Inventions" | January 31, 2000 |
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Agreement on Measures for Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications (1999 г.) |
Law of the Republic of Belarus on May 17, 2004 № 279-Z "On Ratification of the Agreement on Measures for Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications" | June 29, 2004 |
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Agreement on Legal Protection of Plant Varieties (2001 г.) |
Law of the Republic of Belarus on May 27, 2002 № 106-Z "On Ratification of the Agreement on Legal Protection of Plant Varieties" | November 29, 2004 |
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Agreement on Cooperation in the Sphere of Legal Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property and on Creation of the Interstate Council on Legal Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property (2010 г.) |
Law of the Republic of Belarus on July 5, 2011 № 289-Z "On Ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Sphere of Legal Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property and on Creation of the Interstate Council on Legal Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property" | August 24, 2011 |
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Agreement on Building and Developing the Intellectual Property Market of the CIS Member-states (2018) |
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus №839 “On approval of the Agreement on Building and Developing the Intellectual Property Market of the CIS member-states” | January 12, 2019 |
| Name | Normative legal act of accession |
Date of entry into force for the Republic of Belarus |
| Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (2014). (Section XXII, Annex № 26) | Law of the Republic of Belarus on October 9, 2014 № 193-Z "On Ratification of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union" | January 1, 2015 |
| Agreement on coordinating actions in intellectual property objects enforcement | Law of the Republic of Belarus on July 11, 2016 № 389-Z “On ratification of the Agreement on coordinating actions in intellectual property objects enforcement” | July 19, 2016 |
| Agreement on the procedure for collective management of copyright and related rights | Law of the Republic of Belarus on November 12, 2018 №148-Z “On ratification of the Agreement on the procedure for collective management of copyright and related rights” | May 27, 2019 |
| Agreement on trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin of goods of the Eurasian Economic Union (2020) | Law of the Republic of Belarus on January 4, 2021 №79-Z “On ratification of the Agreement on trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin of goods of the Eurasian Economic Union” | April 26, 2021 |
| Name | Normative legal act of accession |
Date of entry into force for the Republic of Belarus |
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Cooperation Agreement between the National Intellectual Property Center (Republic of Belarus) The State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus and the World Intellectual Property Organization on the development of the technical infrastructure of the Intellectual Property Office (2011 г.) |
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July 18, 2011 |
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Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (2019 г.) |
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June 5, 2019 |
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Memorandum of Understanding between the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland and the National Center of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Belarus concerning alternative dispute resolution (2019 г.) |
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October 2, 2019 |
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Title of the legal act | Date of signature |
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Ukraine
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October 20, 1993
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Russian Federation
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July 20, 1994
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China
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April 23, 2001
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Moldova
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April 6, 2004
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Azerbaijan
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November 5, 2004
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Kyrgyzstan
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November 27, 2006
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Georgia
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April 23, 2015
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Uzbekistan
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September 13, 2018
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