OF SCHEDULE) REGULATION 2009
(Made by the Chief Executive in Council under section 83
of the Registered Designs Ordinance (Cap. 522))
1. Commencement
This Regulation comes into operation on 26 February 2010.
2. Paris Convention countries and WTO members
(1) The Schedule to the Registered Designs Ordinance (Cap. 522) is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention" by repealing "The State of Bahrain" and substituting "The Kingdom of Bahrain".
(2) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention", in the English text, by repealing "The Republic of Malta" and substituting "Malta".
(3) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention" by repealing "The Kingdom of Nepal" and substituting "The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal".
(4) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention" –
(a) by repealing "Serbia and Montenegro";
(b) by adding "Montenegro";
(c) by adding "The Republic of Serbia".
(5) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention" by repealing "Spain" and substituting "The Kingdom of Spain".
(6) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention" –
(a) by repealing "The Republic of Syprus (Cyprus)";
(b) by adding "The Republic of Cyprus".
(7) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention", in the English text, by repealing "The Bolivar Republic of Venezuela" and substituting "The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela".
(8) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention", in the Chinese text, by repealing "利比里亞" and substituting "利比里亞共和國".
(9) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention" by adding –
(a) "The Republic of Angola";
(b) "The Kingdom of Thailand";
(c) "The Republic of Yemen".
(10) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries, territories and areas which have acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement (not including countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention)" by repealing –
(a) "The Republic of Angola";
(b) "Royal Thai (Thailand)".
(11) The Schedule is amended in the list under the heading "Countries, territories and areas which have acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement (not including countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention)" by adding "The Republic of Cape Verde".
Manda CHAN
Clerk to the Executive Council
COUNCIL CHAMBER
8 December 2009
This Regulation updates the lists of countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention and countries, territories and areas which have acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement.