WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/2/TPKM/1
5 July 2002
(02-3764)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.3 AND 3.1 OF THE AGREEMENT
THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
By means of communications from its Permanent Mission, dated 2 May and 28 June 2002,
the following notification has been received from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu,
Kinmen and Matsu.
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In accordance with Article 3.1 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (hereinafter
referred to as Chinese Taipei) notifies the Council for TRIPS as follows:
In accordance with Article 6, paragraph 3 of the Berne Convention, Chinese Taipei will
restrict the copyrights granted to the works of authors who are nationals of countries which are not
parties to the WTO and which fail to protect the works of authors of nationals of Chinese Taipei in an
adequate manner.
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