. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/TUN/2/Add.1
24 January 2003
(03-0445)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  French
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
TUNISIA
Addendum
Further to its initial notification of intellectual property laws and regulations pursuant to
Article 63.2 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspect s of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and
the procedures laid down by the Council for TRIPS (see document IP/N/1/TUN/2), Tunisia has
notified the following laws and regulations by means of communications from its Permanent Mission
dated 6 November 2001, 18 January and 19 March 2002 and 3 January 2003.
- Decree No. 2001-328 of 23 January 2001 establishing the procedures for keeping the national
patent register and the procedures for entry in that register. 1
- Decree No. 2001-836 of 10 April 2001 establishing patent fee levels. 2
- Decree No. 2001-1602 of 11 July 2001 establishing the procedures for the deposit of layout-
designs of integrated circuits and the procedures for their entry in the national register of
layout-designs of integrated circuits. 3
- Decree No. 2001-1603 of 11 July 2001 establishing the procedures for registering and for
filing an opposition to the registration of trademarks and service marks and the procedures for
their entry in the national trademark register. 4
- Decree No. 2001-1604 of 11 July 2001 establishing the procedures for the deposit of
industrial designs and the procedures for their entry in the national register of industrial
designs. 5
- Decree No. 2001-1984 of 27 August 2001 on the fees for layout-designs of integrated circuits. 6
- Decree No. 2001-1985 of 27 August 2001 esta blishing industrial design fee levels. 7
- Decree No. 2001-1934 of 14 August 2001 establishi ng trademark and service mark fee levels. 8
                                                     
1 See document IP/N/1/TUN/P/2.
2 See document IP/N/1/TUN/P/3.
3 See document IP/N/1/TUN/L/2.
4 See document IP/N/1/TUN/T/2.
5 See document IP/N/1/TUN/D/2.
6 See document IP/N/1/TUN/L/3.
7 See document IP/N/1/TUN/D/3.
8 See document IP/N/1/TUN/T/3.IP/N/1/TUN/2/Add.1
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- Law No. 99-57 of 28 June 1999 on registered appellations of origin and indications of source
of agricultural products. 9
- Decree No. 2001-2750 of 26 November 2001 establishing the criteria and arrangements for
sharing the revenue from the exploitation of patented inventions or discoveries accruing to a
public authority or corporation and to the public research officer who is the author of the
invention or discovery. 10
- Minister of Finance Order of 3 December 2001 establishing the form in which to apply in
writing for the suspension of import clearance for goods bearing a counterfeit trademark or
service mark and the procedures for lodging the application with the Customs services. 11
- Minister of Finance Order of 3 December 2001 establishing the form in which to apply in
writing for the suspension of import clearance for goods incorporating a counterfeit industrial
design and the procedures for lodging the application with the Customs services. 12
- Minister of Finance Order of 3 December 2001 establishing the form in which to apply in
writing for the suspension of import clearance for goods incorporating a copied layout-design
of an integrated circuit and the procedures for lodging the application with the Customs
services. 13
- Law No. 99-42 of 10 May 1999 on seeds, seedlings and plant varieties. 14
- Law No. 2002-83 of 14 October 2002 approving the accession of the Republic of Tunisia to
the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. 15
- Decree No. 2002-3019 of 19 November 2002 ratifying the accession of the Republic of
Tunisia to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. 15
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9 See document IP/N/1/TUN/G/1.
10 See document IP/N/1/TUN/P/4.
11 See document IP/N/1/TUN/E/1.
12 See document IP/N/1/TUN/E/2.
13 See document IP/N/1/TUN/E/3.
14 See document IP/N/1/TUN/P/5.
15 See document IP/N/1/TUN/P/6.