Article 2(1) and (2)

SCHEDULE 1COUNTRIES ENJOYING PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF ALL WORKS EXCEPT BROADCASTS AND CABLE PROGRAMMES

(The countries specified in this Schedule either are parties to the Berne Copyright Convention and/or the Universal Copyright Convention and/or the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and/or are member States of the European Community or otherwise give adequate protection under their law.)

  • Albania

  • Algeria

  • Andorra (27th September 1957)

  • Angola

  • Antigua and Barbuda

  • Argentina

  • Australia (including Norfolk Island)

  • Austria

  • Azerbaijan

  • Bahamas

  • Bahrain

  • Bangladesh

  • Barbados

  • Belarus

  • Belgium

  • Belize

  • Benin

  • Bolivia

  • Bosnia-Herzegovina

  • Botswana

  • Brazil

  • Brunei Darussalam

  • Bulgaria

  • Burkina Faso

  • Burundi

  • Cameroon

  • Canada

  • Cape Verde

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Chile

  • China (including Hong Kong)

  • Colombia

  • Congo

  • Costa Rica

  • Cote d'Ivoire

  • Croatia

  • Cuba

  • Cyprus, Republic of

  • Czech Republic

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Denmark (including Greenland and the Faeroe Islands)

  • Djibouti

  • Dominica

  • Dominican Republic

  • Ecuador

  • Egypt

  • El Salvador

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Estonia

  • Fiji

  • Finland

  • France (including all Overseas Departments and Territories)

  • Gabon

  • Gambia

  • Georgia

  • Germany

  • Ghana

  • Greece

  • Grenada

  • Guatemala

  • Guinea

  • Guinea-Bissau

  • Guyana

  • Haiti

  • Holy See

  • Honduras

  • Hungary

  • Iceland

  • India

  • Indonesia

  • Ireland, Republic of

  • Israel

  • Italy

  • Jamaica

  • Japan

  • Kampuchea (27th September 1957)

  • Kazakhstan

  • Kenya

  • Korea, Republic of

  • Kuwait

  • Kyrgyz Republic

  • Laos (27th September 1957)

  • Latvia

  • Lebanon

  • Lesotho

  • Liberia

  • Libya

  • Liechtenstein

  • Lithuania

  • Luxembourg

  • Macau

  • Macedonia

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Malaysia

  • Maldives

  • Moldova

  • Mali

  • Malta

  • Mauritania

  • Mauritius

  • Mexico

  • Monaco

  • Mongolia

  • Morocco

  • Mozambique

  • Myanmar

  • Namibia

  • Netherlands (including Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles)

  • New Zealand

  • Nicaragua

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Norway

  • Pakistan

  • Panama

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

  • Philippines

  • Poland

  • Portugal

  • Qatar

  • Romania

  • Russian Federation

  • Rwanda

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Saint Lucia

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Saudi Arabia (13th July 1994)

  • Senegal

  • Sierra Leone

  • Singapore

  • Slovak Republic

  • Slovenia

  • Solomon Islands

  • South Africa

  • Soviet Union (27th May 1973)

  • Spain

  • Sri Lanka

  • Suriname

  • Swaziland

  • Sweden

  • Switzerland

  • Taiwan (10th July 1985)

  • Tajikistan (25th December 1991)

  • Tanzania

  • Thailand

  • Togo

  • Trinidad and Tobago

  • Tunisia

  • Turkey

  • Uganda

  • Ukraine

  • United Arab Emirates

  • United States of America (including Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions)

  • Uruguay

  • Venezuela

  • Yugoslavia

  • Zaire

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe