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Partijen met voorbehouden, verklaringen en bezwaren

Partij	Voorbehoud / verklaring	Bezwaren
Burkina Faso	Ja	Nee
Denemarken	Ja	Nee
Guatemala	Ja	Nee
Guinee	Ja	Nee
Japan	Ja	Nee
Nederlanden, het Koninkrijk der	Ja	Nee
Spanje	Ja	Nee
Sri Lanka	Ja	Nee

Burkina Faso

09-05-1997

Depositary communication.
Burkina Faso being a Member State of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Burkina Faso, three months after the date on which OAPI deposits its instrument of accession to the said Treaty.

Denemarken

28-10-1997

Until later decision, the Treaty will not be applied to the Faroe Islands or to Greenland.

Guatemala

12-09-2016

For the Republic of Guatemala, pursuant to the provisions of its domestic law, the Treaty shall apply to marks consisting of visible signs, including three-dimensional marks, which relate to products or services, or to both products and services. However, it shall not apply to holograms, sound or scent marks, or collective and certification marks.

Guinee

05-08-1996

Depositary communication.
Guinea being a Member State of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Guinea, three months after the date on which OAPI deposits its instrument of accession to the said Treaty.

Japan

01-01-1997

A declaration, in accordance with Article 21(1) of the Trademark Law Treaty, that the provisions of Articles 3(1)(a), (1)(b) and (2), 5(1) and (4), 7(2), 11 and 13(1)(a), (1)(c), (2), (4), (6) and (7) shall not apply to defensive marks, and by the declaration referred to in Article 22(6) of the said Treaty.

Nederlanden, het Koninkrijk der

23-06-2011

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a Member State of the Benelux Trademark Office with respect to the European part of the Netherlands.
Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) can be, and indeed are, bound to the Treaty without all Benelux States having ratified it.

Spanje

17-12-1998

Reservation, pursuant to Article 21(1), that, notwithstanding Article 11, derivative marks or applications for such marks may not be assigned independently but only with the principal mark, the assignment or licence of which shall constitute also that of the marks derived from it.
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(1)(a), that, notwithstanding Article 3(5), an application may be filed only in respect of goods or services which belong to one class of the Nice Classification;
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(1)(c), that, notwithstanding Article 7(1), no application may be divided;
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(2), that, notwithstanding Article 4(3)(b), a power [of representation] may only relate to one application or one registration;
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(5), that, notwithstanding Article 13(4)(iii), the furnishing of a declaration and evidence concerning use of the mark may be required on the occasion of renewal.

Sri Lanka

06-03-1996

(i) With reference to Article 22(1)(a) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 3(5), an application may be filed with the Office only in respect of goods or services which belong to one class of the Nice Classification.
(ii) With reference to Article 22(1)(c) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 7(1), no application may be divided.
(iii) With reference to Article 22(2) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 4(3)(b), a power of attorney may only relate to one application or one registration.
(iv) With reference to Article 22(4) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 10(1)(e), (2) and (3), Article 11(1)(h) and (3) and Article 12(1)(e) and (2), a request for the recordal of a change in name and/or address, a request for the recordal of a change in ownership and a request for the correction of a mistake may only relate to one application or one registration.