WIPO-Administered Treaties

Australia

Declaration of Continued Application: April 14, 1928

April 14, 1928

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1913, No.12, p.165 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)

Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Papua: February 1, 1913. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1913, No.12, p.165)

Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Norfolk Island: July 1, 1912. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1913, No.12, p.165)

Austria

Accession: September 11, 1920

October 1, 1920

Belgium

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Brazil

Accession: February 6, 1922

February 9, 1922

Bulgaria

Accession: December 5, 1921

December 5, 1921

Canada

Declaration of Continued Application: April 10, 1928

April 10, 1928

Denmark

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 28, 1912

July 1, 1912

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) included the Faroe Islands. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)

Estonia

Accession: June 9, 1927

June 9, 1927

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations:
(1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works.
(2) Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right to authorize the public performance of translations of dramatic or dramatico-musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1927, No.8, p.89)

Finland

Accession: March 23, 1928

April 1, 1928

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1928, No.4, p.45)

France

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 30, 1910

September 9, 1910

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: In respect to the protection of works of art applied to industry, Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Act is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, (N.B. the latter article does not include said works among literary and artistic works). (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.7, p.86)

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) included colonies and protectorates. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1930, No.7, p.73)

Germany

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Greece

Accession: November 9, 1920

November 9, 1920

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations:
(1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works.
(2) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals.
(3) Article 11 of the Act is replaced by Article 9 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right of public performance of dramatic, dramatico-musical and musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1920, No.12, p.133)

Haiti

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Hungary

Accession: February 14, 1922

February 14, 1922

India

Declaration of Continued Application: April 23, 1928

April 1, 1928

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.3, p.33 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)

Ireland

Accession: October 5, 1927

October 5, 1927

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1927, No.11, p.125)

Italy

November 13, 1908

Ratification: September 23, 1914

December 23, 1914

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations:
(1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works.
(2) Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right to authorize the public performance of translations of dramatic or dramatico-musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.10, p.129)

Japan

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations:
(1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works.
(2) Article 11 of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 3, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the public performance of musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.7, p.86)

Liberia

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Liechtenstein

Accession: July 20, 1931

July 30, 1931

Luxembourg

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Monaco

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Morocco

Accession: June 16, 1917

June 16, 1917

Notification of accession to the Berlin Act (1908) through France.

Namibia

Declaration of Continued Application: September 21, 1993

March 21, 1990

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Accession: October 9, 1912

November 1, 1912

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations:
(1) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works.
(2) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals.
(3) Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the right to authorize the public performance of translations of dramatic or dramatico-musical works. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.11, p.146)

New Zealand

Declaration of Continued Application: April 26, 1928

April 24, 1928

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.4, p.46 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)

Norway

November 13, 1908

Ratification: September 4, 1910

September 9, 1910

The reservations to the Berlin Act (1908) were abandoned by Norway as of December 12, 1931. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1932, No.1, p.3)

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations:
(1) Article 2 of the Act which includes architectural works as such among literary and artistic works is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in so far as Article 4 provides that literary and artistic works shall include plans, sketches and plastic works relative to architecture.
(2) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals.
(3) Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the application of the Berlin Act to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in their country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.9, p.113-114)

Poland

Accession: January 28, 1920

January 28, 1920

Portugal

Accession: March 29, 1911

March 29, 1911

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) included colonies. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1911, No.4, p.45)

Romania

Accession: August 28, 1926

January 1, 1927

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1926, No.11, p.121)

South Africa

Declaration of Continued Application: October 3, 1928

October 3, 1928

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1920, No.5, p.49 and Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)

Spain

November 13, 1908

Ratification: September 7, 1910

September 9, 1910

Sweden

November 13, 1908

Ratification: September 22, 1919

January 1, 1920

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect of the reproduction of articles published in newspapers or periodicals. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1919, No.10, p.109)

Switzerland

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 9, 1910

September 9, 1910

Thailand

Accession: June 17, 1931

July 17, 1931

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservations:
(1) In respect to the protection of works of art applied to industry, Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Act is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, (N.B. the latter article does not include said works among literary and artistic works).
(2) Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Act is replaced by Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, 1886, in respect to the fulfilment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the law of the country of origin of the work.
(3) Article 8 of the Act is replaced by Article 5 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number III, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the exclusive right of authors to make or to authorize the translation of their works.
(4) Article 9 of the Act is replaced by Article 7 of the Berne Convention, 1886, as modified by Article 1, Number IV, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect to the production of articles published in newspapers or periodicals.
(5) Article 11 of the Act is replaced by Article 9 of the Berne Convention, 1886 and point 2 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in respect to the public performance of dramatic, dramatico-musical and musical works.
(6) Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1931, No.8, p.86)

Tunisia

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 30, 1910

September 9, 1910

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: In respect to the protection of works of art applied to industry, Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Act is replaced by Article 4 of the Berne Convention, 1886, (N.B. the latter article does not include said works among literary and artistic works). (see Le Droit d'auteur 1910, No.7, p.86)

Signature and ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) through France.

Türkiye

Accession: June 20, 1931

June 20, 1931

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) and the Berne Additional Protocol (1914) "subject to the conditions and reservations stipulated in Article 14 of the Commercial Convention signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923".
This Commercial Convention provided for the accession of Turkey to the Berne Convention and to the Additional Protocol of 1914, subject to "such reservation as Turkey might formulate concerning the provisions of the aforementioned Convention and Protocol, with reference to the right of translation in the Turkish language, if the other signatory Powers of the Convention and Protocol have not themselves opposed the said reservation in the course of the year following the entry into force" of the Convention of Lausanne.
This treaty was signed by Turkey on the one hand, and by France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Romania and Yugoslavia on the other. None of these countries opposed the Turkish reservation.
In opposition to the reservation were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, and these countries did not consider themselves bound to Turkey. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1931, No.7, p.74)

United Kingdom

November 13, 1908

Ratification: June 4, 1912

July 1, 1912

Ratification of the Berlin Act (1908) subject to the following reservation: Article 18 of the Act is replaced by Article 14 of the Berne Convention, 1886, and Number 4 of the Final Protocol of the same date accompanying the latter Convention, in its version of Article 2, Number II, of the Paris Additional Act, 1896, in respect of the application of the Berlin Act, 1908, to works which have not yet fallen into the public domain in the country of origin at the time the Convention entered into force. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1912, No.7, p.90)

Accession to the Berlin Act (1908) for Palestine: March 17, 1924; Entry into force: March 21, 1924. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1924, No.9, p.97)

Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Jersey: February 4, 1914; Entry into force: March 8, 1913. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.3, p.33)

Application of the Berlin Act (1908) to Guernsey, Alderney and Sark: February 4, 1914; Entry into force: July 1, 1912. (see Le Droit d'auteur 1914, No.3, p.33)