Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 23 Jan 1996

Vol. 460 No. 3

Written Answers. - International Agreements.

Frances Fitzgerald

Ceist:

517 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the proposed international agreements under the auspices of his Department which are currently being drafted or prepared; and the international organisation, if any, responsible for the proposed agreement in each case. [19424/96]

Frances Fitzgerald

Ceist:

518 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the international agreements under the auspices of his Department which, as of 1 January 1996, have been signed by the State but have not been ratified; the international organisation, if any, responsible for the agreement in each case; the date and place each agreement was adopted or opened for signature; the date it was signed by the State; whether it is proposed to ratify each agreement; and if so, when. [19443/96]

Frances Fitzgerald

Ceist:

519 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the international agreements under the auspices of his Department which, as of 1 January 1996, have not been signed by the State and which it is proposed that the State should sign or become a party to; the international organisation, if any, responsible for the agreement in each case; the date and place each agreement was adopted or opened for signature; and when it is proposed to sign each agreement or become a party to it. [19458/96]

Minister for Enterprise and Employment (Mr. R. Bruton)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 517 to 519, inclusive, together.

In the time available, the following information has been prepared in response to the Deputy's questions.

International Agreements under the Auspices of my Department

A. Being Prepared

Agreement	International Organisation Responsible
Protocol to the Berne Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Performers and Procedures of Phonograms	World Intellectual Property Organisation
Convention on Home Work	International Labour Organisation
Science and Technology Agreements with the US, Israel and Russia	None

B. Signed by the State but not ratified (as of 1 January 1996)

Agreement	Organisation Responsible	Date and Place adopted or open for signature	Signed by the State	Proposed to ratify	When to be ratified
Madrid Protocol relating to the International Registration of Marks	World Intellectual Property Organisation	27 June 1989 Madrid	Dec. 1989	Yes	Following enactment of the Trade Marks Bill

C. Proposed for Signature

Agreement	Organisation Responsible	Date and Place Adopted or open for signature	When it is proposed to sign
Trademarks Law Treaty	World Intellectual Property Organisation	October 1994 Geneva	Following enactment of the Trade Marks Bill
Paris Act of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works	World Intellectual Property Organisation	24 July 1971, amended on 2 Oct. 1979 Paris	Following enactment of the new Copyright Bill which is in preparation in the Department

The above information does not include the 110 or so Conventions of the International Labour Organisation, dating from 1919, which have not been and, in the case of a great majority of them, are unlikely to be ratified by Ireland. Signature does not arise in the case of ILO Conventions. A list of the conventions concerned can be made available, if required, to the Deputy.