Guidance

Treaty Action Bulletin: October 2020

Published 2 November 2020

1. Treaties for which the UK is depositary

• Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries

Action: UK accession: see status list as linked from title.

• Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies

Action: Bosnia and Herzegovina accession: see status link as linked from title.

2. Published in Miscellaneous Series

Amended Schedules to the Agreement on Government Procurement as a result of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012, entering into force for Switzerland

3. Published in Country Series

Framework Agreement on Fisheries between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Norway

Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Technology Safeguards associated with United States Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom

Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership

4. Multilateral treaties: UK actions

• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled: ratification/extension in respect of United Kingdom, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Gibraltar, and Isle of Man

• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks: extension to Bailiwick of Guernsey and Gibraltar

• Patent Cooperation Treaty: extension to Gibraltar

• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks: extension to Gibraltar

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property: extension to Gibraltar

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: extension to Gibraltar