The agreement on cooperation in the field of protection of copyright and the related rights
of September 24, 1993
The State Parties of this agreement, hereinafter referred to as "State Parties",
proceeding from the principles and regulations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Agreement on creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States of December 8, 1991, the Almaty declaration of December 21, 1991, the Memorandum of understanding concerning legal succession concerning the agreements of the former USSR which are of mutual interest of July 6, 1992,
considering modern role of copyright in forming of national cultural capacity, in the international cultural exchange, and also in development of equal interstate trade and economic relations,
aiming at further cooperation increase in the field of mutual exchange of cultural values by use of works of science, literature and art,
recognizing necessary to determine conditions and procedure for mutual protection of copyright and the related rights,
agreed as follows:
The State Parties provide in the territories accomplishment of the international obligations following from participation of the former USSR in the World convention on copyright (in edition of 1952), that the date of entry into force of the specified Convention for the former USSR (on May 27, 1973) is date from which each State Party reads out itself connected it by provisions.
Each State Party will direct about it the necessary application to the Director-General of the United Nations for education, science and culture (UNESCO).
The State Parties apply the World convention on copyright (in edition of 1952) in the relations among themselves as to the works created after May 27, 1973 and to the works protected by the legislation of the State Parties before this date on the same conditions which are established by the national legal system concerning the authors.
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