1. This Order may be cited as the Performances (Reciprocal Protection) (Convention Countries) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 11th March 1994.

2. The following countries are hereby designated as enjoying reciprocal protection under Part II of the Copyright, Designs andPatents Act 1988 (rights in performances)-

• Argentina

• Australia

• Austria

• Barbados

• Bolivia

• Brazil

• Burkina Faso

• Chile

• Columbia

• Congo

• Costa Rica

• Czech Republic

• Denmark (including Greenland and the Faeroe Islands)

• Dominican Republic

• Ecuador

• El Salvador

• Fiji

• Finland

• France (including all Overseas Departments and Territories)

• Germany

• Greece

• Guatemala

• Honduras

• Ireland,

• Republic of Italy

• Japan

• Lesotho

• Luxembourg

• Mexico

• Monaco

• Netherlands

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Norway

• Panama

• Paraguay

• Peru

• Philippines

• Spain

• Slovak Republic

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Uruguay.

3. The Performances (Reciprocal Protection) (Convention Countries) Order 1993(2) is hereby revoked.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Performances (Reciprocal Protection) (Convention Countries) Order 1993 designated certain countries, all parties to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (the Rome Convention) (Cmnd. 2425), as enjoying reciprocal protection under the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 relating to rights in performances.

Bolivia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Slovak Republic and Switzerland also have become parties to the Rome Convention. This Order revokes and replaces the 1993 Order -

(a)to include those countries in the list of designated countries; and

(b)to omit the entry relating to Czechoslovakia.