States Party to the PCT and the Paris Convention and Members of the World Trade Organization
(status on 4 July 2013)
States/Members PCT
(148)Paris
(175)
WTO
(159)
States/Members PCT Paris WTO
Albania (AL) X X X Cape Verde (CV) – – X
Algeria (DZ) X X – Central African Republic (CF)X X X Andorra (AD) – X – Chad (TD) X X X
Angola (AO) X X X Chile (CL) X X X Antigua and Barbuda (AG) X X X China (CN) X1X1,2 X Argentina (AR) – X X Colombia (CO) X X X Armenia (AM) X X X Comoros (KM) X X – Australia (AU) X X X Congo (CG) X X X
Austria (AT) X X X Costa Rica (CR) X X X Azerbaijan (AZ) X X – C?te d’Ivoire (CI) X X X Bahamas (BS) – X – Croatia (HR) X X X Bahrain (BH) X X X Cuba (CU) X X X Bangladesh (BD) – X X Cyprus (CY) X X X Barbados (BB) X X X Czech Republic (CZ) X X X Belarus (BY) X X – Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (KP) X X – Belgium (BE) X X X Democratic Republic of the
Congo (CD) – X X
Belize (BZ) X X X Denmark (DK) X X X
Benin (BJ) X X X Djibouti (DJ) – X X
Bhutan (BT) – X – Dominica (DM) X X X
Bolivia (Plurinational State
of) (BO)
– X X Dominican Republic (DO) X X X
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) X X – Ecuador (EC) X X X Botswana (BW) X X X Egypt (EG) X X X
Brazil (BR) X X X El Salvador (SV) X X X
Brunei Darussalam (BN) X X X Equatorial Guinea (GQ) X X – Bulgaria (BG) X X X Estonia (EE) X X X Burkina Faso (BF) X X X European Union (EU) – – X Burundi (BI) – X X Fiji (FJ) – – X Cambodia (KH) – X X Finland (FI) X X X Cameroon (CM) X X X France (FR) X X X Canada (CA) X X X Gabon (GA) X X X
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and Members of the World Trade Organization
(status on 4 July 2013)
States/Members PCT Paris WTO States/Members PCT Paris WTO Gambia (GM) X X X Lebanon (LB) – X –
Georgia (GE) X X X Lesotho (LS) X X X Germany (DE) X X X Liberia (LR) X X –
(LY) X X –
Libya
(GH) X X X
Ghana
Greece (GR) X X X Liechtenstein (LI) X X X Grenada (GD) X X X Lithuania (LT) X X X Guatemala (GT) X X X Luxembourg (LU) X X X
Guinea (GN) X X X Macao, China (MO) – –2 X Guinea–Bissau (GW) X X X Madagascar (MG) X X X
Guyana (GY) – X X Malawi (MW) X X X
Haiti (HT) – X X Malaysia (MY) X X X
Holy See (VA) – X – Maldives (MV) – – X Honduras (HN) X X X Mali (ML) X X X
(MT) X X X Hong Kong, China (HK) –1–1 X
Malta
Hungary (HU) X X X Mauritania (MR) X X X
Iceland (IS) X X X Mauritius (MU) – X X
India (IN) X X X Mexico (MX) X X X Indonesia (ID) X X X Monaco (MC) X X –
(MN) X X X
Mongolia
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IR) X3 X –
Iraq (IQ) – X – Montenegro (ME) X X X
Ireland (IE) X X X Morocco (MA) X X X
Israel (IL) X X X Mozambique (MZ) X X X
Italy (IT) X X X Myanmar (MM) – – X Jamaica (JM) – X X Namibia (NA) X X X
Japan (JP) X X X Nepal (NP) – X X
Jordan (JO) – X X Netherlands (NL) X X X Kazakhstan (KZ) X X – New Zealand (NZ) X X X
Kenya (KE) X X X Nicaragua (NI) X X X
Kuwait (KW) – – X Niger (NE) X X X Kyrgyzstan (KG) X X X Nigeria (NG) X X X
Lao People’s Democratic
Norway (NO) X X X Republic (LA) X X X
Latvia (LV) X X X Oman (OM) X X X
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and Members of the World Trade Organization
(status on 4 July 2013)
States/Members PCT Paris WTO States/Members PCT Paris WTO Pakistan (PK) – X X Sri Lanka (LK) X X X Panama (PA) X X X Sudan (SD) X X –
Papua New Guinea (PG) X X X Suriname (SR) – X X Paraguay (PY) – X X Swaziland (SZ) X X X
Peru (PE) X X X Sweden (SE) X X X Philippines (PH) X X X Switzerland (CH) X X X
Poland (PL) X X X Syrian Arab Republic (SY) X X –
Portugal (PT) X X X Taiwan Province of China
(TW)6– – X
Qatar (QA) X X X Tajikistan (TJ) X X X Republic of Korea (KR) X X X Thailand (TH) X X X Republic of Moldova (MD) X X X The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (MK) X X X Romania (RO) X X X Togo (TG) X X X
Russian Federation (RU) X X X Tonga (TO) – X X
Rwanda (RW) X X X Trinidad and Tobago (TT) X X X
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) X X X Tunisia (TN) X X X
Saint Lucia (LC) X X X Turkey (TR) X X X
Turkmenistan (TM) X X –
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines (VC) X X X
(UG) X X X Samoa (WS) – X4 X
Uganda
San Marino (SM) X X – Ukraine (UA) X X X
Sao Tome and Principe (ST) X X – United Arab Emirates (AE) X X X
Saudi Arabia (SA) X5X X United Kingdom (GB) X X X
Senegal (SN) X X X United Republic of
Tanzania (TZ) X X X
Serbia (RS) X X – United States of America (US)X X X Seychelles (SC) X X – Uruguay (UY) – X X
Sierra Leone (SL) X X X Uzbekistan (UZ) X X – Singapore (SG) X X X Vanuatu (VU) – – X
– X X Slovakia (SK) X X X Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) (VE)
Slovenia (SI) X X X Viet Nam (VN) X X X Solomon Islands (SB) – – X Yemen (YE) – X –
South Africa (ZA) X X X Zambia (ZM) X X X
Spain (ES) X X X Zimbabwe (ZW) X X X
1. China has notified the Director General of WIPO that the PCT and the Paris Convention apply also to Hong Kong, China.
2. China has notified the Director General of WIPO that the Paris Convention applies also to Macao, China.
3. Will become bound by the PCT on 4 October 2013.
4. Will become bound by the Paris Convention on 21 September 2013.
5. Will become bound by the PCT on 3 August 2013.
6. Also referred to by the WTO as “Chinese Taipei” or “Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu”.