United Kingdom

State of Signatures and Ratifications on 1 November 1996 of the: European Convention on cinematographic co-production European Convention relating to questions on copyright law and neighbouring rights in the framework of transfrontier broadcasting by satellite

IRIS 1996-10:1/5

Ad van Loon

European Audiovisual Observatory

In IRIS 1996-5: 10 we published an overview of the State of Signatures and Ratifications of, inter alia, the European Convention on cinematographic co-production and the European Convention relating to questions on copyright law and neighbouring rights in the framework of transfrontier broadcasting by satellite.

We can hereby report that Luxembourg ratfied the European Convention on cinematographic co-production on 21 June 1996 and that therefore, this Convention entered into force for Luxembourg on 1 October 1996. Furthermore, the United Kingdom signed the European Convention relating to questions on copyright law and neighbouring rights in the framework of transfrontier broadcasting by satellite on 2 October 1996. This Convention, which was opened for signature on 11 May 1994, has now been signed by 7 member States of the Council of Europe and also by the EEC (on 26 june 1996). However, it could not yet enter into force since so far it has not yet been ratified by any Member State. Entry into force will only take place after 7 ratifications of which 5 by member States.