Notification

BEIJING Notification No. 49

d WIPO

WORLD I NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGAN IZAT ION

BEIJING TREATY ON AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES

Accession by Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 8, 2024, of its instrument of accession to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, adopted at Beijing on June 24, 2012.

The Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Saint Kitts and Nevis, on October 8, 2024.

The list of the States party to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (status on ./. July 8, 2024) is attached to this Notification.

July 8, 2024

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Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (Beijing, 2012)

Status on July 8, 2024

State Date on which State became party to the Treaty

Algeria .................................................... April 28, 2020 Armenia .................................................. March 17, 2021 Belize ...................................................... April 28, 2020 Botswana ................................................ April 28, 2020 Burkina Faso ........................................... April 28, 2020 Cambodia ................................................ April 28, 2020 Central African Republic ........................ November 19, 2020 Chile ....................................................... April 28, 2020 China1,2 ................................................... April 28, 2020 Comoros ................................................. April 25, 2021 Cook Islands ........................................... April 28, 2020 Costa Rica ............................................... February 13, 2021 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ................................................

April 28, 2020

Dominican Republic ............................... April 28, 2020 Ecuador ................................................... August 3, 2021 El Salvador ............................................. April 28, 2020 Gabon ..................................................... April 28, 2020 Indonesia ................................................ April 28, 2020 Japan3 ..................................................... April 28, 2020 Kenya...................................................... April 28, 2020 Kiribati .................................................... June 22, 2021 Liechtenstein ........................................... December 22, 2021 Mali ........................................................ April 28, 2020

State Date on which State became party to the Treaty

Marshall Islands ...................................... April 28, 2020 Mexico4................................................... October 7, 2022 Morocco .................................................. July 22, 2022 Nigeria ................................................... April 28, 2020 Panama .................................................... June 23, 2022 Peru5 ....................................................... April 28, 2020 Philippines .............................................. July 28, 2021 Qatar ....................................................... April 28, 2020 Republic of Korea6 ................................. July 22, 2020 Republic of Moldova .............................. April 28, 2020 Russian Federation .................................. April 28, 2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis .............................. October 8, 2024 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ........... April 28, 2020 Samoa7 .................................................... April 28, 2020 Sao Tome and Principe ........................... January 15, 2021 Slovakia8 ................................................. April 28, 2020 Switzerland9 ............................................ May 11, 2020 Syrian Arab Republic .............................. April 28, 2020 Togo ........................................................ April 20, 2021 Trinidad and Tobago ............................... April 28, 2020 Tunisia .................................................... April 28, 2020 Uganda .................................................... April 28, 2022 United Arab Emirates ............................. April 28, 2020 Vanuatu ................................................... August 6, 2020 Zimbabwe ............................................... April 28, 2020

(Total: 48 States)

1 The People’s Republic of China shall not be bound by Article 11(1) and (2) of the Treaty. 2 The Treaty shall not apply for the time being to Hong Kong, China until otherwise notified by the Government of the People’s Republic of China. 3 Pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Treaty, Japan will establish a right to equitable remuneration, instead of the right of authorization provided for in Article11(1) for the broadcasting of a performance by:

(a) a broadcasting organization, using the audiovisual fixation that it made for the broadcasting under the authorization of the person entitled to the right to broadcast the performance;

(b) a person to whom the broadcasting organization referred to in (a) provided the audiovisual fixations referred to in (a), using those audiovisual fixations; or

(c) a person to whom the broadcasting organization referred to in (a) otherwise supplied a broadcasting program pertaining to the authorization referred to in (a), using that broadcasting program;

Pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Treaty, Japan will also establish a right to equitable remuneration, instead of the right of authorization provided for in Article 11(1) of the Treaty, for the simultaneous cablecasting of a broadcast performance and for the “automatic public transmission of unfixed information” made in order that a broadcast performance be received simultaneously with the original broadcasting exclusively in the broadcasting service area pertaining to the original broadcasting;

“automatic public transmission of unfixed information” shall mean transmission by means of inputting information into an automatic public transmission server already connected with a telecommunication line that is provided for use by the public, which is carried out automatically in response to a request from the public and which is intended for direct receipt by the public;

Pursuant to Article 11, paragraph 3 of the Treaty, Japan will not apply the provisions of Article 11 paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Treaty to the communication to the public of a performance fixed in audiovisual fixations done by means other than cablecasting or “automatic public transmission of unfixed information”. 4 In accordance with Article 11(2) of the Treaty, the United Mexican States opts for the right to equitable remuneration for the broadcast and communication to the public of performances fixed in audiovisual fixations, without prejudice to

Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (Beijing, 2012)

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the provisions of its national legislation on telecommunications with respect to the obligation of restricted television concessionaires to retransmit the broadcast television signal. 5 In accordance with Article 11(2) of the Treaty, the Republic of Peru opts for the right to equitable remuneration for the direct or indirect use of performances fixed in audiovisual fixations for broadcasting or for communication to the public. 6 In accordance with Article 11(3) of the Treaty, the Republic of Korea will apply the provision of Article 11(1) thereof only in respect of the performances fixed in audiovisual fixation for broadcasting or transmission by wire. Transmission by wire does not include transmission over the Internet. 7 Pursuant to Article 11(3) of the Treaty, the provisions under Articles 11(1) and (2) do not apply to the Independent State of Samoa, until such time that the national laws have been reformed. 8 In accordance with Article 11(2) of the Treaty, the Slovak Republic has set conditions in its legislation for the exercise of the right to equitable remuneration. 9 Pursuant to Article 11(2) and (3), instead of the exclusive right of authorization referred to in Article 11(1), Switzerland shall grant a right to remuneration subject to collective management and to the principle of reciprocity for the broadcasting, retransmission or public reception of an audiovisual fixation where it is made from a commercially available audiovisual fixation.

BEIJING Notification No. 49

d WIPO

WORLD I NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGAN IZAT ION

BEIJING TREATY ON AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES

Accession by Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 8, 2024, of its instrument of accession to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, adopted at Beijing on June 24, 2012.

The Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Saint Kitts and Nevis, on October 8, 2024.

The list of the States party to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (status on ./. July 8, 2024) is attached to this Notification.

July 8, 2024

34, cl1emin des Colombettes

CH-12 11 Geneva 20, Switzerland

T +41 22 338 91 11 F +41 22 733 54 28

www.wipo.int

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Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (Beijing, 2012)

Status on July 8, 2024

State Date on which State became party to the Treaty

Algeria .................................................... April 28, 2020 Armenia .................................................. March 17, 2021 Belize ...................................................... April 28, 2020 Botswana ................................................ April 28, 2020 Burkina Faso ........................................... April 28, 2020 Cambodia ................................................ April 28, 2020 Central African Republic ........................ November 19, 2020 Chile ....................................................... April 28, 2020 China1,2 ................................................... April 28, 2020 Comoros ................................................. April 25, 2021 Cook Islands ........................................... April 28, 2020 Costa Rica ............................................... February 13, 2021 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ................................................

April 28, 2020

Dominican Republic ............................... April 28, 2020 Ecuador ................................................... August 3, 2021 El Salvador ............................................. April 28, 2020 Gabon ..................................................... April 28, 2020 Indonesia ................................................ April 28, 2020 Japan3 ..................................................... April 28, 2020 Kenya...................................................... April 28, 2020 Kiribati .................................................... June 22, 2021 Liechtenstein ........................................... December 22, 2021 Mali ........................................................ April 28, 2020

State Date on which State became party to the Treaty

Marshall Islands ...................................... April 28, 2020 Mexico4................................................... October 7, 2022 Morocco .................................................. July 22, 2022 Nigeria ................................................... April 28, 2020 Panama .................................................... June 23, 2022 Peru5 ....................................................... April 28, 2020 Philippines .............................................. July 28, 2021 Qatar ....................................................... April 28, 2020 Republic of Korea6 ................................. July 22, 2020 Republic of Moldova .............................. April 28, 2020 Russian Federation .................................. April 28, 2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis .............................. October 8, 2024 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ........... April 28, 2020 Samoa7 .................................................... April 28, 2020 Sao Tome and Principe ........................... January 15, 2021 Slovakia8 ................................................. April 28, 2020 Switzerland9 ............................................ May 11, 2020 Syrian Arab Republic .............................. April 28, 2020 Togo ........................................................ April 20, 2021 Trinidad and Tobago ............................... April 28, 2020 Tunisia .................................................... April 28, 2020 Uganda .................................................... April 28, 2022 United Arab Emirates ............................. April 28, 2020 Vanuatu ................................................... August 6, 2020 Zimbabwe ............................................... April 28, 2020

(Total: 48 States)

1 The People’s Republic of China shall not be bound by Article 11(1) and (2) of the Treaty. 2 The Treaty shall not apply for the time being to Hong Kong, China until otherwise notified by the Government of the People’s Republic of China. 3 Pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Treaty, Japan will establish a right to equitable remuneration, instead of the right of authorization provided for in Article11(1) for the broadcasting of a performance by:

(a) a broadcasting organization, using the audiovisual fixation that it made for the broadcasting under the authorization of the person entitled to the right to broadcast the performance;

(b) a person to whom the broadcasting organization referred to in (a) provided the audiovisual fixations referred to in (a), using those audiovisual fixations; or

(c) a person to whom the broadcasting organization referred to in (a) otherwise supplied a broadcasting program pertaining to the authorization referred to in (a), using that broadcasting program;

Pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Treaty, Japan will also establish a right to equitable remuneration, instead of the right of authorization provided for in Article 11(1) of the Treaty, for the simultaneous cablecasting of a broadcast performance and for the “automatic public transmission of unfixed information” made in order that a broadcast performance be received simultaneously with the original broadcasting exclusively in the broadcasting service area pertaining to the original broadcasting;

“automatic public transmission of unfixed information” shall mean transmission by means of inputting information into an automatic public transmission server already connected with a telecommunication line that is provided for use by the public, which is carried out automatically in response to a request from the public and which is intended for direct receipt by the public;

Pursuant to Article 11, paragraph 3 of the Treaty, Japan will not apply the provisions of Article 11 paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Treaty to the communication to the public of a performance fixed in audiovisual fixations done by means other than cablecasting or “automatic public transmission of unfixed information”. 4 In accordance with Article 11(2) of the Treaty, the United Mexican States opts for the right to equitable remuneration for the broadcast and communication to the public of performances fixed in audiovisual fixations, without prejudice to

Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (Beijing, 2012)

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the provisions of its national legislation on telecommunications with respect to the obligation of restricted television concessionaires to retransmit the broadcast television signal. 5 In accordance with Article 11(2) of the Treaty, the Republic of Peru opts for the right to equitable remuneration for the direct or indirect use of performances fixed in audiovisual fixations for broadcasting or for communication to the public. 6 In accordance with Article 11(3) of the Treaty, the Republic of Korea will apply the provision of Article 11(1) thereof only in respect of the performances fixed in audiovisual fixation for broadcasting or transmission by wire. Transmission by wire does not include transmission over the Internet. 7 Pursuant to Article 11(3) of the Treaty, the provisions under Articles 11(1) and (2) do not apply to the Independent State of Samoa, until such time that the national laws have been reformed. 8 In accordance with Article 11(2) of the Treaty, the Slovak Republic has set conditions in its legislation for the exercise of the right to equitable remuneration. 9 Pursuant to Article 11(2) and (3), instead of the exclusive right of authorization referred to in Article 11(1), Switzerland shall grant a right to remuneration subject to collective management and to the principle of reciprocity for the broadcasting, retransmission or public reception of an audiovisual fixation where it is made from a commercially available audiovisual fixation.

Notification BEIJING n° 49

OMPI ORGANISAT ION MOND IA LE DE LA PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE

TRAITE DE BEIJING SUR LES INTERPRETATIONS ET EXECUTIONS AUDIOVISUELLES

Adhesion de la Republique de Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis

Le Directeur general de !'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriete lntellectuelle (OMPI) presente ses compliments au Ministre des affaires etrangeres et a l'honneur de notifier le depot par le Gouvernement de Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis, le 8 juillet 2024, de son instrument d'adhesion au Traite de Beijing sur les interpretations et executions audiovisuelles, adopte a Beijing le 24 juin 2012.

Le Traite entrera en vigueur, a l'egard de Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis, le 8 octobre 2024.

La liste des Etats parties au Traite de Beijing sur les interpretations et executions ./. audiovisuelles (situation le 8 juillet 2024) est jointe a la presente notification.

Le 8 juillet 2024

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Traité de Beijing sur les interprétations et exécutions audiovisuelles

(Beijing, 2012)

Situation le 8 juillet 2024

État Date à laquelle l’État est devenu partie au Traité

Algérie ........................................................ 28 avril 2020 Arménie ...................................................... 17 mars 2021 Belize .......................................................... 28 avril 2020 Botswana .................................................... 28 avril 2020 Burkina Faso ............................................... 28 avril 2020 Cambodge ................................................... 28 avril 2020 Chili ............................................................ 28 avril 2020 Chine1, 2 ...................................................... 28 avril 2020 Comores ...................................................... 25 avril 2021 Costa Rica ................................................... 13 février 2021 El Salvador ................................................. 28 avril 2020 Émirats arabes unis ..................................... 28 avril 2020 Équateur ...................................................... 3 août 2021 Fédération de Russie ................................... 28 avril 2020 Gabon ......................................................... 28 avril 2020 Îles Cook ..................................................... 28 avril 2020 Îles Marshall ............................................... 28 avril 2020 Indonésie .................................................... 28 avril 2020 Japon3 ......................................................... 28 avril 2020 Liechtenstein ............................................... 22 décembre 2021 Kenya.......................................................... 28 avril 2020 Kiribati ........................................................ 22 juin 2021 Mali ............................................................ 28 avril 2020 Maroc.......................................................... 22 juillet 2022 Mexique4 .................................................... 7 octobre 2022

État Date à laquelle l’État est devenu partie au Traité

Nigéria ....................................................... 28 avril 2020 Ouganda ..................................................... 28 avril 2022 Panama ....................................................... 23 juin 2022 Pérou5 ........................................................ 28 avril 2020 Philippines ................................................. 28 juillet 2021 Qatar .......................................................... 28 avril 2020 République arabe syrienne ......................... 28 avril 2020 République centrafricaine .......................... 19 novembre 2020 République de Corée6 ................................ 22 juillet 2020 République de Moldova ............................. 28 avril 2020 République dominicaine ............................ 28 avril 2020 République populaire démocratique de Corée ...................................................

28 avril 2020

Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis ................................... 8 octobre 2024 Saint-Vincent-et-les Grenadines ................ 28 avril 2020 Samoa7 ....................................................... 28 avril 2020 Sao Tomé-et-Principe ................................ 15 janvier 2021 Slovaquie8 .................................................. 28 avril 2020 Suisse9 ....................................................... 11 mai 2020 Togo ........................................................... 20 avril 2021 Trinité-et-Tobago ....................................... 28 avril 2020 Tunisie ....................................................... 28 avril 2020 Vanuatu ...................................................... 6 août 2020 Zimbabwe .................................................. 28 avril 2020

(Total : 48 États)

1 La République populaire de Chine ne sera pas liée par les articles 11.1) et 2) du traité. 2 Le traité ne s’appliquera pas, pour le moment, à Hong Kong (Chine) et ce jusqu’à notification du contraire par le Gouvernement de la République populaire de Chine. 3 Conformément à l’article 11.2) du traité, le Japon établira un droit à rémunération équitable en lieu et place du droit d’autorisation visé à l’article 11.1) du traité pour la radiodiffusion d’une interprétation ou exécution par:

a) un organisme de radiodiffusion au moyen de la fixation audiovisuelle qu’il a réalisée aux fins de la radiodiffusion en vertu de l’autorisation conférée par la personne investie du droit de diffuser l’interprétation ou exécution; b) une personne à laquelle l’organisme de radiodiffusion visé à l’alinéa a) a remis une fixation audiovisuelle visée à l’alinéa a), qui utilise cette fixation audiovisuelle; ou c) une personne à laquelle l’organisme de radiodiffusion visé à l’alinéa a) a fourni un programme de radiodiffusion relevant de l’autorisation visée à l’alinéa a), qui utilise ce programme de radiodiffusion;

Conformément à l’article 11.2) du traité, le Japon établira également un droit à rémunération équitable en lieu et place du droit d’autorisation visé à l’article 11.1) du traité, pour la distribution simultanée par câble d’une interprétation ou exécution radiodiffusée et pour la “transmission automatique au public d’informations non fixées” effectuée afin qu’une interprétation ou exécution radiodiffusée soit reçue simultanément à l’émission originale exclusivement dans la zone de desserte de l’émission originale;

“La transmission automatique au public d’informations non fixées” s’entend d’une transmission effectuée au moyen de l’introduction de données dans un serveur automatique de transmission au public déjà connecté à une ligne de communication mis à la disposition du public, qui s’effectue automatiquement en réponse à une demande du public et qui est destinée à être reçue directement par le public;

Conformément à l’article 11.3) du traité, le Japon n’appliquera pas les dispositions des alinéas 1) et 2) de l’article 11 du traité à la communication au public d’une interprétation ou exécution fixée dans des fixations audiovisuelles effectuée par d’autres moyens que la distribution par câble ou la “transmission automatique au public d’informations non fixées. 4 Conformément à l'article 11.2 du traité, les États-Unis Mexicains opte pour le droit à une rémunération équitable lorsque des interprétations ou exécutions fixées sur fixations audiovisuelles sont radiodiffusées ou communiquées au public, sans préjudice des dispositions de sa législation nationale en matière de télécommunications, relatives à l’obligation des concessionnaires de télévision restreinte de retransmettre le signal de télévision diffusé.

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Traité de Beijing sur les interprétations et exécutions audiovisuelles

(Beijing, 2012)

Situation le 8 juillet 2024

5 Conformément à l’article 11.2) du traité, la République du Pérou opte pour un droit à rémunération équitable lorsque des interprétations ou exécutions fixées sur fixations audiovisuelles sont utilisées directement ou indirectement pour la radiodiffusion ou pour la communication au public. 6 Conformément à l’article 11.3) du traité, la République de Corée appliquera la disposition de l’article 11.1) uniquement à l’égard des interprétations ou exécutions fixées sur fixations audiovisuelles à des fins de radiodiffusion ou de transmission par fil. La transmission par fil ne comprend pas la transmission sur l’Internet. 7 Conformément à l’article 11.3), les dispositions des articles 11.1) et 2) ne s’appliquent pas à l’État indépendant du Samoa jusqu’à ce que la législation nationale ait été réformée. 8 Conformément à l’article 11.2) du traité, la République slovaque a prévu dans sa législation les conditions d’exercice du droit à rémunération équitable. 9 Conformément à l’article 11.2) et 3), la Suisse accorde, en lieu et place du droit exclusif d’autorisation visé à l’article 11(1), un droit à rémunération soumis à la gestion collective et au principe de réciprocité pour la diffusion, la retransmission ou la réception publique d’une fixation audiovisuelle lorsque celle-ci est faite à partir d’une fixation audiovisuelle disponible sur le marché.