There is neither framework legislation concerning culture or cultural policy in San Marino nor a law referring to the “status of artists”, whether employees, self-employed or free-lance.
Table 1: Main international legal instruments related to culture adopted and their enforcement in national legislation
Depositary Title, place and year of the international act | Year of signature, adoption and ratification |
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WIPO Convention for the protection of industrial property and subsequent revisions, Paris 20 March 1883 |
Ratification, 1959 Decree n. 78/1991 |
WIPO Agreement for the repression of false or deceptive indications of source on goods and subsequent revisions, Madrid 14 April 1891 |
Ratification, 1960 Decree n. 78/1991 |
WIPO Agreement concerning the international registration of marks and subsequent revisions, Madrid 14 April 1891 |
Ratification, 1960 Decree n. 35/1968 |
UNESCO Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, London 16 November 1945 |
Signature, 1952 Decree n. 28/1967 |
WIPO Convention establishing the World Industrial Property Organisation, Stockholm 4 July 1967, amended in 1979 |
Accession, 1991 Decree n. 78/1991 |
WIPO Stockholm Act revising the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks of 14 April 1891 and subsequent revisions, Stockholm 14 July 1967, amended in 1979 |
Acceptance, 1991 Decree n. 78/1991 |
WIPO Additional Act of Stockholm to the Madrid Agreement of 14 April 1891 for the repression of false or deceptive indications of source on goods and revised in Lisbon on 31 October 1958, Stockholm 14 July 1967 |
Acceptance, 1991 Decree n. 78/1991 |
UNESCO Agreement on the importation of educational, scientific and cultural materials and Protocol thereto, Florence 17 June 1950 |
Accession, 1974 Decree n. 92/1974 |
UNESCO Universal Copyright Convention and Protocols thereto, Geneva 6 September 1952 |
Accession, 1984 Decree n.105/1984 |
Council of Europe European Convention on the equivalence of diplomas leading to admission to universities, Paris 11 December 1953 |
Ratification, 1996 Decree n. 65/1991 |
UNESCO Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, regulations for the execution and Protocol thereto, The Hague 14 May 1954 |
Ratification, 1956 Decree n. 46/1955 |
Council of Europe European Cultural Convention, Paris 19 December 1954 |
Accession, 1986 Decree n. 8/1986 |
UNO International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York 19 December 1966 |
Accession, 1985 Decree n. 109/1985 |
WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty, Washington 19 June 1970 |
Accession, 2004 Decree n. 94/2004 |
UNESCO Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, Paris 16 November 1972 |
Ratification, 1991 Decree n. 67/1991 |
Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPC – European Patent Convention), updated in Munich on 29 November 2000 and entered into force on 13 December 2007, and relevant texts and Additional Protocols, Munich 5 October 1973 |
Accession, 2009 Decree n. 48/2009 |
UNESCO Protocol to the Agreement of 22 November 1950 on the importation of educational, scientific and cultural materials, Nairobi 26 November 1976 |
Accession, 1985 Decree n. 105/1984 |
UNESCO Convention on the recognition of studies, diplomas and degrees concerning higher education in the States belonging to the Europe Region, Paris 21 December 1979 |
Ratification, 1983 Decree October 1999 |
Council of Europe European Convention on the protection of the archaeological heritage (revised), Valletta 16 January 1992 | Signature, 1992 |
WIPO European Convention relating to questions on copyright law and neighbouring rights in the framework of transfrontier broadcasting by satellite, Strasbourg 11 May 1994 | Signature, 1994 |
WIPO Geneva Act of The Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, Geneva 2 July 1999 |
Accession, 2011 Decree no. 70/2011 |
WIPO Patent Law Treaty, Geneva 1 June 2000 | Signature, 2000 |
Council of Europe Framework Convention on the value of cultural heritage for society, Faro 27 October 2005 | Accession, 2006 |
UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, Paris 20 October 2005 | Congress of State Decision authorising accession, n. 4 of 16 May 2006 |
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