Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure

General information

• Entry into force: 19-08-1980

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 02-07-1987

Netherlands (Bonaire)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Saba)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Aruba

• Entry into force: 02-07-1987

Curaçao

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Sint Maarten

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Party

Albania

• Ratification: 19-06-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-09-2003

Antigua and Barbuda

• Ratification: 25-03-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-06-2019

ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Organization)

• Ratification: 10-08-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-11-1998

Armenia

• Ratification: 06-12-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-03-2005

Australia

• Ratification: 07-04-1987 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-07-1987

Austria

• Signature: 22-12-1977
• Ratification: 26-01-1984 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-04-1984

Azerbaijan

• Ratification: 14-07-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-10-2003

Bahrain

• Ratification: 20-08-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-11-2012

Belarus

• Ratification: 19-07-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-10-2001

Belgium

• Ratification: 15-09-1983 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1983

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ratification: 27-10-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-01-2009

Brunei

• Ratification: 24-04-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-07-2012

Bulgaria

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 19-07-1978 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-08-1980

Canada

• Ratification: 21-06-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-09-1996

Chile

• Ratification: 05-05-2011 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-08-2011

China

• Ratification: 01-04-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-07-1995

Costa Rica

• Ratification: 30-06-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-09-2008

Croatia

• Ratification: 25-11-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-02-2000

Cuba

• Ratification: 19-11-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-02-1994

Czech Republic

• Ratification: 18-12-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1993

Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)

• Ratification: 05-05-1989 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-08-1989

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Ratification: 21-11-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-02-2002

Denmark

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 01-04-1985 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-07-1985

Dominican Republic

• Ratification: 03-04-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-07-2007

EAPO (Eurasian Patent Organization)

• Ratification: 05-01-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-04-2000

El Salvador

• Ratification: 17-05-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-08-2006

EPO (European Patent Organisation)

• Ratification: 26-08-1980 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-11-1980

Estonia

• Ratification: 14-06-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-09-1996

Finland

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 01-06-1985 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-09-1985

France

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 21-02-1980 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-08-1980

Georgia

• Ratification: 30-06-2005 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-09-2005

Germany

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 20-10-1980 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-01-1981

Greece

• Ratification: 30-07-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-10-1993

Guatemala

• Ratification: 14-07-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-10-2006

Honduras

• Ratification: 20-03-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-06-2006

Hungary

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 11-07-1978 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-08-1980

Iceland

• Ratification: 23-12-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-03-1995

India

• Ratification: 17-09-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-12-2001

Indonesia

• Ratification: 13-07-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 13-10-2022

Ireland

• Ratification: 15-09-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1999

Israel

• Ratification: 26-01-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-04-1996

Italy

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 23-12-1985 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-03-1986

Japan

• Ratification: 19-05-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-08-1980

Jordan

• Ratification: 14-08-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-11-2008

Kazakhstan

• Ratification: 24-01-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-04-2002

Kyrgyzstan

• Ratification: 17-02-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-05-2003

Latvia

• Ratification: 29-09-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-12-1994

Liechtenstein

• Ratification: 19-05-1981 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-08-1981

Lithuania

• Ratification: 09-02-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-05-1998

Luxembourg

• Signature: 08-12-1977
• Ratification: 29-04-2010 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-07-2010

Malaysia

• Ratification: 31-03-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-06-2022

Mexico

• Ratification: 21-12-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-03-2001

Moldova

• Ratification: 14-02-1994 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1991

Monaco

• Ratification: 23-10-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-01-1999

Montenegro

• Ratification: 04-12-2006 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-06-2006

Morocco

• Ratification: 20-04-2011 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-07-2011

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 02-04-1987 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-07-1987

Nicaragua

• Ratification: 10-05-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-08-2006

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 30-05-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-08-2002

Norway

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 01-10-1985 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1986

Oman

• Ratification: 16-07-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-10-2007

Panama

• Ratification: 07-06-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-09-2012

Peru

• Ratification: 20-10-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-01-2009

Philippines

• Ratification: 21-07-1981 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-10-1981

Poland

• Ratification: 22-06-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-09-1993

Portugal

• Ratification: 16-07-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-10-1997

Qatar

• Ratification: 06-12-2013 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-03-2014

Republic of Korea, the

• Ratification: 28-12-1987 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-03-1988

Romania

• Ratification: 25-06-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-09-1999

Russian Federation

• Signature: 30-12-1977
• Ratification: 22-01-1981 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-04-1981

Saudi Arabia

• Ratification: 16-10-2020 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-01-2021

Senegal

• Signature: 17-12-1977

Serbia

• Ratification: 25-11-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-02-1994

Singapore

• Ratification: 23-11-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-02-1995

Slovakia

• Ratification: 30-12-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1993

Slovenia

• Ratification: 12-12-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-03-1998

South Africa

• Ratification: 14-04-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-07-1997

Spain

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 19-12-1980 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-03-1981

Sweden

• Signature: 14-11-1977
• Ratification: 23-06-1983 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-10-1983

Switzerland

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 19-05-1981 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-08-1981

Tajikistan

• Ratification: 14-02-1994 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1991

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 10-12-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-03-1994

Tunisia

• Ratification: 23-02-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-05-2004

Türkiye

• Ratification: 31-08-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-11-1998

Ukraine

• Ratification: 02-04-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-07-1997

United Arab Emirates

• Ratification: 17-02-2021 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-05-2021

United Kingdom

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 29-09-1980 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-12-1980
• Gibraltar
  Entry into force: 01-01-2021Guernsey
  Entry into force: 01-01-2021Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 01-01-2021

United States of America

• Signature: 28-04-1977
• Ratification: 24-09-1979 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-08-1980

Uzbekistan

• Ratification: 12-10-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-01-2002

Vietnam

• Ratification: 01-03-2021 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-06-2021

Colombia

• Ratification: 26-04-2016 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-07-2016
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  26-04-2016
  The Republic of Colombia declares, having regard to Article 3(1)(a) and Article 5 of the Budapest Treaty, that access to biological material whose deposit is regulated by this Treaty, that the removal of such material from the national territory, and that recognition of the respective patent shall be in accordance with the protection provided for by the Colombian Constitution, in particular at Articles 8, 58(2) and 330 thereof. NOTING that the articles referred to in the above declaration: enshrine the duty of the Colombian State and of individuals to protect the cultural and natural heritage of the State (Art.8); establish property as a social utility and the ecological function inherent therein (Art.58); stipulate that the State is duty-bound to regulate the entry and exit of genetic resources and their use (Art.81); and enshrine the protection and regulation of indigenous territories, stipulating that the exploitation of natural resources in these territories shall not impair the cultural, social and economic integrity of indigenous communities (Art. 330); NOTING that the above declaration does not affect the obligations and requirements of the instrument as regards the recognition and effects of the deposit of microorganisms with an international authority, and that the constitutional provisions to which the statement refers constitute duties of the Colombian State as sovereign and as protector of national heritage, which are not incompatible with the provisions of the Budapest Treaty; CONSIDERING that Colombia already recognizes the deposit of a microorganism with an international depositary authority, in accordance with Decision No.486 of the Commission of the Andean Community, and with Resolution No.856 issued in 2014 by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce of Colombia (Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio de Colombia); DECLARES that the aforementioned interpretative declaration does not entail obligations, limitations or additional requirements that may affect matters covered in the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure and its Regulations.

New Zealand

• Ratification: 17-12-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-03-2019
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  17-12-2018
  Consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this accession shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory.