Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks of April 14, 1891, as revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at The Hague on November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Nice on June 15, 1957, and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967

General information

• Entry into force: 22-12-1970

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 06-03-1975

Aruba

• Entry into force: 08-11-1986
• Termination: 08-11-1986

Party

Albania

• Ratification: 04-07-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-10-1995

Algeria

• Ratification: 24-03-1972 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-07-1972

Armenia

• Ratification: 17-05-1994 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1991

Austria

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 11-05-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-08-1973

Azerbaijan

• Ratification: 25-09-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1995

Belarus

• Ratification: 14-04-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1991

Bhutan

• Ratification: 04-03-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-08-2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ratification: 02-06-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-03-1992

Croatia

• Ratification: 28-07-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 08-10-1991

Cyprus

• Ratification: 04-08-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-11-2003

Czech Republic

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

Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)

• Ratification: 22-09-1970 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1970

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Ratification: 07-03-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-06-1980

Egypt

• Ratification: 03-12-1974 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-03-1975

Eswatini

• Ratification: 14-09-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-12-1998

France

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 02-05-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-08-1975
• French Guiana
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975French Polynesia
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975French Southern and Antarctic Territories
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975Guadeloupe
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975Martinique
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975New Caledonia
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975Réunion
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975Wallis and Futuna
  Entry into force: 12-08-1975

Germany

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 19-06-1970 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1970

Iran

• Ratification: 25-09-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-12-2003

Italy

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 20-01-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-04-1977

Kazakhstan

• Ratification: 16-02-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1991

Kenya

• Ratification: 26-03-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-06-1998

Kyrgyzstan

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

Latvia

• Ratification: 29-09-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1995

Lesotho

• Ratification: 12-11-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-02-1999

Liberia

• Ratification: 25-09-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1995

Liechtenstein

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 21-02-1972 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-05-1972

Moldova

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

Monaco

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 27-06-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-10-1975

Mongolia

• Ratification: 16-01-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-04-1985

Montenegro

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

Morocco

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 16-10-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-01-1976

Mozambique

• Ratification: 07-07-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-10-1998

Namibia

• Ratification: 31-03-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-06-2004

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 26-07-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 08-09-1991

Portugal

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 22-08-1988 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-11-1988

San Marino

• Ratification: 26-03-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-06-1991

Serbia

• Ratification: 14-06-2001 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1992

Sierra Leone

• Ratification: 17-03-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-06-1997

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

• Ratification: 12-06-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-06-1991

Spain

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 06-03-1979 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-06-1979

Sudan

• Ratification: 16-01-1984 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1984

Switzerland

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 26-01-1970 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1970

Syria

• Ratification: 05-05-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-08-2004
• Renunciation: 29-06-2012
• Termination: 29-06-2013

Tajikistan

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

Tunisia

• Signature: 14-07-1967

Ukraine

• Ratification: 21-09-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1991

Uzbekistan

• Ratification: 18-08-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-12-1991
• Renunciation: 03-01-2007
• Termination: 01-01-2008

Vietnam

• Ratification: 12-02-1973 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-07-1976

Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 11-07-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-10-1973

Belgium

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 31-10-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-02-1975
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  31-10-1974
  The territories of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe are to be deemed a single country, for the application of the Madrid Agreement as from January 1, 1971.

Bulgaria

• Ratification: 25-04-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-08-1985
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  25-04-1985
  - Protection will be accorded in the People's Republic of Bulgaria after a compulsory examination of marks by the industrial property institution responsible for patents for invention. - The People's Republic of Bulgaria considers that the provisions of Article 14(1) of the Madrid Agreement are incompatible with the Declaration of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, adopted by Resolution 1514 (XV) of December 14, 1960, which proclaims the necessity of brining to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

China

• Ratification: 04-07-1989 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-10-1989
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  04-07-1989
  Re Article 14(2)(d): except in the case of international marks which have already been the subject in China of an earlier identical national registration still in force, and which shall be immediately recognized upon the request of the interested parties, application of this Act shall be limited to marks registered from the date on which this accession enters into force.

  reservation
  07-07-2000
  [...] notified the non-application of the Madrid Agreement to the Macau Special Administration Region until further notice.

  reservation
  24-07-2003
  Withdrawal of declaration made upon ratification.

Cuba

• Ratification: 06-09-1989 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-12-1989
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  06-09-1989
  The Government of the Republic of Cuba declares that the provisions of Article 24 of the Paris Convention, referred to in Article 14(7) of the Madrid Agreement, both as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, are contrary to the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Resolution 1514) adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 14, 1960, which proclaims the necessity of putting a speedy and unconditional end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Hungary

• Signature: 12-01-1968
• Ratification: 18-12-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1970
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  18-12-1969
  The Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic draws attention to the fact that the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (7), of the Agreement are contrary to Resolution No. 1514 (XV) on the independence of colonial countries and peoples, adopted on December 14, 1960, by the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Luxembourg

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 19-12-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-03-1975
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  19-12-1974
  The territories of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe are to be deemed a single country, for the application of the Madrid Agreement as from January 1, 1971.

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 04-12-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-03-1975
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  04-12-1974
  The territories of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe are to be deemed a single country, for the application of the Madrid Agreement as from January 1, 1971.

Poland

• Ratification: 14-12-1990 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-03-1991
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  14-12-1990
  Pursuant to Article 14(2)(d) and (f) of the said Act, the Government of Poland declared that the application of the said Act shall be limited to marks registered from the date on which its accession entered into force.

  reservation
  04-12-1996
  Withdrawal of declaration made upon ratification.

Romania

• Signature: 14-07-1967
• Ratification: 28-02-1969 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-12-1970
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  28-02-1969
  The Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Romania considers that the maintenance of the state of dependence of certain territories to which reference is made in Article 14(7) of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks is not in accordance with the declaration on the grant of independence to colonial countries and peoples, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 14, 1960, by Resolution 1514 (XV), in which is stressed the need to bring an end rapidly and unconditionally to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Russian Federation

• Ratification: 15-03-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-07-1976
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  15-03-1976
  The provisions of Article 14(7) are considered outdated and contradictory to the Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of December 14, 1960), proclaiming the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations. Pursuant to Article 14(2)(d) and (f) of the said Act, the Government of the Soviet Union declared that the application of the said Act shall be limited to marks registered from the date on which its accession entered into force.

  reservation
  26-07-1993
  Withdrawal of declaration regarding Article14(2)(d) and (f).