GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
WINDHOEK - 19 December 2000

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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
No. 286

Merchandise Marks Act, 1941: Proposed prohibition of the use of certain state
flags, emblems, coats of arms and marks: the Latin American Integration Association;
Republic of China; The Nordic Investment Bank; International Bureau of Weights
and Measures; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; The
Pacific Community ................................................................................................. .

Government Notice
MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

No. 286

2000

MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1941: PROPOSED PROHIBITION OF THE USE
OF CERTAIN STATE FLAGS, EMBLEMS, COATS OF ARMS AND MARKS:
THE LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION; REPUBLIC OF
CHINA; THE NORDIC INVESTMENT BANK; INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE; THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY
In terms of section 13 of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1941 (Act 17 of 1941 ), I hereby
give notice that the World Intellectual Property Organization has by virtue of Article 6
terms of the Paris Convention for the Protection oflndustrial Property, 1883, as amended,
conveyed a request on behalf of the countries mentioned below for the prohibition in
terms of section 15(1) ofthe said Act on the use ofthe State Flags, State emblem8, coats
of arms and other marks set out and depicted in respect of each of those countries in the
relevant Schedule hereto as indicated below opposite to such country's name, in connection
with any trade, business, profession or occupation or in connection with a trade mark,
mark or trade description applied to goods, except the use thereof by those respective
countries or their respective mandatories:

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