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ARTICLE-7: Right of Rental     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a Contracting Party that, on April 15, 1994, had and continues to have in force a system of equitable remuneration of authors for the rental of copies of their works embodied in phonograms may maintain that system provided that the commercial rental of works embodied in phonograms is not giving rise to the material impairment of the exclusive right of reproduction of authors. ...


ARTICLE-20: Entry into Force of the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Entry into Force of the Treaty ...
... This Treaty shall enter into force three months after 30 instruments of ratification or accession by States have been deposited with the Director General of WIPO. ...


ARTICLE-21: Effective Date of Becoming Party to the Treaty     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) the 30 States referred to in Article 20, from the date on which this Treaty has entered into force; ...
... (iii) the European Community, from the expiration of three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession if such instrument has been deposited after the entry into force of this Treaty according to Article 20, or, three months after the entry into force of this Treaty if such instrument has been deposited before the entry into force of this Treaty; ...
... (iii) the European Community, from the expiration of three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession if such instrument has been deposited after the entry into force of this Treaty according to Article 20, or, three months after the entry into force of this Treaty if such instrument has been deposited before the entry into force of this Treaty; ...
... (iii) the European Community, from the expiration of three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession if such instrument has been deposited after the entry into force of this Treaty according to Article 20, or, three months after the entry into force of this Treaty if such instrument has been deposited before the entry into force of this Treaty; ...