Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs of October 8, 1968

Party

United Arab Emirates added

• Ratification: 06-07-2026 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-10-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Chile added

• Ratification: 12-07-2025 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-10-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

General information

• Entry into force: 27-04-1971

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 30-03-1977

Aruba

• Entry into force: 08-11-1986

Party

Albania

• Ratification: 16-10-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-01-2019

Algeria

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Argentina

• Ratification: 09-02-2009 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-05-2009

Armenia

• Ratification: 13-04-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 13-07-2007

Austria

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 22-06-1990 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-09-1990

Azerbaijan

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

Belarus

• Ratification: 24-04-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-07-1998

Belgium

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 23-03-2004 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-06-2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Bulgaria

• Ratification: 27-11-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-02-2001

China

• Ratification: 17-06-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-09-1996

Croatia

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

Cuba

• Ratification: 09-07-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-10-1998

Czech Republic

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

Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 04-08-1970 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1971

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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

Denmark

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 27-01-1971 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1971

Estonia

• Ratification: 31-07-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 31-10-1996

Finland

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 15-02-1972 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1972

France

• Signature: 12-03-1969
• Ratification: 11-06-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-09-1975

Germany

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 25-07-1990 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-10-1990

Greece

• Ratification: 04-06-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-09-1999

Guinea

• Ratification: 05-08-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-11-1996

Holy See

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Hungary

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 28-09-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1974

Iceland

• Ratification: 23-12-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-04-1995

India

• Ratification: 07-06-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-09-2019

Iran

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 12-04-2018 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-07-2018

Ireland

• Ratification: 09-07-1970 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1971

Italy

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 02-05-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-08-1975

Japan

• Ratification: 24-06-2014 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-09-2014

Kazakhstan

• Ratification: 07-08-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-11-2002

Kenya

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Kyrgyzstan

• Ratification: 10-09-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-12-1998

Latvia

• Ratification: 14-01-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-04-2005

Liechtenstein

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Luxembourg

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Malawi

• Ratification: 24-07-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-10-1995

Mexico

• Ratification: 26-10-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-01-2001

Moldova

• Ratification: 01-09-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-12-1997

Monaco

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Mongolia

• Ratification: 16-03-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-06-2001

Montenegro

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

Morocco

• Ratification: 22-04-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-07-2022

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 23-12-1976 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-03-1977

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 23-07-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 17-11-1991

Norway

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 27-01-1971 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1971

Paraguay

• Ratification: 31-05-2021 (A)
• Entry into force: 31-08-2021

Poland

• Ratification: 22-10-2013 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-01-2014

Portugal

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Republic of Korea, the

• Ratification: 17-01-2011 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-04-2011

Republic of the Congo

• Signature: 08-10-1968

Romania

• Ratification: 31-03-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-06-1998

Russian Federation

• Signature: 28-05-1969
• Ratification: 08-09-1972 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1972

Saudi Arabia

• Ratification: 03-09-2020 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-12-2020

Serbia

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

Singapore

• Ratification: 19-12-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-03-2020

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: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 10-08-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-11-1973

Sweden

• Signature: 02-06-1969
• Ratification: 07-07-1970 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1971

Switzerland

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 27-01-1971 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1971

Tajikistan

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

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 20-12-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-03-1996

Türkiye

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

Turkmenistan

• Ratification: 07-03-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-06-2006

Ukraine

• Ratification: 07-04-2009 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-07-2009

United Kingdom

• Ratification: 21-07-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-10-2003
• Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 23-03-2021

United States of America

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 23-02-1972 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-05-1972
• Renunciation: 21-07-1981
• Termination: 21-07-1982

Uruguay

• Ratification: 19-10-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-01-2000

Uzbekistan

• Ratification: 19-04-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-07-2006

Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)

• Signature: 08-10-1968
• Ratification: 11-07-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-10-1973

Peru

• Ratification: 18-07-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-10-2022
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  18-07-2022
  With respect to the provisions of Article 8(3) of the Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs of 1968, the Republic of Peru states that all amendments to Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the said Agreement shall only enter into force for Peru once it has notified the Director General of WIPO of its acceptance of them.