Treaty

Agreement on a Unified Patent Court

Treaty data

Treaty number 012837
Date of conclusion 19-02-2013
Place of conclusion Brussel
Provisional application
Entry into force 01-06-2023
Retroactive effect
Termination
Treaty Series
Parliamentary paper
Approval act 2016, 314
Consolidated text 0006168

Comment

The Kingdom of the Netherlands has declared that it will apply certain provisions of the Agreement in the European part of the Kingdom on a provisional basis. The governments of Belgium, Estonia, Finland and the United Kingdom have issued similar declarations.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Koninkrijksdeel Provisional
application
Entry into force Retroactive effect Termination
Netherlands (in Europe) 01-06-2023
Netherlands (Bonaire) 01-06-2023
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius) 01-06-2023
Netherlands (Saba) 01-06-2023
Aruba
CuraƧao 01-06-2023
Sint Maarten 01-06-2023

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Austria 19-02-2013 06-08-2013 (R) 01-06-2023
Belgium 19-02-2013 06-06-2014 (R) 01-06-2023
Bulgaria 19-02-2013 03-06-2016 (R) 01-06-2023
Cyprus 19-02-2013
Czech Republic 19-02-2013
Denmark 19-02-2013 20-06-2014 (R) 01-06-2023
Estonia 19-02-2013 01-08-2017 (R) 01-06-2023
Finland 19-02-2013 19-01-2016 (R) 01-06-2023
France 19-02-2013 14-03-2014 (R) 01-06-2023
Germany 19-02-2013 17-02-2023 (R) 01-06-2023
Greece 19-02-2013
Hungary 19-02-2013
Ireland 19-02-2013
Italy 19-02-2013 10-02-2017 (R) 01-06-2023
Latvia 19-02-2013 11-01-2018 (R) 01-06-2023
Lithuania 19-02-2013 24-08-2017 (R) 01-06-2023
Luxembourg 19-02-2013 22-05-2015 (R) 01-06-2023
Malta 19-02-2013 09-12-2014 (R) 01-06-2023
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 19-02-2013 14-09-2016 (R) 01-06-2023
Portugal 19-02-2013 28-08-2015 (R) 01-06-2023
Romania 19-02-2013
Slovakia 19-02-2013
Slovenia 19-02-2013 15-10-2021 (R) 01-06-2023
Sweden 19-02-2013 05-06-2014 (R) 01-06-2023
United Kingdom 19-02-2013 26-04-2018 (R) 20-07-2020
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