the Convention definition

the Convention means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December 1944, and includes: (i) any amendment that has entered into force under Article 94(a) of the Convention and has been ratified by all the Contracting Parties to this Agreement, and (ii) any Annex or any amendment thereto adopted under Article 90 of the Convention, insofar as such Annexes or amendments are, at any given time, effective for all the Contracting Parties to this Agreement;

the Convention means the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas;

the Convention means the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal;

Examples of the Convention in a sentence

• The Convention also saves existing agreements that satisfy these criteria.186 An example of a special agreement under Article 20 of the Convention is the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), which was adopted by a Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Questions convened in Geneva, Switzerland, in the latter half of 1996.

• The general term of copyright protection granted by the Convention is the life of the author and fifty years from the end of the year of his death.92 The Convention then gives certain specific terms of protection for certain categories of works.

• The Convention is the most important treaty that governs the area of copyright.

• The Convention includes certain special provisions regarding developing countries in the Appendix that is attached to the Convention.

• The Convention does not prejudice any claim to any greater protection provided for in the copyright legislation of any Union country.185 According to Article 20 of the Convention, countries of the Union are also free to enter into special agreements, among themselves, which grant authors more protection than those granted by the Convention or which do not contradict the provisions of the Convention.

More Definitions of the Convention

the Convention means the Convention on Protection of Children and Co- operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993,

the Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) and any modifications of that Convention agreed after the passing of this Act that have entered into force in relation to the United Kingdom;

the Convention means the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data which was opened for signature on 28th January 1981;

the Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;

the Convention means the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, agreed by the Council of Europe at Rome on 4th November 1950 as it has effect for the time being in relation to the United Kingdom;

the Convention means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 13 February 1946;

the Convention means the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, adopted at Barcelona on 16 February 1976 and amended on 10 June 1995;