Designs convention country orders

The UK’s membership of certain international conventions and treaties gives rise to obligations to protect designs originating in other member countries. Periodically the United Kingdom must update our legislation via a convention country order to take into account recent accessions or expected accessions to those conventions.

The other member countries of the conventions and treaties must reciprocate that protection, which benefits the UK’s creative industries.

The Orders revoke, replace and update existing orders giving effect to our international responsibilities.

Full details of the latest designs convention country orders may be accessed from the table below.

The date the designs convention country order was issued is listed in the first column. Read across the row to find the statutory instrument number and a description of the order.
Date	SI No.	Order
12 November 2009	2009 No 2747	The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2009
6 April 2007	2007 No 277	The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2007