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Convention Relating to International Exhibitions

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Updated: 2009-04-14 18:45

CONVENTION RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS SIGNED AT PARIS ON 22ND NOVEMBER 1928,

AND SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PROTOCOLS OF 10TH MAY 1948,

16TH NOVEMBER 1966, 30TH NOVEMBER 1972

AND THE AMENDMENT OF 24TH JUNE 1982

AND THE AMENDMENT OF 31ST MAY 1988

SUMMARY

Definitions and Objectives (Art.1-Art.2)

General Conditions governing the Organisation of International Exhibitions (Art.3-Art.5)

Registration (Art.6-Art.9)

Obligations of Organisers of Registered Exhibitions and of Participating States (Art.10-Art.24)

Institutional arrangements (Art.25-Art.37)

Definitions and Objectives

ARTICLE 1

1. An exhibition is a display which, whatever its title, has as its principal purpose the education of the public: it may exhibit the means at man抯disposal for meeting the needs of civilisation, or demonstrate the progress achieved in one or more branches of human endeavour, or show prospects for the future.

2. An exhibition is international when more than one State takes part in it.

3. Participants in an international exhibition comprise on the one hand exhibitors of States which are officially represented grouped into national sections, on the other hand international organisations or exhibitors from countries which are not officially represented and lastly those who are authorised in accordance with the regulations of the exhibition to carry on some other activity, in particular those granted concessions.

ARTICLE 2

This Convention applies to all international exhibitions except :

a) exhibitions lasting less than three weeks ;

b) fine Arts exhibitions ;

c) exhibitions of an essentially commercial nature.

Whatever title may be given to an exhibition by its organizers, this Convention recognizes a distinction between registered exhibitions and recognized exhibitions.

General Conditions governing the Organisation of International Exhibitions

ARTICLE 3

International exhibitions presenting the following features shall be eligible for registration by the International Exhibitions Bureau referred to in Article 25 below :

A) Their duration may not be less than six weeks nor more than six months ;

B) The rules governing the exhibition buildings used by the participating States shall be laid down in the general regulations of the exhibition. If a tax is chargeable on property under the legislation of the inviting State, the organizers shall be responsible or paying it. Only services actually rendered in accordance with the regulations approved by the Bureau shall qualify for reimbursement ;

C)From 1 January 1995 the interval between two registered exhibitions shall be at least five years ; the first exhibition may be held in 1995. The International Exhibitions Bureau may nevertheless accept a date not more than one year earlier than the date resulting from the above provision, to allow celebration of a special event of international importance, without however altering the five-year interval laid down in the original calendar.

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