World Trade Organization IP/N/2/RUS/1 15 October 2012 (12-5587) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Original: English NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 1.3 OF THE AGREEMENT RUSSIAN FEDERATION By means of communications received on 13 September and 12 October 2012, the Russian Federation has submitted the following notification. _______________ At the accession of the USSR/Russian Federation to international agreements in the field of intellectual property rights the following reservations have been made: International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, adopted at Rome on 26 October 1961 (" Rome Convention") According to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (hereinafter - "Convention") the Russian Federation makes the following notifications: (a) According to