Jordan completes accession to Marrakesh Treaty

AMMAN — Jordan has completed the accession procedures to the Marrakesh Treaty adopted in 2014 to facilitate access to published works for persons with visual impairments and other persons with disabilities to assist them in reading publications.

This was on the sidelines of the 36th Session of the Standing Committee on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge held at the end of last June in Geneva, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The National Library Department (NLD) said in a press statement on Tuesday that Jordan’s Representative to the UN Office at Geneva Saja Majali had submitted the documents of authorisation and ratification of accession to the Treaty to the World Intellectual Property Organisation, and that the accession shall enter into force three months from submitting the documents of accession.

The Treaty provides that member states shall provide in their national laws to make the work accessible in the easy format and to provide copies for the beneficiaries by any means, including non-commercial lending or electronic transport.