Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents have been made

NATO Agreement for the secrecy of inventions relating to defence

Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents have been made
Signed	September 21, 1960 (1960-09-21)
Location	Paris
Effective	January 12, 1961
Ratifiers	Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Depositary	United States
Languages	French, English

The NATO Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy of inventions relating to defence and for which applications for patents have been made was signed in Paris on September 21, 1960. It entered into force on January 12, 1961 following deposit of the instruments of ratification by the first two countries, namely the United States and Norway.

Countries

Three member states of NATO—Greece, Italy, West Germany—signed but did not ratify the agreement.^[1] Iceland, a founder of NATO with no standing army, did not participate. The following countries ratified the agreement:^[1]

Country	Ratified or Approved
Belgium	1961/11/19
Canada	1972/09/01
Denmark	1961/12/15
France	1965/02/17
Luxembourg	1967/03/03
Netherlands	1971/10/08
Norway	1961/01/12
Portugal	1965/06/10
Turkey	1962/03/22
United Kingdom	1961/11/12
United States	1961/01/12

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Agreement for the mutual safeguarding of secrecy... from the United Nations Treaty Collection website

External links

• Text of the Agreement (also here, and here, with an introduction and the Implementing Procedures, but with pages missing)
• Implementing Procedures (first revision) (also here)
• Status of ratification and accession (also here)