In previous articles《 Clear at a glance: A detailed introduction to the Hague System》In the middle, we have already provided for everyone from What is the Hague System, who can use it, where can design protection be obtained using the Hague System, specific costs of using the Hague System, benefits of using the Hague System, Hague System procedures, and information on international registrationIn seven aspects, a series of relevant contents of the Hague system were introduced in detail for everyone. Today's article will bring you the complete version of the Hague Agreement member states.According to official announcements, as of February 2022, the Hague system allows for 77 contracting parties of the Hague System are protected, covering 94 countries.If the designated contracting party is an intergovernmental organization, the resulting international registration shall take effect in the territories of all member states of that intergovernmental organization. Therefore, when submitting an international application under the Hague system, the applicant can specify these contracting parties as needed, regardless of how many are specified. At present, the contracting parties of the Hague System are:China, Denmark, Ukraine, Armenia, Israel, Belize, Russian Federation, Bulgaria, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Canada, Ghana, Gabon, Hungary, Northern Macedonia, Botswana, Rwanda, Luxembourg, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye,  Sao Tome and Principe, San Marino, Egypt, Tajikistan, Senegal, Serbia, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Niger, Greece, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Holy See, Brunei Darussalam, Slovenia, Singapore, Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Cambodia Georgia, European Union, Belgium, France, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia, Jamaica, Switzerland, Belarus, Cote d'Ivoire, Tunisia, Lithuania, Namibia, Romania, United States of America, United Kingdom, Finland, Suriname, Netherlands, Samoa, Portugal, Mongolia, Spain, Benin, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Albania, Syrian Arab Republic, Oman, African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), Mali, Montenegro.

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The Hague Agreement concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs is one of the specialized agreements concluded by member states of the Paris Convention. It was concluded on November 6, 1925 in The Hague and came into effect in 1928, establishing the "Hague Union". This agreement has undergone multiple revisions since its signing, including the 1925 Hague Act, 1934 London Act, 1960 Hague Act, 1967 Stockholm Act (revised and supplemented in 1979), and 1999 Geneva Act. The conclusion of the Geneva text of the Hague Agreement in 1999 was aimed at making this system more in line with the needs of users and providing convenience for countries that were unable to join the 1960 Hague text due to their industrial design system to do so. On February 5, 2022, the Chinese government deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Text of the Hague Agreement (1999). China became the 68th contracting party to the 1999 text and the 77th member of the Hague Union. On March 8, 2023, China joined the Convention on the Elimination of Certification Requirements for Foreign Official Documents (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention"). The Convention will come into effect in China on November 7, 2023. The Convention is an international treaty under the framework of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, with a wide scope of application and multiple contracting parties, aimed at simplifying the cross-border circulation procedures of official documents. That is to say, from November 7, 2023, official documents sent by China to other contracting states for use only need to apply for the additional certificate (Apostille) required by the Convention, and can be sent to other contracting states for use without the need for consular authentication by the Chinese and contracting state embassies and consulates in China. Official documents from other contracting states sent to mainland China for use only require an additional certificate from that country, without the need for consular authentication from the Chinese embassy or consulate in that country.