(3) Without prejudice to any damages, a person who has affixed or caused to appear, by
suppression or by any alteration whatsoever on manufactured articles, the name of a
manufacturer or craftsman other than the originator, or the trade name of an establishment
other than that where the articles were made, shall be liable to punishment by imprisonment
of from three months to one year and by a fine of from 1,000,000 to 6,000,000 CFA francs, or
by either of these penalties.
(4) Any person who has knowingly displayed for sale or placed on the market articles
marked with fictitious or falsified names shall be liable to the same punishment as that
specified in paragraph (3).
Article 17
Scope
The provisions of this Annex shall be applicable to any trade, industrial, craft or
agricultural establishment, subject to the special provisions applicable elsewhere to the
establishments in question.
Article 18
Continued Validity of Trade Names
Registered or Recognized Under
the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977
Under this Article, any trade name registered or recognized under the Bangui
Agreement of March 2, 1977, and its Annex V shall remain in force for the term specified in
that Agreement.
Article 19
Acquired Rights
(1) This Annex shall apply to trade names applications made as from the day of its
entry into force, subject to the rights acquired under Annex V of the Bangui Agreement of
March 2, 1977.
(2) Applications for the registration of trade names filed prior to the date of entry into
force of this Annex shall remain subject to the provisions that were applicable on the filing
date of the said applications.
(3) However, the exercise of the rights deriving from trade names registered under the
provisions referred to in paragraph (2) above shall be subject to the provisions of this Annex
as from the date of its entry into force, subject to acquired rights, which shall be maintained.
(4) Annex V of the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977, is repealed.
[Annex VI follows.]