Senegal Market Access

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Transportation of goods - Standards - Patents and brands

Transportation of goods

By sea
The main Senegalese port is Dakar..

Standards

The Senegalese norms are generally derived from the French norms. Senegal is a member of OAMPI (African and Malgache office of industrial property). It is also a member of the Paris convention relating to intellectual protection as well as the international organisation of intellectual property.

Patents and brands

The trade marks, patents, and copyrites are protected within the framework of OAMPI.

Texts currently applying to patents/brands
	Text	Date entered into law	Period of validity	Comment
Patent	Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977, on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, February 24, 1999	:	20 years	:
Trademark	Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977, on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, February 24, 1999	:	10 years, renewable for further 10-year periods	:
Design	Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977, on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, February 24, 1999	:	5 years, renewable for two further 5-year periods	: