Adopted dated March 2, 1977, the Bangui agreement governed intellectual property within the seventeen OAPI member states. This agreement serves as a national law for each of the States. It was the subject of a revision on February 24, 1999 and December 14, 2015. This last revision aimed in particular to make it compliant with the new global legal environment and allow it to better respond to the concerns of economic and social development of the member states of the OAPI.
It should be noted that since the signing of the Bangui Agreement on February 24, 1999, many international legal instruments governing intellectual property have been adopted or revised, in particular: DOHA Declaration on Intellectual Property and Public Health, the decision of the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) of August 30, 2003, the Protocol bearing amendment to article 30 Commerce (ADPIC), the Treaty on Patent Law, the Singapore Treaty on Brand Law, the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Interpretations and Executions, the Marrakech Treaty aimed at facilitating the access of the blind, visual deficient and people with difficulties in reading printed texts with published works.
It has ten appendices fixing the applicable provisions, in each Member State, with regard to:
