Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 17

Treaties of peace and alliance, treaties concerning the territory of the State or its natural resources, sovereign rights, and citizens' public or private rights, treaties of commerce, navigation and residence, and treaties that impose upon the State Treasury any expenditure not included in the budget and contain amendments to Kuwait's laws. Their entry into force. Its condition. Their promulgation by law. Article 70 of the Constitution. - The World Trade Organization Agreement and the Intellectual Property Organization Agreement. Among the agreements whose entry into force requires promulgation by law and which are not applied until after publication in the Official Gazette. - Kuwait's approval of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (GATT) by Law No. 81 of 1995, published in the Official Gazette on 5/9/1995, which contained no provision for the retroactive application of that Agreement's provisions. Its implication. The Agreement takes effect from the date this Law comes into force. The judgment's departure from this. An error in applying the law requiring its cassation. An example concerning registration of a trademark.