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t may by proclamation extend restored protection provided under this section to any work (1) of which one or more of the authors is, on the date of first publication, a national, domiciliary, or sovereign authority of that nation; or (2) which was first published in that nation. The President may revise, suspend, or revoke any such proclamation or impose any conditions or limitations on protection under such a proclamation. (h) Definitions. For purposes of this section and section 109(a): (1) The term "date of adherence or proclamation" means the earlier of the date on which a foreign nation which, as of the date the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States, is not a nation adhering to the Berne Convention or a WTO member country, becomes- (A) a nation adhering to the Berne Convention; (B) a WTO member country; (C) a nation adhering to the WIPO Copyright Treaty; [30] (D) a nation adhering to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; [31] or (E) subject to a Presidential proclamation under subsection (g). (2) The "date of restoration" of a restored copyright is- (A) January 1, 1996, if the source country of the restored work is a nation adhering to the Berne Convention or a WTO member country on such date, or (B) the date of adherence or proclamation, in the case of any other source country of the restored work. (3) The term "eligible country" means a nation, other than the United States, that (A) becomes a WTO member country after the date of the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; (B) on such date of enactment is, or after such date of enactment becomes, a nation adhering to the Berne Convention; (C) adheres to the WIPO Copyright Treaty; [32] (D) adheres to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; [33] or (E) after such date of enactment becomes subject to a proclamation under subsection (g). (4) The term "reliance party" means any person who- (A) with respect to a particular work, engages in acts, before the source country of that work becomes an eligible country, which would have violated section 106 if the restored work had been subject to copyright protection, and who, after the source country becomes an eligible country, continues to engage in such acts; (B) before the source country of a particular work becomes an eligible country, makes or acquires 1 or more copies or phonorecords of that work; or (C) as the resu
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