IP/N/1/GRC/8  
IP/N/1/GRC/P/6  
 
30 June 2023  
(23-4467)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
GREECE : LAW 4605/2019, ARTICLES 4 -7 -  HARMONIZATION OF GREEK LEGISLATION  
TO DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/943  ON THE PROTECTION OF UNDISCLOSED KNOW -HOW  
AND BUSINESS INFORMATION (TRADE SECRETS) AGAINST THEIR  
UNLAWFUL ACQUISITION, USE AND DISCLOSURE  
Notifying Member  GREECE  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title LAW 4605/2019, Articles 4 -7 - Harmonization of Greek legislation to  
Directive (EU) 2016/943  on the protection of undisclosed know -how and 
business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use 
and disclosure  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection); Other  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/GRC/23_10497_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/GRC /P/1 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Articles 4 and 5 amend provisions of Law 1733/1987 on Patents as regards contractual and 
non-contractual licen ces, as well as Article 12, paragraph 3 and Articles 13 and 14 of Law 
No. 1733/1987. Articles 6 and 7 amend provisions of Law 1733/1987 on compulsory licen sing. The 
amendments introduce:  
 
1. the possibility of public offering of a contractual non -exclusive licen ce by a patent holder 
(Article 4);  
 
2. changes to the granting authority of a non-contractual licen ce by authorizing the national IP 
authority i.e. the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) instead of civil courts, to review 
the conditions for the grant of a non -contractual licen ce and to issue a decision, facilitating a 
shorter procedure than the previous regime ( Article 5);  
 
3. compulsory licensing for public interest reasons is permitted to third parties authorized by 
the government, which were not entitled pursuant to the previous regime, where only use by 
public author ities was permitted ( Article 6);  IP/N/1/GRC/8 • IP/N/1/GRC/P/6  
 
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  4. a definition of "public interest reasons" (Article 6);  
 
5. authorization of the national IP authority (i.e.  OBI) as the competent authority for receiving 
applications for the compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical 
products for export to countries with public health problems pursuant to EC Regulation 816/2006 
(Article 7).  
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 April 2019  
Other date   Adoption: 1 April 2019  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  19 June 2023  
Other information  See also:  
 
IP/N/1/EU/6  
(Directive (EU) 2016/943)  
 
IP/N/1/EEC /P/5 
(EC Regulation 816/2006 (Article 7) ) 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI)  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.