CELEX: 51988PC0060
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Date: 1988-02-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the extension of legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products in respect of persons from certain countries and territories (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(88 > 60 final
                                              Brussels , 22 February 1988
                              Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL DECISION
 on the extension of legal protection of topographies of semiconductor
       products in respect of persons from certain countries and
                               territories
                      (presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The question of the protection of persons from third countries or territories
under Directive 87/ 54/ EEC ^ is left to individual decisions on the extension
of such protection . In the interest of the common market and in order to
achieve as homogeneous a protection as possible within the EEC , such decisions
in principle should be taken on Community level , thus all Member States will
offer the right to protection to the same persons .
The Commission believes that the objective of favouring the creation of
adequate protection in as many countries as possible could in the present
situation be best achieved by an extension of protection for a fixed period of
time .
Such an extension of protection on a temporary basis could provide an
incentive for those countries or territories benefiting from the extension ,
which do not yet protect topographies of semiconductor products to make
provision for such protection , and to make it available to topographies from
the EEC countries .
Whilst waiting for the Directive to be implemented in all Member States and
thus for protection to become effective throughout the Community , it also
seems appropriate , as regards those countries and territories which do already
protect topographies , to make protection available on a temporary basis in
order to allow time for conditions for mutual unlimited protection to be
establ ished .
 3
   OJ No . L 24 of 27 January 1987 , p. 36
 ---pagebreak---                                          Proposai. îor a
                                        COUMCIL DECISION
on the extension of legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products
             in respect of persons from certain countries and territories
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  Having regard to Council Directive 87 / 54 / EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal
  protection of topographies of semiconductor products , and in particular
  Article 3(7 ) thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas the right to protection of topographies of semiconductor products in
  the Community applies to persons qualifying for protection under Article 3 ( 1 )
  to ( 5 ) of Directive 87 / 54 / EEC ;
  Whereas the right to protection can be extended , by a Council Decision , to
  persons who do not benefit from protection under the said provisions ;
  Whereas the extension of protection should , as far as possible , be decided for
  the Community as a whole ;
  Whereas it seems appropriate at present to extend protection on an interim
  basis to allow time for conditions for mutual unlimited protection to be
  established ;
  Whereas one of the factors this Decision is based on is the consideration that
  the countries or territories which have an appropriate legislation will
  continue to protect topographies of semiconductor products under their
  national law and make this protection available to those persons from the
  Member States of the Community who benefit from the right to protection under
  Directive 87 / 54 / EEC ;
  1
    OJ No . L 24 , 27.1.1987 , p. 36 .
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Whereas another factor on which this Decision is based is the consideration
that countries or territories which do not yet have appropriate legislation
will provide one and will make it accessible as soon as possible to persons
from the Member States of the Community benefiting from the right to
protection under Directive 87 / 54 / EEC ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                       Article 1
Member States shall extend the right to protection under Directive 87 / 54 / EEC
in favour of natural persons who are nationals of a country or territory
listed in the Annex or who have their habitual residence on the territory of
one of those countries or territories .
This extension shall also apply to companies or other legal persons of a
country or territory listed in the Annex which have a genuine
industrial or commercial establishment in such a country or territory , subject
to the condition that companies or other legal persons of a Member State which
have a right to protection under Directive 87 / 54 / EEC benefit from protection
in the country or territory in question .
The countries and territories listed in the Annex which satisfy the conditions
 laid down in the second paragraph shall be determined by the Commission and
communicated to the Member States .
 ---pagebreak---                                       A ■ t i c le Z:
Thi .•? Decision shall apply from 1 April 1988 .
Member States shall extend the right to protection under this Decision in
favour of the persons referred to in Article 1 until 7 November 1990 .
Any exclusive rights acquired under this Decision shall continue to produce
their effect for the period laid down under Directive 87 / 54 / EEC .
                                      Art i c le 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                            For the Counci l
 ---pagebreak---                                      ANNEX
Austria
Finland
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
Ice land
Japan
New Caledonia and dependencies
Norway
Sweden
Switzer land
Collectivité territoriale de Mayotte
Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Wallis and Futuna Islands .
 ---pagebreak---                                    FICHE PME
The proposal for a decision extends protection for a limited time period to
persons who are nationals or residents of the countries listed in Annex A.
The proposal has no foreseeable impact on small or medium-sized enterprises
within the EEC .