CELEX: 51987PC0277
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Date: 1987-06-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on extension of legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products in respect of persons from third States (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(87 ) 277 final
                                                 Brussels , 25 June 1987
                             Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL DECISION
 on extension of legal protection of topographies of semiconductor
           products in respect of persons from third States
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                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The question of the protection of persons from third countries under Directive
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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 .
One Member State has manifested its wish to see protection extended in respect
of persons from a number of third countries .
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 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 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 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 established .
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  O.J. No . L 24 of 27 January 1987 .
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                                     Proposai for a
                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                 on extension of legal protection of topographies
                  of semiconductor products in respect of persons
                                   from third States .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Communities ;
Having regard to Council Directive 87 / 54 / EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal
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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 EEC applies to persons qualifying for protection under Article 3 C1 ) to
( 5 ) of Directive 87 / 54 / EEC ;
Whereas the right to protection can be extended to persons who do not benefit
from protection according to these provisions by a Council decision ;
Whereas extension of protection should , as far as possible , be decided for the
Community as a whole ;
Whereas it seems appropriate at the present time to extend protection on an
interim basis in the case of certain countries ;
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING DECISION :
1 0J No L 24 , 27.1.1987 , p. 36 .
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                             ARTICLE 1
Member States shall extend the right to protection under Directive 87 / 54 / EEC
in favour of persons who are nationals of a country listed in the Annex or
who have their habitual residence on the territory of one of those countries .
This extension shall also apply to legal persons  who  have a real and
effective commercial or industrial establishment in a country listed in the
Annex .
                             ARTICLE 2
This Decision shall apply from 7 November 1987 .
Without prejudice to exclusive rights acquired under this Decision , Member
States shall cease to extend protection in favour of the persons specified
in Article 1 on 7 November 1989 .
                             ARTICLE 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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                                                   Annex
 .Angui Lia
Bermuda
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands Dependencies
Hong Kong
Isle of Han
Montserrat
Pi t ca i rn
St Helena
St Helena Dependencies ( Ascension , Tristan da Cunha )
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States of America
                                                         )
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 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- si zed enterprises
within the EEC .