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Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community#TITLE II - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY#CHAPTER 2 - Dissemination of information#Section 2 - Other information#(b)Compulsory communication to the Commission - #Article 16
Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
TITLE II - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
CHAPTER 2 - Dissemination of information
Section 2 - Other information
(b)Compulsory communication to the Commission -
Article 16
Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
TITLE II - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
CHAPTER 2 - Dissemination of information
Section 2 - Other information
(b)Compulsory communication to the Commission -
Article 16
OJ C 203, 7.6.2016, p. 11–12
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/euratom_2016/art_16/oj
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7.6.2016 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 203/11 |
Article 16
1. As soon as an application for a patent or a utility model relating to a specifically nuclear subject is filed with a Member State, that State shall ask the applicant to agree that the contents of the application be communicated to the Commission forthwith.
If the applicant agrees, this communication shall be made within three months of the date of filing the application. If the applicant does not agree, the Member State shall, within the same period, notify the Commission of the existence of the application.
The Commission may require a Member State to communicate the contents of an application of whose existence it has been notified.
The Commission shall make any such request within two months of the date of notification. Any extension of this period shall entail a corresponding extension of the period referred to in the sixth subparagraph of this paragraph.
On receiving such a request from the Commission, the Member State shall again ask the applicant to agree to communication of the contents of the application. If the applicant agrees, communication shall be made forthwith.
If the applicant does not agree, the Member State shall nevertheless be required to make this communication to the Commission within 18 months of the date on which the application was filed.
2. Member States shall inform the Commission, within 18 months of the filing date, of the existence of any as yet unpublished application for a patent or utility model which seems to them, prima facie, to deal with a subject which, although not specifically nuclear, is directly connected with and essential to the development of nuclear energy in the Community.
If the Commission so requests, the contents of the application shall be communicated to it within two months.
3. In order that publication may take place as soon as possible, Member States shall reduce to a minimum the time taken to process applications for patents or utility models relating to subjects referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 concerning which a request has been made by the Commission.
4. The Commission shall treat the abovementioned communications as confidential. They may only be made for documentation purposes. The Commission may, however, make use of the inventions communicated to it, either with the consent of the applicant or in accordance with Articles 17 to 23.
5. The provisions of this Article shall not apply when an agreement concluded with a third State or an international organisation precludes communication.