94/373/EC: Council Decision of 27 June 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the United States of America

• Published date: 05 July 1994
• Subject Matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 170, 5 July 1994

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94/373/EC: Council Decision of 27 June 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the United States of America

Official Journal L 170 , 05/07/1994 P. 0034 - 0035
Finnish special edition: Chapter 17 Volume 1 P. 0123
Swedish special edition: Chapter 17 Volume 1 P. 0123

COUNCIL DECISION of 27 June 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the United States of America (94/373/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (1), and in particular Article 3 (7) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the right to the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products in the Community applies to persons qualifying for protection pursuant to Article 3 (1) to (5) of Directive 87/54/EEC;

Whereas this right can be extended by Council Decision to persons who do not benefit from protection under the said provisions;

Whereas extension of the protection in question should, as far as possible, be decided by the Community as a whole;

Whereas such protection has been extended to the United States of America since 7 November 1987 by successive Council Decisions taken on an interim basis (2), the last being Decision 94/4/EC;

Whereas that Decision is applicable until 1 July 1994;

Whereas protection has been extended to companies and other legal persons from the United States of America since 26 October 1990, the Commission having repeatedly determined since that date that the United States of America fulfils the condition of reciprocity laid down in Article 1 (2) of the Council Decisions extending protection to it (3);

Whereas the last Commission Decision making such a determination is Decision 94/142/EC applicable until 1 July 1994;

Whereas the United States of America has appropriate legislation and is expected to continue to protect topographiers of semiconductor products under its national law and to make this protection available to natural persons, companies and other legal persons from the Member States of the Community benefiting from the right to protection pursuant to Directive 87/54/EEC;

Whereas all Member...