PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No 54/14.02.1992
“Amendment to the provision of Law No 1733/1987 (GG 171 A')
‘Transfer of technology, inventions, technological innovation and establishment of an Atomic Energy Committee’ in compliance with the EC Treaty
(GG 22 A)”
THE PRESIDENT
OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
Having regard to:
1. Article 3 of Law 1338/1983 “Imple- mentation of Community Law” (Α/34) as amended by Article 6 of Law
1440/1984 “Participation of Greece in the capital, the reserves and the provi- sions of the European Coal and Steel Community and the EURATOM Supply Agency” (Α/70), Article 7 of Law
1775/88 (GG 101 Α’) and Article 65 of Law 1892/1990 “Regarding moderniza- tion and development and other provi- sions” (Α/101).
2. Law 945/1979 “Regarding Ratifica- tion of the Treaty of Accession of Greece to the European Economic Community” (GG 170, Α’, 27.7.1979).
3. The opinion no. 454/91 of the Coun- cil of State, following a proposal by the Ministers for National Economy and for Industry, Energy and Technology, we hereby decide:
Article 1
The purpose of this Presidential Decree is to ensure the compliance of the Greek legislation with the provisions of Article 30 et seq. of the EC Treaty.
Article 2
Article 13(2) of Law 1733/1987 shall be replaced as follows:
“2. The non-contractual license shall not be provided if the beneficiary of the pa- tent documents the non-exploitation or the inadequate exploitation in the country. The product’s import shall not constitute a reason for invoking and implementing this provision. The provision of the previous sub-paragraph shall not apply to imports of products from the Member States of the European Communities”.
Article 3
This presidential decree shall enter in ef- fect upon its publication in the Govern- ment’s Gazette.
The Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology is hereby assigned to publish and execute this Decree.
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