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Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions. Explanatory Note on Recital 27 of the Above Directive Concerning the Indication of the Geographical Origin of Biotechnological Inventions. Communication by the European Union and its Member States on the Relationship Between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement. Paper on the Relationship Between Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity (submitted by the European Community and its Member States)

Document CodeWIPO/GRTKF/IC/1/8
Related Meeting(s)WIPO/GRTKF/IC/1
Publication DateApril 26, 2001
EnglishDirective 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions. Explanatory Note on Recital 27 of the Above Directive Concerning the Indication of the Geographical Origin of Biotechnological Inventions. Communication by the European Union and its Member States on the Relationship Between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement. Paper on the Relationship Between Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity (submitted by the European Community and its Member States)
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Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions. Explanatory Note on Recital 27 of the Above Directive Concerning the Indication of the Geographical Origin of Biotechnological Inventions. Communication by the European Union and its Member States on the Relationship Between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement. Paper on the Relationship Between Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity (submitted by the European Community and its Member States), single (doc)
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Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions. Explanatory Note on Recital 27 of the Above Directive Concerning the Indication of the Geographical Origin of Biotechnological Inventions. Communication by the European Union and its Member States on the Relationship Between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement. Paper on the Relationship Between Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity (submitted by the European Community and its Member States), main (pdf)
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Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions. Explanatory Note on Recital 27 of the Above Directive Concerning the Indication of the Geographical Origin of Biotechnological Inventions. Communication by the European Union and its Member States on the Relationship Between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement. Paper on the Relationship Between Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity (submitted by the European Community and its Member States), annex (pdf)
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FrançaisDirective 98/44/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil relative à la protection juridique des inventions biotechnologiques. Note explicative sur le 27e considérant de la directive ci-dessus relativement au lieu géographique d'origine des inventions biotechnologiques. Communication de l'Union européenne et de ses États membres sur la relation entre la Convention sur la diversité biologique et l'Accord sur les ADPIC. Exposé sur la relation entre les droits de propriété intellectuelle et la biodiversité (soumis par la Communauté européenne et ses États membres)
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Directive 98/44/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil relative à la protection juridique des inventions biotechnologiques. Note explicative sur le 27e considérant de la directive ci-dessus relativement au lieu géographique d'origine des inventions biotechnologiques. Communication de l'Union européenne et de ses États membres sur la relation entre la Convention sur la diversité biologique et l'Accord sur les ADPIC. Exposé sur la relation entre les droits de propriété intellectuelle et la biodiversité (soumis par la Communauté européenne et ses États membres), single (doc)
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Directive 98/44/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil relative à la protection juridique des inventions biotechnologiques. Note explicative sur le 27e considérant de la directive ci-dessus relativement au lieu géographique d'origine des inventions biotechnologiques. Communication de l'Union européenne et de ses États membres sur la relation entre la Convention sur la diversité biologique et l'Accord sur les ADPIC. Exposé sur la relation entre les droits de propriété intellectuelle et la biodiversité (soumis par la Communauté européenne et ses États membres), main (pdf)
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Annex 1
Directive 98/44/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil relative à la protection juridique des inventions biotechnologiques. Note explicative sur le 27e considérant de la directive ci-dessus relativement au lieu géographique d'origine des inventions biotechnologiques. Communication de l'Union européenne et de ses États membres sur la relation entre la Convention sur la diversité biologique et l'Accord sur les ADPIC. Exposé sur la relation entre les droits de propriété intellectuelle et la biodiversité (soumis par la Communauté européenne et ses États membres), annex (pdf)
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EspañolDirectiva 98/44/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo Relativa a la Protección Jurídica de las Invenciones Biotecnológicas. Nota Explicativa sobre el Párrafo 27 de la Mencionada Directiva Relativa a la Indicación del Lugar Geográfico de Origen de una Invención Biotecnológica. Comunicación de la Unión Europea y sus Estados Miembros sobre la Relación del Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica con el Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC. Documento sobre la Relación de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual con la Biodiversidad (presentados por la Comunidad Europea y sus Estados miembros)
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Directiva 98/44/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo Relativa a la Protección Jurídica de las Invenciones Biotecnológicas. Nota Explicativa sobre el Párrafo 27 de la Mencionada Directiva Relativa a la Indicación del Lugar Geográfico de Origen de una Invención Biotecnológica. Comunicación de la Unión Europea y sus Estados Miembros sobre la Relación del Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica con el Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC. Documento sobre la Relación de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual con la Biodiversidad (presentados por la Comunidad Europea y sus Estados miembros), single (doc)
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Directiva 98/44/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo Relativa a la Protección Jurídica de las Invenciones Biotecnológicas. Nota Explicativa sobre el Párrafo 27 de la Mencionada Directiva Relativa a la Indicación del Lugar Geográfico de Origen de una Invención Biotecnológica. Comunicación de la Unión Europea y sus Estados Miembros sobre la Relación del Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica con el Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC. Documento sobre la Relación de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual con la Biodiversidad (presentados por la Comunidad Europea y sus Estados miembros), main (pdf)
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Annex 1
Directiva 98/44/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo Relativa a la Protección Jurídica de las Invenciones Biotecnológicas. Nota Explicativa sobre el Párrafo 27 de la Mencionada Directiva Relativa a la Indicación del Lugar Geográfico de Origen de una Invención Biotecnológica. Comunicación de la Unión Europea y sus Estados Miembros sobre la Relación del Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica con el Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC. Documento sobre la Relación de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual con la Biodiversidad (presentados por la Comunidad Europea y sus Estados miembros), annex (pdf)
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