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On 13 July 1887 the Council approved a letter to the Director General
of WIPO requesting that the Governing Bodles of WIPO decide that the
European Economic Community as such should be invited to the
conference with a view to possible participation in a future treaty.
At the meeting of the Governing Bodies of WIPO in September 1987, the
Presidency, on behalf of all EEC Member States, made a statement on
the participation of the Community in the preparation and negotiation
of a treaty on Integrated circuits. In particular, it was stressed
that the Member States considered it vital that the EEC is invited
along with its Member States to participate in the conference as a
possible future party to the treaty, and that it should have the
status of a delegation in the negotiations.
In addition, proposals for modification of the draft treaty In order
to enable the Community to become party to the treaty have been
submitted to WIPO (letter to the Director General of WIPO approved by
Council on 5.8.1988).
4.
The need for the Community to participate in the negotiations
By the adoption of Directive 87/54/EEC, competence for all matters
covered by this Directive has been transferred, In accordance with
Community law, to the Community. For these matters therefore only
the Community as such can undertake obligations and assume
responsibilities on an International level.
This being an area of exclusive Community competence, It is therefore
the task of the Commission on the basis of Article 228 of the EEC
Treaty to negotiate an International agreement assuming it is in the
Interest of the Community.
5.
The Interest of the Community in becoming party to a future treaty
The Community has manifested its opinion that topographies of
semiconductor products should be protooted by Intellectual property
rules by adopting Directive 87/54/EEC. The Member States and the
Community have all along underlined their interest in a multilateral
treaty on a broad International basis in the preparatory work within
WIPO. Only a widely accepted treaty is capable of providing the
necessary protection for Integrated circuits, for which the commerce
is today in fact international.