Regional. The EC adopted, in December 1986, Council Directive 87/54/EEC on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products, which establishes a sui generis regime on the matter, without prejudice to the application of other forms of protection. The protection of integrated circuits is also provided for under NAFTA. Arti- cle 1710(1) to (8) of NAFTA parallels Articles 35 through 38 of TRIPS. The NAFTA provisions are virtually identical to those in the Agreement,1008 with a signifi- cant exception: Article 1710(5) of NAFTA1009 prohibits the granting of compulsory licenses on layout-designs of integrated circuits. Articles 86 to 112 of Decision 486 of the Andean Group countries (2000) provide for a sui generis protection for integrated circuits.
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Sources: Integrated Circuits Protection Agreement, Integrated Circuits Protection Agreement