
Article 1 
Member States shall extend the legal protection for topographies of semiconductor products provided for under Directive 87/54/EEC as follows:

((a)) natural persons who are nationals of, or are domiciled in the territory of, a Member of the WTO Agreement, shall be treated as nationals of a Member State;
((b)) legal entities which or natural persons who have a real and effective establishment for the creation of topographies or the production of integrated circuits in the territory of a Member of the WTO Agreement shall be treated as legal entities or natural persons having a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the territory of a Member State.
Article 2 

1. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
2. It shall apply from 1 January 1996.
3. Council Decision 90/510/EEC of 9 October 1990 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from certain countries and territories is replaced as from the date of application of the present Decision, in so far as it concerns the extension of the protection under Directive 87/54/EEC to countries or territories Members of the WTO Agreement.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1994.
For the Council
The President
H. SEEHOFER