{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-644/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-644/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1996/644",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 11 November 1996 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the Isle of Man (96/644/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-644",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1996.\nMember States shall extend the right to protection under this Decision to the persons referred to in Article 1 until such time as the Isle of Man is bound by the provisions of the Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights following the exension of the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization to the Isle of Man.\nAny exclusive rights acquired under Decisions 87/532/EEC, 90/511/EEC, 94/828/EC or under this Decision shall continue to produce their effects for the period laid down under Directive 87/54/EEC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1996/644/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:19:15.842848+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}