# DIRECTIVE 98/44/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Member States shall protect biotechnological inventions under national patent law. They shall, if necessary, adjust their national patent law to take account of the provisions of this Directive.
2. This Directive shall be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States pursuant to international agreements, and in particular the TRIPs Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/44/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-44/article-1
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