The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community#TITLE II - Provisions for the encouragement of progress in the field of nuclear energy#CHAPTER 2 - DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION#Section 2 - Other information#Article 19

Article 19 Where, failing amicable agreement, the Commission intends to secure the granting of licences in one of the cases provided for in Article 17, it shall give notice of its intention to the proprietor of the patent, provisionally protected patent right, utility model or patent application, and shall specify in such notice the name of the applicant for and the scope of the licence.