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 4 - Special provisions#Article 28

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 203/18 Article 28 Where, as a result of their communication to the Commission, unpublished applications for patents or utility models, or patents or utility models classified for defence reasons, are improperly used or come to the knowledge of an unauthorised person, the Community shall make good the damage suffered by the party concerned.