WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/PRT/1/Rev.1
8 November 1999
(99-4813)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  French
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
PORTUGAL
Revision
The following notification under Article 63.2 of the Agreement has been received from the
Permanent Mission of the European Commission at Geneva by means of a communication dated27 October 1999.  This notification replaces notification IP/N/1/PRT/1 dated 12 July 1996.
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Main Dedicated Intellectual Property Laws and Regulations
Title, date of adoption and entry into force Brief description
Decree-Laws Nos. 15/95 and 16/95 of
24 January 1995 (entered into force 1 June 1995)1Industrial Property Code1
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Code (LawNo. 45/85 of 17 September 1985) as amended by
Law No. 114/91 of  3 September 1991.The Code contains detailed provisions
concerning copyright and ensures compliance
with the 1971 Revision of the Berne Convention
for the Protection of Literary and ArtisticWorks.
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Decree Law No. 213/90 of 28 June 1990, enteredinto force on 3 July 1990.This Decree-Law establishes the legal system
governing plant breeders' rights.
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1 The text of the Industrial Property Code has been distributed as document IP/N/1/PRT/I/1.
2 The text of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Code has been distributed as
document IP/N/1/PRT/C/1.
3 The text of the Decree-Law concerning plant breeders' right will be distributed as
document IP/N/1/PRT/P/1.IP/N/1/PRT/1/Rev.1
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Other Laws and Regulations
Title, date of adoption and entry into force Brief description
Copyright and Related Rights
Decree No. 4114 of 17 April 1918 The Decree contains provisions on the
requirements for the registration of literary and
artistic works.
Decree Law No. 433/78 of 27 December The Law contains provisions on the registration
of legal entities acting as agents.
Decree Law No. 150/82 of 29 April The Law contains provisions relating to the
protection of works which have entered the
public domain.
Decree Law No. 39/88 of 6 February The Law contains provisions on the rules of
videogram classification.
Decree Law No. 227/89 of 8 July The Law contains provisions on the
requirements for the exercise of phonogram
import, production, distribution and export
activities.
Decree Law No. 252/94 of 20 October The Law contains provisions relating to the
transposition of Directive 91/250/EEC on the
legal protection of computer programs.
Decree Law No. 74/82 of 3 March Concer ning the provisions on the statutory
deposit of publications.
Decree Law No. 317/88 of 8 September Regulat ions on receiving stations for satellite-
transmitted television signals for private use.
Decree Law No. 122/89 of 14 April Regulations  on the installation of individual and
collective antennas for the reception of
broadcast signals.
Law No. 16/89 of 30 June Provisions concerning the legal protection of
semi-conductor design layouts (topographies).
Decree Law No. 292/91 of 13 August Regulations on the use of cable distribution
networks.
Law No. 109/91 of 17 August La w on computer-related crime.
Decree Law No. 315/95 of 28 November Legal regime for artistic entertainment.
Decree Law No. 332/97 of 27 November Provisions governing rental right and lending
right-transpositions of CommunityDirective 92/100/EEC.
Decree Law No. 333/97 of 27 November Regulations on satellite broadcasting and cable
retransmission – transposition of Community
Directive 93/83/EEC.IP/N/1/PRT/1/Rev.1
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Title, date of adoption and entry into force Brief description
Decree Law No. 80/97 of 8 April Regulations on the powers, functions and
operation of the General Inspectorate for
Cultural Activities.
Decree Law No. 334/97 of 27 November Regulations on the set period of copyright
protection – transposition of Community
Directive 93/98/EEC.
Law No. 62/98 of 1 Septembe r Regulations on Article 82 of the Copyright and
Neighbouring Rights Code concerning the Law
on Private Copy.
Law No. 67/98 of 26 October Law on the Protection of Personal Data –
Transposition of CommunityDirective 95/46/EC on the protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of
personal data and on the free movement of such
data.
Protection of plant varieties
Ministerial Order No. 940/90 of 4 October,
entered into force on 5 November 1990The Ministerial Order sets out the legal system
governing breeders' rights established in
Decree Law No. 213/90 of  28 June.  It contains
the provisions governing the conditions that
must be met for the granting of breeders'
rights.  It sets out the provisions on the
organization of the Office for Breeders' Rights.
Ministerial Order No. 351/91 of 20 April,
entered into force on 20 April 1991This Order amends the provisions of
Ministerial Order No. 940/90 of
4 October 1990, on protected species
(Article 7).
Ministerial Order No. 15/92 of 13 January,entered into force on 13 January 1992This Order amends the provisions of
Ministerial Order No. 940/90 of
4 October 1990, on protected species
(Article 7).
Ministerial Order No. 379/93 of 3 April,entered into force on 3 April 1993This Order amends the provisions of
Ministerial Order No. 940/90 of 4 October, onprotected species (Article 7).
Ministerial Order No. 527/96 of 1 October,entered into force on 1 October 1996This Order amends the provisions of
Ministerial Order No. 940/90 of 4 October, on
protected species (Article 7).
Judicial and criminal procedures andremedies
Decree Law No. 47344 of 25 November 1996,entered into force on 1 June 1967
(Articles 303, 48, 75, 79, 742, 747, 1303 and
1678)Civil Code (with successive amendments)
Decree Law No. 239-A/95 of 12 December as
amended by Decree Law No. 180/96 of
25 SeptemberCivil Procedure Code – this Law, with its
successive amendments, lays down the basic
procedures for civil judicial proceedings andsets out the provisions concerning the
calculation of damages.
Decree Law No. 400/82 of 23 September Criminal CodeIP/N/1/PRT/1/Rev.1
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Title, date of adoption and entry into force Brief description
Decree Law No.78/87 of 17 February and
Decree Law No. 217/95 of 28 NovemberCriminal Procedure Code
Decree Law No. 28/84 of 20 January E conomic and Public Health Offences
Law No. 3/99 of 13 Janu ary Internal Organization of Judicial Courts
Law No. 47/86 of 15 October Int ernal Organization of the Public
Prosecutor's Office
Decree Law No. 269-A/95 Internal  Organization of the General
Inspectorate of Economic Activities
Decree Law No. 433/82 of 27 October andDecree Law No. 244/95 of 14 SeptemberGeneral Regime for Violations
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