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EEA legal acts

The following European Union regulations on intellectual property rights are valid in Iceland based on the EEA Agreement, cf. Act no. 2/1993 on the European Economic Area. 

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31998L0071

 
Directive 98/44/EB on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions 
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products  
Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use  
Regulation (EC) No 1610/1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
Directive (EU) 2015/2436 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks  
Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs 
Council Directive 87/54/EEC on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products 

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