Member States shall inform the Commission, within 18 months of the filing date, of the existence of any as yet unpublished application for a patent or utility model which seems to them, prima facie, to deal with a subject which, although not specifically nuclear, is directly connected with and essential to the development of nuclear energy in the Community.
Laistigh d'ocht mí dhéag tar éis dháta a chomhdaithe, cuirfidh Ballstáit in iúl don Choimisiún aon iarratas a bheidh ann, agus é fós gan foilsiú, ar phaitinn nó ar chuspa aisiúlachta a dhealraíonn dóibh, prima facie, a bheith ag déileáil le hábhar a bhaineann go díreach, cé nach ábhar núicléach é go sonrach, le forbairt fuinnimh núicléach sa Chomhphobal agus atá fior-riachtanach don fhorbairt sin.