It is thus appropriate to require that these general conditions, criteria and formalities should be applied in an objective, transparent and non-discriminatory way and should be known in advance, based primarily on medical considerations, and that they should not impose any additional burden on patients seeking healthcare in another Member State in comparison with patients being treated in their Member State of affiliation, and that decisions should be made as quickly as possible. This should be without prejudice to the rights of the Member States to lay down criteria or conditions for prior authorisation in the case of patients seeking ...[+++]healthcare in their Member State of affiliation.

(19) The moral rights of rightholders should be exercised according to the legislation of the Member States and the provisions of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and of the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

(b) Even where they do not provide in accordance with subparagraph (a) that paragraphs 1 and 3 apply in relation to such rights, Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to protect the interests of employees and of persons no longer employed in the transferor's business at the time of the transfer in respect of rights conferring on them immediate or prospective entitlement to old age benefits, including survivors' benefits, under supplementary schemes referred to in subparagraph (a).

(4) Community patent law applicable to the Community patent should not replace the laws of the Member States on patents, nor European patent law as established by the Munich Convention. It would not in fact appear to be justified to require undertakings to apply for registration of their patents as Community patents, since national patents and European patents continue to be necessary for those undertakings which do not want protection of their inventions at Community level. This Regulation should therefore be without prejudice to the right of the Member States to grant national patents.

2. All over-the-counter derivative operations involving the foreign reserve assets of the ECB are to be documented under the following standard agreements, in such form as may be approved or amended by the ECB from time to time: for counterparties organised or incorporated under French law, the "Convention-cadre relative aux opérations de marché à terme"; for counterparties organised or incorporated under German law, the "Rahmenvertrag für echte Finanztermingeschäfte"; for counterparties organised or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside France, Germany and the United States, the "1992 International Swaps and Derivative ...[+++]s Association Master Agreement" (Multicurrency - cross-border, English law version); and for counterparties organised or incorporated under US federal or State laws, the "1992 International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement" (Multi-currency - cross-border, New York law version)".

1. All collateralised operations involving the foreign reserve assets of the ECB comprising repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, buy/sell-back agreements and sell/buy-back agreements are to be documented under the following standard agreements, in such form as may be approved or amended by the ECB from time to time: for counterparties organised or incorporated under French law, the "Convention-cadre relative aux opérations de pension livrée"; for counterparties organised or incorporated under German law, the "Rahmenvertrag für echte Pensionsgeschäfte"; for counterparties organised or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside France, Germany and the United State ...[+++]s, the "PSA/ISMA Global Master Repurchase Agreement"; and for counterparties organised or incorporated under US federal or State laws, "The Bond Market Association Master Repurchase Agreement".