Article 8
1. Knowledge resulting from work undertaken direct by, or financed wholly by, the Community shall be owned by the Community unless if otherwise provided in the relevant programme decision or contractual agreement. 2. The Commission shall ensure that knowledge belonging to the Community which could be used for an industrial or commercial application and whose nature justifies such a measure is protected to the extent required by the interests of the Community and in accordance with any applicable legal or contractual obligation. 3. Knowledge belonging to the Community shall be made available to the contractors and to interested third parties established in the Community who need the knowledge for their research and technological development work or who undertake to exploit it in conformity with the Community's interests. Such provision of knowledge may be subject to appropriate conditions, particularly concerning the payment of fees.