Article 26
Access rights for the execution of indirect actions 1. Participants in the same indirect action shall enjoy access rights to the knowledge arising from work carried out under the indirect action and to the pre-existing know-how, if that knowledge or pre-existing know-how is needed to carry out their own work under that indirect action. Access rights to knowledge shall be granted on a royalty-free basis. Access rights to pre-existing know-how shall also be granted on a royalty-free basis, unless otherwise agreed, before signature of the contract. 2. Subject to its legitimate interests, the termination of the participation of a participant shall in no way affect the obligation to grant access rights pursuant to paragraph 1 to the other participants in the same indirect action until its end.