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ARTICLE-8: Principles [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Members
may, in formulating or amending their laws and regulations, adopt
measures necessary to protect public health and nutrition, and to
promote the public interest in sectors of vital importance to their
socio-economic and technological development, provided that such
measures are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
...
ARTICLE-27: Patentable Subject Matter [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Members
may exclude from patentability inventions, the prevention within
their territory of the commercial exploitation of which is necessary
to protect ordre public or morality, including to protect
human, animal or plant life or health or to avoid serious prejudice
to the environment, provided that such exclusion is not made merely
because the exploitation is prohibited by their law. ...