<img src="https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/744ac39d33cabbc297b91373bfcac24d/bin/images/Greece_map.png" alt="Greece" class="page-header-sidebar-image"> Greece has provisions in its legislation relating to the granting of compulsory licences. These can be found in Arts. 13 and 14 of Law 1733/87 on technology transfer, inventions and technological information. Compulsory licences may be granted on a number of grounds. A third party may request a compulsory licence from the court provided that all of the below conditions apply: (i) Three years from grant or four years from filing of a patent have passed; (ii) The patentee has not worked the invention or has not worked the invention in a way to cover local demand; (iii) The third party is capable of working the invention; (iv) The patentee has been notified, a month before initiating legal proceedings, of the third party’s intention to request a compulsory licence. Importation from EU and WTO countries qualifies as working of the invention for the purpose of this ground for applying for a compulsory licence (see Presidential Decree 54/1992 and law 2359/95). A compulsory licence may also be granted by the State when an invention has not been worked or has not been worked in a way to cover local demand, and an imperative need for purposes of national health or national defence exists. The Minister of Development may grant a compulsory licence to any state authority to work the invention in Greece. More information can be found [here](https://e-courses.epo.org/wbts_int/CompulsoryLicensing/CL_GR.pdf).