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US/Albania agreement also limits US use of complusory licensing of patents

This is a May 14, 1992 agreement with Albania, that 
also restricts the grounds on which the US government
can use complusory licensing of patents.  Jamie


http://infoserv2.ita.doc.gov/tcc/internettre2mac.nsf/c6bbc4782537d2d18525643c006db628/99d3ebbed4cf4a95852565670052d8f6?OpenDocument

AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATIONS 
BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA 
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(vi) Compulsory Licenses
(1) Each Party may limit the patent owner's exclusive rights 
    through compulsory licenses but only:

  (A) to remedy an adjudicated complaint based on 
      competition laws;

  (B) to address, only during its existence, a declared 
      national emergency; and

  (C) to enable compliance with national air pollutant 
      standards, where compulsory licenses are essential 
      to such compliance.