GENERAL CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. Applications for patents received in one NATO country from another with a request that they be placed in secrecy under the provisions of the NATO Agreement shall be placed in secrecy in the receiving country and shall be accorded a degree of security classification at least equal to the degree of security classification given to them by the country of origin2, provided that: (1) the request for secrecy of the patent application is received from or on behalf of a Defence Agency of the government of the originating country or from the Applicant accompanied by a permit from or on behalf of the Defence Agency;
