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made in its register with a view to their inclusion in the State register, shall
collaborate with the State registry and facilitate the exchange of information.
b) Authorisation and revocation of entities for the collective management of
intellectual property rights acting mainly in Catalonia and also performance of
complementary inspection and control tasks regarding the activity of these entities.
2. The Generalitat has executive power over industrial property. This power
includes in any case:
a) Establishment and regulation, in coordination with that of the State, of a register
of industrial property rights for natural or legal persons.
b) The legal and procedural defence of the place-names of Catalonia used in
industry.
ARTICLE 156. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
While respecting the guarantees regarding fundamental rights in this area, the
Generalitat has executive power over the protection of personal data. This power
includes in any case:
a) Registration and control of files or processing of personal data created or
managed by the public institutions of Catalonia, the Administration of the
Generalitat, local public authorities of Catalonia, autonomous entities, and public or
private law entities answerable to autonomous or local public authorities or
providing services or carrying out activities on their own account by means of any
form of direct or indirect management, and also the universities that make up the
Catalan university system.
b) Registration, and control of files or the processing of personal data created or
managed by natural or legal persons for the exercise of public functions in
connection with matters that fall under the authority of the Generalitat or of the
local government entities of Catalonia, provided the processing takes place in
Catalonia.
c) Registration and control of files and the processing of data created or managed
by the public law bodies which exercise their functions exclusively within the
territory of Catalonia.
d) Establishment of an independent authority, appointed by Parliament, to
supervise the safeguarding of the right to protection of personal data within the
powers of the Generalitat.
ARTICLE 157. ADVERTISING
Without prejudice to the mercantile legislation of the State, the Generalitat has
exclusive power over the regulation of advertising.
ARTICLE 158. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
1. In matters concerning scientific and technical research, the Generalitat has
exclusive power in matters concerning its own research centres and structures, and
the projects it finances. This power includes in any case:
a) Establishment of research areas of its own, and monitoring, control and
evaluation of projects.
b) Organisation, functioning system, control, monitoring and accreditation of
centres and structures in Catalonia.
c) Regulation and management of grants and financial assistance organised and
funded by the Generalitat.
d) Regulation and professional training of research and research support personnel.
e) Dissemination of science and the transfer of results.
2. The Generalitat has shared power over the coordination of the research centres
and structures of Catalonia.
3. Collaboration criteria between the State and the Generalitat in research policy,
development and innovation shall be established within the framework of the
provisions of Title V. Likewise, systems shall be established for the participation of
the Generalitat in determining policies affecting these matters at European Union
level, and in other international bodies and institutions.
ARTICLE 159. LEGAL SYSTEM, LEGAL PROCEDURE, PUBLIC CONTRACTS, EXPROPRIATION AND
RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CATALAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BODIES
1. The Generalitat has exclusive power in matters concerning the legal system and
legal procedure governing Catalan Public Administration bodies which are not
affected by Article 149.1.18 of the Constitution. This power includes:
a) The means required to exercise administrative functions, including the system
governing public and patrimonial property.
b) Control, inspection and sanctioning authority in all material areas that the
Generalitat has power over.
c) The rules of administrative procedure arising from the particularities of the
substantive law of Catalonia or from specialised areas of the organisation of the
Generalitat.
2. The Generalitat has shared power in all matters relating to the legal system and
legal procedure of Catalan Public Administration bodies not included in Section 1
above.
3. In relation to the contracts of Public Administration bodies in Catalonia, the
Generalitat has:
a) Exclusive power over organisation and jurisdiction in matters involving
contracting by Catalan Public Administration bodies and over rules for execution,
modification and termination of the Administration s contracts in those matters
which are not affected by Article 149.1.18 of the Constitution.
b) Shared power in all matters not attributed exclusively to the jurisdiction of the
Generalitat according to a above.
4. In matters concerning compulsory expropriation, the Generalitat has executive
power, in any case, to:
a) Determine cases, causes and conditions in which Catalan Administration bodies
may exercise expropriatory authority.
b) Establish the criteria for valuing the expropriated assets according to the nature
and social function of these assets, in accordance with State legislation.
c) Create and regulate an entity of its own for the purpose of determining a fair
price, and to establish the procedure.
5. In matters of patrimonial responsibility, the Generalitat has shared power to
establish the causes that may give rise to liability, in relation to claims brought
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