Without prejudice to the international conventions in force in Egypt, any natural person or legal entity, Egyptian or foreign, belonging to, domiciled or active in a country or an entity that is a member of the World Trade Organisation or that applies reciprocity to Egypt, shall have the right to apply for a patent at the Egyptian Patent Office, and enjoy whatever rights derived therefrom, in conformity with the provisions of this Law. Nationals of all member countries of the World Trade Organisation shall benefit from any advantage, preference, privi1ege or immunity granted by any other 1aw to nationals of any state in connection with the rights provided for in this Chapter, unless such advantage, preference or immunity derives from: (1) agreements on judicial assistance or agreement on law enforcement of general nature; (2) agreements in connection with the protection of intellectual property rights, which came into force prior to the 1st of January 1995.