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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8100

28 November 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/patent
Council unable to reach agreement over Community patent - Mr Bolkestein bitterly disappointed, two weeks before Laeken Summit

Brussels, 27/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Internal Market Council was unable to reach, on Monday evening, an agreement over the creation of the Community patent, despite lengthy talks behind closed doors, the meetings between the Belgian Presidency and the Commission and the laborious technical preparations last week (see EUROPE of 23 November, p.8). The Council President, Charles Picqué, was unable to achieve a compromise over the points that continue to block the creation of the...

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