14/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - Heads of state gave a rather frosty reception to the proposed compromise put forward by the Belgian Presidency on the creation of the Community patent (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.9). During a fraught debate, France, Portugal and, it appears, Germany opposed the linguistic regime suggested for the patent. The Presidency was having second thoughts in the evening about the utility of organising a special Internal Market Council on 20 December, in order to adopt a...