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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8348

27 November 2002
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/patent
Council again postpones deadlines for adopting community patent while hoping for an agreement in Spring

Brussels, 26/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Competition Council has again postponed the adoption of the Community patent. Although Member States had made a commitment to reach a decision by the end of 2001, the Danish Presidency adopted "procedural conclusions" at the end of a very brief debate in Brussels on Tuesday, which indicates that the "Council will do its best to reach a political agreement in time for the European Council in Spring 2003".

The Council did not even reach an agreement...

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