Brussels, 19/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Commission does not rule out the possibility of withdrawing its Community patent proposal, Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said after the Competitiveness Council held in Brussels. Germany, Spain, France and Portugal voiced opposition to a final proposal of compromise from the Presidency, a proposal which should have been adopted unanimously (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.11).
"That I am bitterly disappointed comes as no surprise", the Commissioner noted,...