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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8853

22 December 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/council/common market/software
Vote on patenting of software is postponed

Brussels, 21/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - Poland wanted more time to be granted to assess the draft directive on the patentability of software, and requested on Tuesday that the Dutch Presidency withdraw the issue from point A on the agenda of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, which the Dutch Presidency proceeded to do because the issue had only actually been put on the agenda at the last minute (so request from a single Member State was sufficient for it to be removed). After formally...

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