Brussels, 03/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Swedish Presidency has four priorities for this second half of the year: improving the functioning of the internal market, the coming into effect of the services directive at the end of December, negotiations on a Community patent and a unified patents dispute settlement system.
The internal market is a “key tool” in tackling the economic crisis and climate change, said Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Björling on Wednesday 2 September as she set...