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Lack of agreement by ministers on Union patents
Date: 13/03/2001
Policy area: Internal market, consumer affairs and tourism News item: Front-page news
The meeting of the Internal Market, Consumer Affairs and Tourism Council opened with an debate on the preparations for the summit in Stockholm from an internal market perspective. The ministers also tried to reach agreement on a common EU patent but without success.
"I regret that we were not able to come to an agreement on a rapid advance of the process towards a Union patent", comments Ministers for Trade, Leif Pagrotsky, after the meeting.