Industrial property: protection of Community design

On the basis of a new report from the Presidency, the Council noted the progress of work on the proposal for a regulation on the Community design and the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of designs. It also took note of the fact that the Commission intended to submit an amended proposal for a directive and asked it to do so as quickly as possible. The Council instructed the Permanent Representatives Committee to expedite proceedings on the basis of the amended proposal so that the Council’s common position on the proposal for a directive could be adopted at the next meeting and discussion of the proposal for a regulation in the light of the opinion to be delivered by the European Parliament.