Industrial property: protection of Community design

In adopting the report drafted by Mr. Enrico FERRI (EPP/ED, It), the European Parliament accepts the amended proposal for a Council Regulation on Community design with a number of amendments. The amendments were aimed inter alia at making drafting amendments and ensuring consistency between the regulation and Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs. Furthermore, new provisions were included, one concerning the right to information on the origin and marketing of counterfeit products, to enable a design holder to trace operators and prevent copying, and the other on establishing recognition of ownership. Furthermore, the word "orders" in amendment 19 shall be replaced by the word "decision".�