Designs


Directive on the Legal Protection of Designs

18.05.2006 Commission welcomes Parliament support on proposals linking EU design registration system with WIPO international system
14.09.2004 Commission proposes enhancing competition in the market for replacement parts for cars
13.10.1998 Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs adopted

Regulation on Community Designs

24.07.2007 Commission adopts necessary measures for linking EU design registration system with WIPO international system
18.12.2006 Council Regulation (EC) No 1891/2006 of 18 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 6/2002 and (EC) No 40/94 to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs
  Council Decision of 18 December 2006 approving the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, adopted in Geneva on 2 July 1999
22.12.2005 Commission proposes linking of EU design registration system with WIPO international system
  • Press Release
  • Proposal for a Council Decision approving the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, adopted in Geneva on 2 July 1999 - COM(2005)687
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  • Proposal for a Council Regulation amending (EC) No 6/2002 and (EC) No 40/94 to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs - COM(2005)689
  • Commission staff working document - impact assessment of the proposals - SEC(2005)1749 PDFEnglish
30.01.2004 Consultation: Commission seeks views on accession to the international deposit system (Hague Agreement)
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    The consultation is closed (30.04.2004)
01.04.2003 First registration date for Community Design
19.12.2002 Commission sets registration fees for Community Designs
22.10.2002 EU-wide registration of designs moves closer
12.12.2001 Commission welcomes adoption of Regulation on Community designs
01.06.1991 Green paper on the legal protection of industrial design  PDFEnglish

Other documents

25.09.2007

EU joins international designs treaty
October 1998 Industrial Property, Special Sectoral Report PDF: 103 - 106 KBEnglishFrançais

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