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	N. 12, Dec.2003 -Jan. 2004

News

European Union. Actions against four Member States before the ECJ for still not having implemented the biotech patents Directive

The European Commission seems to be serious about bringing action before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against those EU Member States that have still not implemented the Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. This Directive should have been transposed into national laws by 30 July 2000.

So far, information about actions brought against four Member States has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (see links below).

Links

	» Information about action brought against the Netherlands on 19 September 2003 (Case C-395/03) » Information about action brought against France on 24 October 2003 (Case C-448/03) » Information about action brought against Luxembourg on 27 October 2003 (Case C-450/03) » Information about action brought against Belgium on 28 October 2003 (Case C-454/03)
	Related IPR-Helpdesk news item of 14 July 2003: » "European Union. Decision to refer eight EU Member States to the ECJ for not having implemented the EC Directive on legal protection of biotechnological inventions"
	For further information on the state of play of implementation of Directive 98/44, please see the IPR-Helpdesk document » "The EC Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions"