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Council 04/12/21	Council 04/12/15	cons1213	cons1203	2004-11-30 DE Bundestag Unanimously Criticises Council Software Patent Agreement, Calls for Effective Limitation of Patentability

2004-12-15 EU Coreper paves way for adoption of Software Patent Agreement without Qualified Majority

According to the [http://ue.eu.int/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/envir/83092.pdf Agenda of the 2632nd Environment Council meeting], the software patent agreement of 18th of May will be adopted as an uncontroversial item (A-item) Monday next week, see also [http:Cons041217En Cons041217En]. Neither the Mertens group yesterday nor the diplomats at Coreper today raised any objections. Several countries made unilateral statements in which they distance themselves from the proposal and point to the European Parliament as the bearer of their hopes.