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On December 04, 2009, a (partial) political breakthrough had been achieved by the EU Council: A number of conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe were fixed on that day.

EU Council Document 16113/09 ADD 1 served as a basis for the political concord and conveyed a revised proposal for a Council Regulation on the European Union patent drawn up by the Presidency for discussion at the meeting of the Council (Competitiveness) on December 04, 2009. Article 61 thereof stated that the Regulation shall be accompanied by a separate regulation, which shall govern the translation arrangements for the EU patent, adopted by the Council with unanimity in accordance with Article 118, second subparagraph of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. This Regulation shall come into force together with the separate regulation on the translation arrangements for the EU patent.

Just today, on the first day of the Belgian EU Presidency, the EU Commission has published a Proposal for a Council Regulation (EU) on the translation arrangements for the European Union patent.