MEPS voted yesterday (22 October) by a clear majority to amend draft EU legislation on design protection

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Series Details 23/10/97, Volume 3, Number 38
Publication Date 23/10/1997
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Date: 23/10/1997

to allow independent manufacturers to supply spare car parts directly to customers. The issue will now have to be settled in conciliation talks with the Council of Ministers, which rejected calls for a so-called 'repair clause' guaranteeing an open market for car parts to be included in the directive.

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