Trade Marks Directive
Link to the complete Travaux (32MB PDF).
The hyperlinks in the right column either lead to the individual document (for example “Proposal” or “Note” or to the page in the overall travaux (for example “Travaux Page 1-5” or “Travaux Page 6-14”) which will open the 32MB pdf file.
Event Date | Document | Body | Reference | Link |
25 November 1980 | Proposal | Commission | OJ C 351/1 | |
30 November 1981 | Opinion | Economic and Social Committee | OJ C 310/22 | |
13 – 14 September 1982 | Summary of Conclusions | Working Party on Intellectual Property | 11035/82 | |
31 August 1983 | Report | European Parliament, Legal Affairs Committee (Mr Turner | PE 74.754/fin/Corr | |
12 October 1983 | Debate | European Parliament | No 1-304/104 | |
12 October 1983 | Amendments | European Parliament | OJ C 307/59 | |
12 October 1983 | Resolution | European Parliament | OJ C 307/66 | |
12 October 1983 | Explanations of vote | European Parliament | No 1-304/153 | |
17 December 1985 | Amended Proposal | Commission | OJ C 351/4 COM (85) 793 final | |
17 – 18 July 1986 | Summary of Proceedings | Working Party on Intellectual Property | 8653/86 | |
23 – 24 September 1986 | Summary of Conclusions | Working Party on Intellectual Property | 9400/86 | |
9 – 10 October 1986 | Summary of Proceedings | Working Party on Intellectual Property | 9714/86 | |
15 October 1986 | Note from General Secretariat to Working Party on Intellectual Property attaching consolidated text of Amended Proposal resulting from Working Party’s first reading | Council | 9377/86 | |
10 November 1986 | Note from General Secretariat to Working Party on Intellectual Property | Council | 10296/86 | |
17 – 18 June 1987 | Summary of Conclusions | Working Party on Intellectual Property | 7528/87 | |
30 – 31 July 1987 | Summary of Conclusions | Working Party on Intellectual Property | 8117/87 | |
17 – 18 September 1987 | Summary of Conclusions | Working Party on Intellectual Property | 8752/87 | |
28 October 1987 | Report from Presidency to COREPER | Council | 9185/87 | |
28 October 1987 | Note from Working Party on Intellectual Property to COREPER attaching consolidated text of Amended Proposal resulting from Working Party’s third reading | Council | 9186/87 | |
16 November 1987 | Note from Working Party on Intellectual Property to COREPER attaching consolidated text of Amended Proposal resulting from Working Party’s third reading | Council | 9631/87 | |
26 November 1987 | Note from COREPER to Council (Internal Market) | Council | 9952/87 | |
5 October 1988 | Recommendation concerning Common Position of Council | European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens’ Rights (Mr Turner) | A2-0209/99 PE 124.316/fin. Or. EN | |
24 October 1988 | Debate | European Parliament | No 2-370/18 | |
26 October 1988 | Decision on Common Position | European Parliament | OJ C 309/43 A2-209/88 | |
21 December 1988 | Adoption of Trade Marks Directive | Council | OJ L 40/1 | |
2008 | Communication from the Commission - An Industrial Property Rights Strategy for Europe | Commission | Com (2008) 465/3 | |
6 April 2011 | Synopsis - Proposed Directive | Council | ||
26 May 2011 | Hearing with User Associations on Revision of Community Trade Mark Directive | |||
2013 | Executive Summary of the Impact Assessment on Proposal of the European Parliament and Council to Approximate the Laws of MS relating to Trade Marks | Commission | SWD(2013) 96 | |
2013 | Impact Assessment on Proposal of the European Parliament and Council to Approximate the Laws of MS relating to Trade Marks | Commission | SWD(2013) 95 | |
27 March 2013 | Proposal of the European Parliament and Council for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of MS relating to Trade Marks | European Commission | 2013/0089 (COD) | |
20 October 2013 | Amendments 41-60 on Draft Report on the Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Parliament - Committee of Legal Affairs | 2013/0089 (COD) | |
11 July 2013 | Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal of the European Parliament and Council to Approximate the Laws of MS relating to Trade Marks | European Economic and Social Committee | INT/697 | |
17 July 2013 | Draft Opinion on the Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | European Parliament | 2013/0089 (COD) | |
24 June 2013 | European Communities Trade Mark Association's Comments on Proposal for Amending the Directive 2008/95/EC to to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | European Communities Trade Mark Association | ||
31 July 2013 | Draft Report on the Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | European Parliament | 2013/0089 (COD) | |
30 October 2013 | Amendments 41-106 on Draft Report on the Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | European Parliament | 2013/0089(COD) | |
19 November 2013 | Presidency Compromise Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | European Parliament | 16336/13 | |
17 December 2013 | Adopted text - Trade Mark Directive | Parliament | ||
16 January 2014 | Report on the Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Committee of Legal Affairs | A7-0032/2014 | |
19 February 2014 | Amendment 55 on the Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Committee of Legal Affairs | A7-0032/2014 | |
20 February 2014 | Amendments 001-054 on the Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Committee of Legal Affairs | A7-0032/2014 | |
17 March 2014 | Information Note on Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks - Outcome of European Parliament's First Reading | Council | 6743/14 | |
21 March 2014 | The Association of European Trade Mark Owners's Comments on Presidency Compromise Proposal to the Trademark Directive and Community Trademark Regulation | The Association of European Trade Mark Owners | ||
2 May 2014 | Note on Presidency Compromise Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Council | 9339/14 | |
12 June 2014 | The Association of European Trade Mark Owners's Comments on Compromise Proposal to the Trademark Directive and Community Trademark Regulation | The Association of European Trade Mark Owners | ||
18 July 2014 | Presidency Compromise Proposal for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Council | 11827/14 | |
8 June 2015 | Note on the Revision of the European Trade Mark System - Analysis of the Final Compromise text with a view to Agreement | Council | 9547/15 | |
28 October 2015 | Position of Council at First Reading for a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Council | 10374/15 | |
12 November 2015 | Position of the Council at First Reading with a view to the Adoption of a Directive to Approximate the Laws of the MS relating to Trade Marks | Council | 10374/1/15 REV 1 | |
24 November 2015 | Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament on Position of Council on Directive to Approximate the Laws of MS Relating to Trade Marks | Commission | 2013/0089 (COD) | |
15 December 2015 | Press Release on Trade Mark Reform Package Approved by the European Parliament | Parliament | ||
16 December 2015 | Directive (EU) 2015/2436 |