Industrial property: legal protection of designs (recast)

AdoptedProvisional agreementReference A9-0317/2023Committee JURI

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How the groups voted

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The Left37

2026971%

S&D140

90014999%

Greens/EFA72

The European Parliament adopted by 455 votes to 7, with 68 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of designs (recast).The proposal to recast Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council aims to ensure that the design protection system is adapted to the digital age (in particular the advent of 3D printers) and becomes significantly more accessible and effective for independent designers, SMEs and industries where designs play a major role, by lowering costs, simplifying procedures, making them faster and more predictable, and increasing legal certainty…