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From: "Patrizio Menchetti" <patrizio.menchetti@menchlaw.com>
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On 18 Jun 2003 at 14:04, xdrudis@tinet.org wrote:

> EU-wide means covering all the EU territory, not instituted by the EU.
> Not all EU-wide law is EU law.
> 
This a common mistake, however much venial than the former one and usually 
coming by people who have a background in a monistic legal system (like France or 
Switzerland for instance). You refer to multilateral conventions, like the European 
Patent Convention, but do not take into account that in all the countries having a 
dualistic legal system (Ireland, UK and Italy for instance) what matters is only national 
law, regardless to the convention language. This has a deep impact and it is also what 
convinced me to change my mind on the need of EU law in the area, as I am afraid 
there is no EU-wide law other than EU law. EU law has a final instance, which is the 
Court of Justice, and the national courts are to follow the rules, while the EPO answers 
only to God and under the EPC each national court in the EU has the right to go its 
own way.

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