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On 18 Jun 2003 at 20:44, Hartmut Pilch wrote:

> If the inter-state approach wasn't good enough and supreme caselaw
> authority was needed, the EU could simply regulate that Art 52-57 EPC
> are EU law and put the ECJ in charge, couldn't it?

I am afraid this is precisely what's not possible under EU law without enacting a 
Directive. And what you describe is precisley what the Directive aims to do, isnt'it?

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