Hi all,
I'm hoping someone can help me understand one article from the EU
constitution. It's the one about "intellectual property". Fom here:
http://europa.eu.int/constitution/en/ptoc35_en.htm#a216
<quote>
Article III-176 (bottom of the page)
In the context of the establishment and functioning of the internal
market, European laws or framework laws shall establish measures for the
creation of European intellectual property rights to provide uniform
intellectual property rights protection throughout the Union and for the
setting up of centralised Union-wide authorisation, coordination and
supervision arrangements.
A European law of the Council shall establish language arrangements for
the European intellectual property rights. The Council shall act
unanimously after consulting the European Parliament.
</quote>
That very last sentence worries me. Is this the way it is today? Or does
this mean that the council of ministers has more power than before on
this area and now it doesn't matter what the Parliament says?
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Daniel.
