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THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR,
FAMILY, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ELDERLY AMPOSDRU
The European Social Fund
POS DRU 2007-2013
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2007 - 2013
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THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND
The Sectoral Operational Program Human Resources Development 2007
– 2013
Priority Axis 3 “INCREASING ADAPTABILITY OF WORKERS
AND ENTERPRISES”
Key Area of Intervention 3.3 “Development of partnerships and
encouraging initiatives for social partners and civil society”
Project title: “The Network of Competent Authorities for Professional
Qualifications in Romania (IMI PQ NET Romania)”
Beneficiary: the Ministry of National Education
Contract no.: POSDRU/93/3.3/S/53132
Deliverable 30.1
„Certification and Recognition Guidelines for the
Profession of Authorized Industrial Property Attorney”
ETS dr. eng. Ionel POPA
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THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR,
FAMILY, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ELDERLY AMPOSDRU
The European Social Fund
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Ionel POPA
Certification and Recognition Guidelines for the
Profession of Authorized Industrial Property Attorney
THE EUROPEAN UNION
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FAMILY, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ELDERLY AMPOSDRU
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................... 5
I Regulation status for the industrial property attorney
profession in Romania and in the European Union ... 7
1.1 The legislation applicable to the industrial
property attorney profession in Romania ….…..... 7
1.2 Conditions regarding the access to the industrial
property attorney regulated profession in Romania 11
1.3 Landmarks for the industrial property attorney
profession in the EU states ……………...……….. 19
II Validation / certification procedures for the
competences applied by the competent authorities in
the countries where the industrial property
attorney’s profession is being regulated ……………...
28
III Recognition processes for the qualifications achieved
in other EU Member States ………………………… 33
3.1 The procedure for the recognition of the industrial
property attorney’s profession …………………. 33
3.2 The European citizens’ application to SOLVIT …. 36
IV The practising of the industrial property attorney’s
profession in Romania ……………………...………… 40
4.1 The deontological code applicable to the industrial
property attorney’s profession …..………………. 41
Conclusions ............................................................................... 44
Bibliography ............................................................................. 48
List of acronyms used ……………………………………….. 49
Annexes ………………………………………………………. 50
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Introduction
These “Certification and Recognition Guidelines for
information on the profession of industrial property attorney”
account for one of the multiple results of the project “The Network of
Competent Authorities for Professional Qualifications in Romania”
IMI PQ NET Romania, drawn up for the information of the project
social partners and of the large audience in relation to the way the
industrial property attorney profession can be certified and
recognized.
The activity for the elaboration of these Guidelines contributes
to the achieving of the general goal of the IMI PQ NET Romania
project, consisting in the creation and consolidation of the Internal
Market Information System (IMI) for the professional qualifications
in Romania.
The importance of the industrial property attorney profession
is given by the fact that the progress and prosperity of humanity
depends on its creativity in the technical and cultural fields, therefore
the legal protection of the new creations encourages the investments
and leads to other innovations and promotes the protection of
intellectual property, which stimulates the economic growth by
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creating new jobs and fields of business for the declared goal of
improving the quality of life.
An effective and fair national industrial property system may be
helpful for the exploitation of the intellectual property potential,
which is a powerful instrument for economic growth and social and
cultural progress. This system contributes to the establishment of a
balance between the innovator's interests and the public interest,
therefore creating an environment that is fit for creativity and
invention for the overall benefit of the society.
The intellectual property rights reward the human creativity and
effort that is the engine of the humanity’s progress [1]. The following
fields are subject to the national legislation on industrial property:
invention patents (valid for 20 years);
geographical marks and indications ;
industrial drawings and models;
semiconductor product topography;
additional protection certificates (for plant protection
products and medicines );
utility models;
These “Certification and Recognition Guidelines for the
industrial property attorney profession” refer to the industrial
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property attorney profession in Romania, providing also information
on the European patent attorneys.
Being convinced of the industrial property significance, we
might say that the results of the industrial property attorney’s work
significantly contributes to the nation’s economic, social and cultural
development.
I. Regulation status for the industrial property
attorney profession in Romania and in the European
Union
1.1. The legislation applicable to the industrial property
attorney profession in Romania
The authorized industrial property attorneys are organized
under the jurisdiction of the National Chamber of Industrial Property
Attorneys (CNCPIR). The activity of the industrial property attorney
consists in providing specialized support in the industrial property
field and the representation of the interested Romanian or foreign
individuals and companies before the State Office for Inventions and
Trademarks, as well as before third parties (such as the Customs
National Authority) during the regulated procedures.
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The “authorized industrial property attorney” profession, with
Code 261918 in the Romanian Occupational Classification (COR), is
being regulated in Romania under the supervision of two competent
authorities, i.e.: the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
(OSIM) and the National Chamber of Industrial Property Attorneys
(CNCPIR). Each competent authority has well defined duties
regarding the access to the profession and the actual performance of
the activity.
The National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors,
hereinafter referred to as the Chamber or CNCPIR, was established
for the national and international representation and protection of the
interests of the industrial property attorneys registered with the
Chamber.
The Chamber issues free practice authorizations for the
practicing of the attorney profession in view of the registration with
the fiscal administrations.
The Chamber is a professional, non-governmental, apolitical
organization without any lucrative purpose and with legal personality,
which caries out its national public utility activity by self-financing
and its members are industrial property attorneys, i.e. individuals.
The Chamber is established and functions under the following
laws:
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1. Government Ordinance no. 66/2000, republished under
Article II in the Law no. 331/2006 for the amendment and completion
of the Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization
and practicing of the industrial property attorney profession,
published in the Romanian Official Gazette, Part I no. 646 dated July
26th, 2006 and amended and completed according to the Law no.
437/27.06.2002.
2. Instructions no. 108 dated October 17th, 2002 for the
application of the Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the
organization and practicing of the industrial property attorney
profession, issued by the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks
and published in the Romanian Official Gazette nr. 826 dated
November 15th, 2002;
3. National Chamber of Industrial Property Attorneys Bylaws1,
with the amendments made during the January 2011 Conference;
4. Deontological Code2 for the industrial property attorney
profession;
5. Government Urgency Ruling no. 49/20.05.2009 regarding
the service providers’ freedom to settle down and their freedom to
1 http://www.patent-chamber.ro/word/statut_CNCPIR_2011.pdf
2 http://www.patent-chamber.ro/word/cod_deontologic_2011.pdf
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provide services in Romania, Published in Part I of the Romanian
Official Gazette no. 366/01.06.2009.
The Chamber has legal personality since September 23rd
, 2000,
the date when the Government Urgency Ruling no. 66/2000 came
into force and is seated in Bucharest.
With strict reference to the authorized industrial property
attorney profession, the Chamber has several duties out of which:
a) to assure the practising of the industrial property attorney
profession provided that the professional deontology conditions are
met;
b) to manage and to forward each month to the State Office for
Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) records on its members with an
indication of the company or units where they work, if applicable;
c) to defend the professional interests of its members;
d) to nationally and internationally work with the bodies in the
field;
e) to participate and to be actively involved in the
organization of the industrial property attorney exam.
Although the Chamber analyzed the elaboration of an
occupational standard for the authorized industrial property attorney
profession, at this moment there is no such framework document
regarding this profession.
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1.2. Conditions regarding the access to the industrial
property attorney regulated profession in Romania
The State Office for Inventions and Trademarks is the
depository of the Industrial Property Attorney National Register that
includes:
a) the list of the industrial property attorneys established in
Romania.
b) the list of the industrial property attorneys temporarily
providing industrial property services in Romania.
The position of a industrial property attorney3 may be
achieved following the promotion of an exam passed in front of the
State Office for Inventions and Trademarks. According to the
provisions laid down in the Romanian Government Ordinance no. 66
/ 2000, regarding the organization and practicing of the industrial
property attorney profession, the exam may be taken by the candidate
who meets the following conditions in aggregate:
3 http://legeaz.net/og-66-2000-consilier-proprietate-industriala/art-5-
dobandirea-calitatii-de-consilier-in-proprietate-industriala
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a) he/she is a Romanian citizen, a citizen of a Member State
of the European Union or of the European Economic Area;
b) his/her domicile, residence or registered office is in
Romania;
c) he/she has full practicing capacity;
d) he/she has technical, scientific or legal higher education;
e) he/she practiced for at least 3 years in his/her basic
professional training and of at least 3 years in the industrial property
field (the two periods of time may totally or partially overlap);
f) he/she has not been irrevocably sentenced for an action laid
down in the criminal legislation, which would make him/her
unworthy of being an industrial property attorney.
The law lays down – both for the specialists4 in the industrial
property field who were employees of OSIM for at least five years,
and for the teaching staff proving to having taught the industrial
property subject in accredited or authorized law schools for at least
five years prior to the submission of the application for becoming a
industrial property attorney – that the exam in front of the State
Office for Inventions and Trademarks no longer has to be taken for
4 http://legeaz.net/og-66-2000-consilier-proprietate-industriala/art-6-
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the industrial property field they had carried out their activity in
during the said five years.
The objects of the industrial property right for which the
exam laid down in Article 5 of the Ordinance 66/2000 is taken are the
following:
a) invention patents;
b) geographical marks and indications;
c) industrial drawings and models;
d) semiconductor product topography.
The exam is organized for each industrial property object;
therefore, for the first case – the invention patents – it may consist in
the following examinations:
a) a theoretical examination including 10-15 questions
regarding the knowledge for the application of the national and
international legislation in the field of invention patents;
b) a hands-on test for writing down the claims and the parts
of an invention description, starting from the execution examples,
including drawings – when applicable -, the technical stage indicated
by the client and the filling out of a patent application form;
c) a hands-on test including – as applicable:
- writing down a response to a notice forwarded by a patent
office regarding the existence of a patentable invention; or
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- writing down an objection or an application for the
revocation of the decision to grant a patent issued by the State Office
for Inventions and Trademarks; or
- writing down a statement of defence to a revocation
application applicable to a patent issue decision made by the State
Office for Inventions and Trademarks.
The specific exam organized for the geographical mark and
indication field may consist in the following tests:
a) a theoretical examination including 10-15 questions
regarding the knowledge for the application of the legislation in the
geographical mark and indication protection field;
b) a hands-on test including – as applicable:
- the creation of a regulatory deposit for the application for a
Romanian applicant or a foreign applicant; or
- the creation of a regulatory deposit by a Romanian
application for the national or international registration of a mark
abroad;
- a test in the geographical indication field;
c) a hands-on test for supporting in writing a temporary
refusal endorsement, an opposition or an objection.
The exam organized for the industrial drawing and model
field may consist in the following tests:
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a) a theoretical examination including 10-15 questions
regarding the knowledge for the application of the legislation in the
industrial drawing and model protection field ;
b) a hands-on test including:
- the creation of a regulatory deposit of an application for
registration of a industrial drawing and/or model, including to draw
up a description of a industrial drawing and/or model based on a
graphical representation;
- the supporting in writing of an opposition to the registration
or of an objection regarding a industrial drawing and/or model.
The exam organized for the semiconductor product
topographies field may consist in the following tests:
a) a theoretical examination including 10-15 questions
regarding the knowledge for the application of the national and
international legislation in the field of semiconductor product
topographies;
b) a hands-on test including:
- the creation of the national regulatory deposit for the
registration of a semiconductor product topography; or
- the response to a letter sent by a client who wants to know
about the protection of some semiconductor product topographies; or
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- the supporting in writing of an objection regarding the
registration of a semiconductor product topography.
The procedures regarding the access and monitoring after
achieving the industrial property attorney profession are summarized
in figures 1 and 2, where the role of each competent authority is being
delimited both when achieving the industrial property attorney quality
and the conditions that have to be met for maintaining it .
The main “qualities” the industrial property attorney has to
have are the following:
- to know all the regulatory acts applicable to the field he/she
is authorized for (i.e. patents / trademarks / drawings and models);
- to correctly express himself/herself in Romanian both
written and spoken;
- to speak at least one of the international languages: English,
French, German, i.e. he/she has to correctly and fluently express
himself/herself both written and spoken.
- to properly know a technical field in the patent attorney case
(example: mechanics, chemistry, etc.).
- moreover, the industrial property attorney has to have an
irreproachable moral status.
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START
DEPUNERE DOSAR EXAMEN
EVALUARE
DOSAR
CONSTITUIREA COMISIEI DE
EXAMEN
DESFĂŞURARE
EXAMEN
ACHITARE TAXĂ ELIBERARE
CERTIFICAT ATESTARE
ÎNSCRIEREA ÎN CNCPIR
PUBLICAREA ÎN BOPI
STOP
- cerere de înscriere;- curriculum vitae;- copie certificat de naştere- copie diploma de absolvire- cazier judiciar- copie carnet de muncă însoţită de o adeverinţă care să ateste o practică de cel puţin 3 ani în profesia de bază- adeverinţă avizată de CNCPIR care să ateste o practică de trei ani în domeniul proprietăţii industriale- dovada de plată a taxei de examinare
DA
NU
NU
SCHEMA LOGICĂ DE OBŢINERE A CERTIFICATULUI DE ATESTARE ÎN
PROFESIA REGLEMENTATĂ DE CONSILIER ÎN PROPRIETATE
INDUSTRIALĂ
Rezultatele examenului pot fi contestate în termen de 15 zile de la comunicare şi sunt reanalizate de o comisie constituită în acest scop, al cărei preşedinte este directorul general al Oficiului de Stat pentru invenţii şi Mărci sau împuternicitul acestuia.
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Fig .1 The activity carried out by the State Office for Inventions and
Trademarks for access to the industrial property attorney profession
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START
DEPUNERE DOSAR
AUTORIZARE
LA CNCPIR
EVALUARE
DOSAR
ELIBERARE AUTORIZARE DE
LIBERĂ PRACTICĂ
ÎNSCRIEREA ÎN CNCPIR
TRANSMITEREA LISTELOR
ACTUALIZATE CU CONSILIERII
PE DOMENII CĂTRE OSIM
STOP
- cerere de autorizare in care să fie precizat domeniul în proprietate industrială pentru care se optează să se profeseze;- copie certificat OSIM- copie certificat de naştere- copie diploma de absolvire- cazier judiciar- copie act de proprietate/închiriere a sediului de practică a profesiei;- precizarea formei de organizare a profesiei pentru care se optează: cabinet individual/ asociat, societate civilă profesională de proprietate industrială, societate comercială având ca unic obiect de activitate domeniul proprietăţii industriale- dovada de plată a taxei de înscriereDA
NU
SCHEMA LOGICĂ DE OBŢINERE A DREPTULUI DE LIBERĂ PRACTICĂ
ÎN PROFESIA REGLEMENTATĂ DE CONSILIER ÎN PROPRIETATE
INDUSTRIALĂ AUTORIZAT
ELIBERARE LEGITIMAŢIE DE
CONSILIER ÎN PROPRIETATEA
INDUSTRIALĂ
CONDIŢII DE MENŢINERE
Plata taxei anuale
Menţinerea condiţiilor de
compatibilitate iniţiale
Fig. 2 The activity carried out by the National Chamber of Industrial
Property Counsellors for access to the industrial property attorney
profession
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1.3 Landmarks for the industrial property attorney
profession in the EU states
The Czech Republic.
In the Czech Republic the access to the industrial property
attorney profession is being regulated by the Law issued by the
Parliament on June 10th, 2004 for this particular purpose and basically
the regulations are extremely similar to those laid down in the
Romanian system. At national level, in the Czech Republic there is a
registry of the industrial property attorneys, kept by Chamber of
Patent Attorneys, an institution seated in Brno.
The conditions for joining the Chamber are: the Czech or
European Economic Area citizenship, a graduate of academic studies,
passing an exam in front of a commission appointed by the Industrial
Property Office, which consists in two tests: written and oral. The
examination commission includes two members appointed by the
Chamber of Patent Attorneys and two members appointed by the
NPO. Moreover, just as in Romania, the candidates have to meet the
condition saying that prior to the examination, they should have had
3 years of practice in industrial property.
Following the promotion of the exam and the confirmed that all the
access conditions as a Chamber member, the candidate takes a
specific oath in front of the President of the Chamber.
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Germany
In Germany the profession is not being regulated, although at
national level there is a registry for the identification of the industrial
property attorneys kept by the Industrial Property Attorney
Association (Patentanwaltskammer5). The Industrial Property
Attorney Association is seated in München6 and Duisburg
7
respectively. The access conditions are the following: a graduate of
technical academic studies and practice in the field, or 10 years as an
employee working for a industrial property department, or 34 months
of training, out of which 26 under the supervision of a industrial
property attorney or of the patent agent per department, plus 2 months
at the German Office for Inventions and Trademarks (Deutsches
Patent - und Markenamt, DPMA) and 6 months at the Federal Court
for Patents (Bundespatengericht). In both cases, the candidate has to
attend a training program in the legal field, which can also be in the
form of distance learning (Fernuniversität Hagen) and a final exam.
The final exam for joining the Industrial Property Attorney
Association includes two written tests and an oral test, and after
5 www.patentanwalt.de
6 Patentanwaltskammer (PAK) Tal 29 80331 München, Germany,
www.patentanwalt.de , Uhlandstr. 1 7 47239 Duisburg, Germany, www.vpppatent.de, Bundesverband der
Deutschen Patentanwälte e.V. Geschäftsstelle Deichmannhaus am Dom
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passing them the candidate’s name is entered in the “Registry for the
identification of the industrial property attorneys”.
Denmark.
In Denmark the profession is not being regulated and there is no
registry for the identification of the industrial property attorneys. The
profession is practiced through two private professional associations:
the Association of Danish Intellectual Property Attorneys ADIPA8
and the Danish Association for Industry-Applied Patents (Dansk
Forening for Industriens Patentog Varemærkespecialister9);
The attorneys may join the industrial property associations if they
meet the following conditions regarding the professional practice: 3
years of practice in order to join them as a member with full rights , 1
year of practice in order to become an associate member - for
industry (in this case in order to become a member the person should
be employed by a Danish industrial enterprise or an institution that is
the partner of such an enterprise dealing with the intellectual property
rights – patents, trademarks, etc.). No examination is necessary for
joining the professional associations.
8 www.adipa.dk
9 www.dipinfo.dk
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Training takes place in: the Danish Institute for Intellectual
Property Rights, (Dansk Institut for Immaterialretsuddannelse -
DIFI10
), the Centre for International Industrial Property Studies
CEIPI11
or EPCtutors12
, which is a non-profit association organizing
classes with the main objective of preparing the students for passing
the European examination for qualification in the profession.
Spain
In Spain the profession is not being regulated, but there is a
record of industrial property attorneys within the State Office
(Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas – OEPM13
). The registration
in this record is done through two associations, one for the industrial
property attorneys at national level - the Association of Industrial
Property Agents (Colegio Oficial de Agentes de la Propriedad
Industrial - COAPI14
) and the other one for industrial property
attorneys at international level – the Spanish Association of Industrial
and Intellectual Property Agents (Asociación de Agentes Españoles
Autorizados ante Organizaciones Internacionales de Propriedad
10
www.difi.dk 11
www.ceipi.dk 12
www.epctutors.dk 13
www.oepm.es 14
Calle de la Montera, 13 28013 Madrid, Spain
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Industrial e Intelectual - AGESORPI15
). The entry into these
professional associations means that you have to be a graduate of the
technical academic education and although no conditions are
necessary for the hands-on experience, you would have to take an
examination before a commission composed of the members in the
State Office and COAPI. The training courses are mainly organized
under the supervision of COAPI.
Great Britain.
In Great Britain, the responsible governmental authority is the
Intellectual Property Office. The Depository of the Register for the
industrial property attorneys is the Intellectual Property Regulation
Board - IPReg16
. There are two titles for the industrial property
attorney, i.e. the Patent Attorney and the Trade Mark Attorney. The
representative association for this profession is The Chartered
Institute of Patent Attorneys - CIPA17
.
The access to this profession is done through a series of
examinations that can be taken only by the qualified persons who
15
Paseo de Gracia, 65 bis 08008, Barcelona, Spain 16
http://ipreg.org.uk/public/what-is-an-attorney/what-to-expect-from-an-
attorney/ 17
95 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1DT United Kingdom
www.cipa.org.uk/pages/home
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hold degrees issued by an university in Great Britain, the Technical
University or another qualification deemed by the Joint Examination
Board (JEB) as being equivalent. Basically, it involves passing six
partials that the candidate is not obligated to take if he/she attends a
training course and takes two final examinations. Although for taking
the exams no hands-on period is required, for entering the National
Register at least two years of hands-on full-time activity is required,
which has to be supervised by a custodian (a mandatory or industrial
property attorney) or four years of full-time activity identification
level the respective intellectual property field, including in the State
Office for Inventions and Trademarks in Great Britain. The two final
examinations are focused on the interpretation / validity of patents
and the counselling for obtaining them and are organized by the JEB
Examination Commission, a commission including also members in
the CIPA association.
Italy
In Italy the Register of industrial property attorneys is
subordinated to the Order of Industrial Property Attorneys (Ordine
dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale - OCPI18
). Although the
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profession is not being regulated, there are some access conditions:
the person should be a graduate of a higher education institution in
Italy or abroad and recognized in Italy – with at least three years of
studies. The hands-on activity is also necessary: 18 months of training
at a company or specialized services under the supervision provided
by a custodian (an industrial property attorney with at least 5 years of
experience).
The registration in the Probationer Register is mandatory for the
person to have access to the final qualification exam. Similar to the
legal provisions in Romania, the examination is not necessary for the
Italian citizens having been employed as examiners at the European
Patent Office (EPO) or for the employees with management positions
for at least five years at the Italian Office for Inventions and
Trademarks (Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi – UIBM19
).
The final exam consists in 2 hands-on tests regarding the patents
and trademarks and the testing of the legislative competences in the
specific field of the industrial property and an oral test in: the
international legislation applicable to the industrial property,
linguistic skills (English, French or German as foreign languages) and
technological knowledge in chemistry, mechanics or electronics, as
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applicable. If a candidate comes from the European Qualifying
Examination (EQE) he/she is allowed to take the final examination
without the hands-on activity being a prerequisite.
The Netherlands.
In the Netherlands, the registration of patent attorneys is done
through the Dutch Patent Register (NL Octrooicentrum20
). We also
have to add that in the Netherlands, the office is not structured based
on Patents and Trademarks, but only on Patents as for the trademarks
there is a common law and a common Office for the BENELUX).
The representative association at national level is the Order of
Industrial Property Attorneys seated in The Hague (Orde van
Octrooigemachtigden21
).
The conditions for having access to this association are as
follows: the person has to having been awarded an academic degree
for a science branch, technology, engineering or agriculture and
should have 3 years of practice in the industrial property field. The
examination for the registration in the Patent Register is done through
a written paper based on six modules:
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1) general legislation (3.5 h)
2) patent specific laws (3h)
3) other international laws (3 h)
4) drawing up a counselling report in a patent-related issue (8 h)
5) drawing up a patent application
6) argumentation for a patent (4 hours for one patent)
The examination commission is appointed by the Ministry of
Economy and is composed of representatives of the State Office.
Portugal
In Portugal, the Register of industrial property attorneys is
subordinated to the National Institute for Industrial Property (Instituto
Nacional de Propriedade Industrial INPI22
). The representative
associations at national level are the Portuguese Association of
Mandatories to the European Patent Office (Associação Portuguesa
dos Mandatários Europeus de Patentes AMEP23
) and the Association
of Industrial Property Attorneys (Associação dos Consultores em
Propriedade Industrial ACPI24
). The conditions for having access to
this profession are as follows: the person should have obtained an
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academic degree following at least 3 years of studies and should have
an Office either in Portugal on within the European Economic Area.
The exam for being entered in the national register consists in two
tests - written and oral – supervised and evaluated by a commission
from the National Institute for Industrial Property.
II. Validation / certification procedures for the
competences applied by the competent authorities in
the countries where the industrial property
attorney’s profession is being regulated
The data provided by the European Commission (EC
25) at EU
level indicate that there are 17 states where the industrial property
attorney’s profession is being regulated: Austria, Belgium, The Czech
Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Slovakia, Sweden and Great Britain. In all of these states, the applied
general recognition procedure is the one laid down in Directive
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2005/36/EC regarding the professional qualification recognition by
directly applying to the competent authority in the Member State.
The profession regulated at regional / European level and
truly liberal at European level is the Patent European Attorney
profession regulated by the European Patent Convention26
, Article
134 (EPC), adopted in Munchen on October 5th, 1973. The access to
the European Attorney’s profession is done by taking an exam before
the European Patent Office (EPO) or through the application of the
clause stipulated by Article 134, paragraph (3) in the Convention
(Grandfather clause). The European attorneys having the right to
practice before the European Patent Office (EPO) have to be
members in the Institute of Professional Representatives before the
European Patent Office (EPI).
At national level, each European country has its own specific
legislation but for the protection of the industrial property throughout
the European Union the attorneys have to be authorized under the
supervision provided by a custodian and based on an exam organized
by EPI.
The European Patent Institute’s portfolio includes the
following objectives:
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- to cooperate with the European Patent Organisation
(EPO27
) in issues regarding the European patent attorney’s protection
especially with reference to the regulations required for the
examination that has to be taken for obtaining the qualification as a
European patent attorney;
- to support and disseminate the activity and novelties in the
industrial property field to its members;
- to promote the compliance with the code of professional
ethics by its members;
- to provide the connection – together with the EPO and other
institutions – regarding all the aspects on the industrial property, with
focus mainly on invention patents .
The EPI activity is carried out mainly in the working
commissions composed of members with proper experience in the
relevant fields of business, members who are nominated by the
national groups and elected by the EPI Council based on their
expertise and notoriety. At the moment, there are approximately
twenty active EPI commissions, each of them being in charge with its
field of responsibility and providing regular reports including
comments and recommendations for the EPI Council. These
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commissions are essential for the provision of proper information and
advice to the Management Board and the Council.
Therefore, EPI is the organization representing – at European
level – the interests of the European patent attorneys. It constantly
provides the improvement of its members’ professional practice and
conduct standards. Moreover, it contributes to the development of
intellectual property right protection at international level and
promotes the training of young people who want to have access to the
European patent attorney’s profession.
In order to become a European patent attorney, the person has
to hold the proper qualification in the science and technology fields.
Following the graduation of such academic studies, the
candidate shall carry out his/her professional activity in the industrial
property field, i.e. in the invention patent field, preferably under the
supervision provided by a qualified professional representative of by
an EPI custodian. The practical professional activity shall be focused
on learning how to solve the industrial property protection issues and
can be cried out in private units or an industrial enterprise. The
supervised professional activity (probation) lasts for at least three
years.
After the probation ends, the candidate may apply for taking
the European qualification exam. Several stages shall be necessary
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for taking the exam and first of all they require that the candidate
passes the pre-examination stage consisting in a multiple choice test
indicating whether or not the candidate has the minimum knowledge
for taking the exam. Only after passing the pre-examination stage the
candidate may apply for the main (final) exam.
The main exam consists in four written tests covering a three-
day period and their promotion means that the candidate is qualified
and allowed to have access to the European patent attorney’s
profession.
The EPI also includes the Professional Education Committee
(PEC), which is a consultative body of the EPI Council on issues
related to education and professional qualification. Each Member
State has a representative within the Professional Education
Committee who is also in charge with the various activities specific to
the Committee’s field of business, such as the organization of
custodian activity and the preparation of the EPI students for taking
the attestation exam for the European patent attorney’s profession.
The Professional Education Committee (PEC) is convened
regularly in order to discus issues related to education, qualification
and assessment. The current affairs on the PEC agenda are the low
rate of success achieved by the candidates in the exams and the
continuous training for the representatives of this profession. The
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goal is to take certain actions that – as applicable – may be taken in
order to improve the rate of success for the promotion of the exam for
access to the European patent attorney’s profession (European
Qualifying Examination (EQE)). For this purpose the candidates, the
custodians and the PEC maintain in permanent dialogue.
The continuous training and the organization of various
seminars or other forms of training for all the EPI members in a very
important task for the PEC in order to maintain the industrial property
attorney’s profession in Europe a competitive one.
Another important task taken over by the PEC is the
integration of the industrial property attorneys in the future Member
States in the European Patent Convention (EPC) or in the countries
that have recently acceded to the qualification European system in
order to maintain a high level of professional education in the
European qualification system.
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III. Recognition processes for the qualifications
achieved in other EU Member States
3.1 The procedure for the recognition of the industrial
property attorney’s profession
The citizen of a Member State in the European Union (EU) or
of another state in the European Economic Area (EEA) may practice
– under certain conditions – the industrial property attorney’s
profession in Romania if he/she complies with the legal requirements,
mainly those laid down in Article 8, paragraph (1) in Ordinance
66/2000. Therefore, the person having obtained the industrial
property attorney’s qualification in the Member State of origin or
provenance may ask for the recognition of his/her degree in order to
be accepted for the industrial property attorney’s profession and for
practicing it in Romania (Article 8, paragraph (2) Ordinance
66/2000).
The citizen of a Member State in the European Union or of
another state in the European Economic Area shall prove the
fulfilment of the conditions laid down in Article 5 d) and e) in
Ordinance no. 66/2000, approved according to Law no.
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with the documents issued by the competent authorities in the state of
origin or provenance, which are recognized or equivalated under the
law (Article 8, paragraph (3) Ordinance no. 66/2000).
The provisions laid down in Article 8 in Ordinance no.
66/2000, approved by Law no. 437/27.06.2002, amended and
completed by Law no. 331/2006, completed by the provisions laid
down in Law no. 200/2004 regarding the recognition of diplomas and
professional qualifications for the professions regulated in Romania,
with current amendments, as well as the provisions laid down in the
treaties signed by Romania (Article 8, paragraph (5) Ordinance nr
66/2000).
Therefore, the citizen of a Member State of the European
Union or of another state of the European Economic Area may
practice the industrial property attorney’s profession in Romania if
he/she complies with the conditions laid down in the law, according
to Article 8, paragraphs (1)÷(5) in Ordinance no. 66/2000.
According to article 26 in the Ordinance, as an exception, the
citizens of the EU Member States or of other states that are part of
the European Economic Area and who have settled down in any of
these states for practising the industrial property attorney’s
profession may carry out occasional or temporary activities that are
specific to this profession in Romania by filing a declaration to the
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National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors (CNCPIR).
The declaration shall indicate:
- the person’s first and last names ;
- the professional title in the state where the person has
settled down or – if no such title exists – the academic title;
- the entitling and address of the competent authority in the
country where the person has settled down, if the profession is
subject to authorization in that country, his/her office in the country
where the person has settled down;
- the register in which he/she is recorded in the country
where the person has settled down,
- the registration number or another means of identification
equivalent in this register,
- the place where he/she caries out his/her activity in
Romania and his/her mailing address.
The applicant’s declaration shall also be accompanied by the
following documents:
a) the proof of his/her citizenship;
b) the document certifying that its holder is legally settled
down in a Member States of the EU or in another state part of the
European Economic Area for practising the industrial property
attorneys’ profession and that at the time of filing the application
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he/she is not the subject of any interdiction from practicing the
profession, even if temporarily;
c) the proof of his/her professional qualification or – if in
the Member State where the person has settled down the industrial
property attorney’s is not being regulated – the proof issued by the
competent authorities in this country saying that its holder has
exercised the activities specific to this profession for at least 2 of the
last 10 years.
3.2 The European citizens’ application to SOLVIT
SOLVIT is a problem solving network through which the EU
Member States and other three countries (Iceland, Lichtenstein,
Norway) cooperate without using any legal proceedings for solving
the problems arising due to the inappropriate application by the
public authorities of the legislation regarding the internal market.
SOLVIT deals with the cross-border problems between an
enterprise or a citizen (on one hand) and a public authority (on the
other hand) where there is the possibility that the community
legislation was incorrectly applied. The fields where the problems are
very frequent and where there are complaints to be treated via
SOLVIT are as follows:
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• the professional recognition of qualifications and diplomas /
degrees;
• the access to education;
• residency permits;
• the rights to vote;
• the social security;
• the rights to occupy a position;
• the driver’s licenses;
• the registration of motor vehicles;
• the border control;
• the access of products to the market;
• the access of services to the market;
• settling down as an independent;
• public procurements;
• taxation;
• the free movement of capitals and payments;
In each of the EU Member States and the three countries
mentioned above there is a SOLVIT centre providing these services
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free of charge. In Romania the SOLVIT28
is established under the
jurisdiction of the Department for European Affairs.
The diagram for the resolution of the applications filed by the
nationals coming to Romania, who believe they have been wronged
by the incorrect application of the internal market legislation, is
provided in Figure 1.
Any complaint sent via SOLVIT is solved by following four
stages:
Fig. 1 Complaint resolution via SOLVIT
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Tel.+4021.308.53.60, Fax:+4021.318.55.24, E-mail: [email protected].
Formatted: Italian (Italy)
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Stage 1 – the acceptance of the case based on the verification
of the action legality and if the documents included in the application
by the centre of origin are not sufficient, additional documents are
requested;
Stage 2 – the receipt of the solution: the competent authority
involved in the filed case is contacted and cooperates so that the
proper solution is found pursuant to the European legislation;
Stage 3 – the proposal of the solution (implemented or not),
which has to be real, practical and consistent with the European
legislation;
Stage 4 – the monitoring of the solution if it was not
implemented when making the proposal. A case is deemed as having
been solved only when the solution is implemented and solves the
applicant’s problem.
For the Romanian citizens who want to use SOLVIT in an
EU Member State, the contact details regarding the national points
and the contact persons may be found on the European Commission
webpage29
. (Annex 1 – for the countries studied as part of the IMI PQ
NET Romania project).
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The EU Member States have to intensify their efforts in order
to make sure that the individuals and companies can effectively make
use of their rights related to the unique market, guaranteeing an
effective application and the execution of the legislation regarding the
unique market by the national courts by providing high-quality e-
governing information, instruments and procedures, as well as by
making investments into mechanisms designed for quick solving of
problems.
The SOLVIT potential is still insufficiently exploited as a key
instrument for solving problems at national / European level, partly
because of the insufficient number of employees working for the
various SOLVIT centres and at the same extent due to the insufficient
information of the European citizens on the competences of these
centres.
IV. The practising of the industrial property attorney’s
profession in Romania
The industrial property attorney who is a member in the
Chamber has the right to freely accede to other forms of professional
association compatible with his/her profession (Article 19 Ordinance
66/2000).
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Therefore, pursuant to Article 20 in Ordinance 66/2000, the
free practice industrial property attorneys carry out their activity in
authorized individual offices, associated individual offices based on a
contract, professional civil societies – legal entities or trading
companies having the industrial property field as their unique field of
business.
Moreover, the authorized industrial property attorney may
also practice his/her profession as an employee specialized in the
industrial property protection field within an unit or a trading
company having a field of business other than the industrial property
(Article 21 paragraph (1) Ordinance 66/2000).
The industrial property attorney has a noble mission, that is to
defend the ownership over the creation of the human mind – the
intellectual property, with an important part hereof, the industrial
property. This area includes the human intelligence achievements that
have led to the resolution of various applicative problems and that
have generated reproducible solutions at industrial level.
Each month OSIM published in the Industrial Property Official
Bulletin (BOPI) the lists including the attorneys having the right to
practice the profession as well as their forms of organization where
they carry out their activity, according to the data communicated by
the Chamber.
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4.1 The deontological code applicable to the industrial
property attorney’s profession
The entire activity carried out by the industrial property
attorneys is based on the “Professional Deontology Code”, which
includes well structured rules that have to be complied with.
Therefore:
1. The industrial property attorneys shall comply with the
deontological code without taking into account their personal
interests or other indications or interests.
2. The industrial property attorneys have to practice their
professional activity with honesty, loyalty and courtesy.
3. The excuses and motivations in the cases of deviation from
the professional morality are not accepted. In his/her office, the
industrial property attorney is liable for the application of the
deontological code principle for all his/her employees.
4. The professional competence has to be provided to the
customer irrespective of the personal feelings or other interests. The
favours applied for nationality, profession, religion, etc. are not
acceptable.
5. The confidential information received from the client or in
relation to the client and related to the profession cannot be disclosed
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until the expiration of the term applicable to such obligations. Such a
term can be indicated by the Contract entered into with the client or
refers to the protection timeframe stipulated by the legislation for the
industrial property object or it is estimated in a concrete manner. This
also applies to the relocation of the working premises inside or
outside the industrial property protection system.
6. (1) The attorney is authorized to inform the public on the
services he/she offers, provided that the information is true and
objective and complies with the professional secrecy and other
essential principles applicable to this profession.
(2) The following aspects shall be deemed as exceptions to the
allowed advertising rule according to paragraph 1:
a) The disclosing of a client’s name without his/her express
consent;
b) The indication of the name of another professional entity if
no written cooperation convention has been signed between the
member and that entity;
c) The promotion, announcement or publication of purchase,
sale or negotiation offers targeting various intellectual property rights
without the client’s consent.
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7. The representation of people involved in a conflict of
interests shall be avoided. The basic principle is to not cause any
prejudice.
8. His/her attitude towards the other industrial property
attorneys is collegial, fair and helpful.
9. The praising and comparative statements regarding the
offered services are not allowed.
10. The settlement of financial obligations has to be done
promptly. No excuse shall be made for the client’s incapacity to make
payments when the case involves payment to other industrial property
attorneys the work was ordered from.
11. The earnings from the clients shall be done as fees for the
agency. No commissions for mediation and business shall be
accepted.
12. The job ads and offers in the field should not prejudice the
industrial property attorney’s profession, contain praising or
comparative statements, damage the interests of other industrial
property attorneys. The disciplinary actions taken if the industrial
property attorneys do not comply with the professional deontology
code are: reprehension, warning, interdiction to practice the
profession for 3-12 months, permanent interdiction to practice the
profession. The Chamber’s Disciplinary Board shall assess how
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serious the facts are and shall apply the relevant sanctions, and the
decision may be appealed in court.
Conclusions
The authorized industrial property attorney’s profession is
extremely important for the progress and prosperity of humanity
due to the fact that it provides legal protection for the new
creations and encourages investments, which evidently stimulate
the economic growth by generating new jobs and fields of
business.
These guidelines have provided concrete information on the
authorized industrial property attorney’s profession as follows:
The authorized industrial property attorney’s profession is
properly based on the Romanian legislation through the
Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization
and practicing of the industrial property attorney profession,
republished in the Official Gazette no. 1019 dated December 21st,
2006, based on Article II in Law no. 331/2006 for the amendment
and Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the
organization and practicing of the industrial property attorney
profession.
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Regarding the procedure for the examination of the
candidates for the industrial property attorney’s regulated
profession is shared among the two competent authorities, i.e. the
State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM), which
examines the candidates and holds the Register of industrial
property attorneys in Romania and the National Chamber of
Industrial Property Counsellors as the national professional body.
Moreover, the Romanian legislation is harmonized with the
European legislation in the professional qualification field and the
foreign or Romanian citizens having been granted access to the
profession in other EU Member States or EEA states are
recognized according to the current legislation, i.e. Article 8
paragraphs (1)÷(5) in Ordinance no. 66/2000.
At European level there is a body – i.e. the European Patent
Institute (EPI) – representing the industrial property attorneys’
interests in the following fields.
- the training and examination of the national attorneys for
taking the exam for becoming European attorneys;
- the representation of the European attorneys’ interests in
their relation to the European Patent Office;
- the continuous training of the European patent attorneys.
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Besides Romania, in the European Union there are 17 other
states where the industrial property attorney’s profession is being
regulated: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France,
Hungary, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and Great Britain.
In all of these states the recognition of the professional qualification
is done according to the general procedure for the professional
qualification recognition during which the competent authority in
that state also analyzes each file for access to the regulated
profession.
In the states where the profession is not being regulated the
access to free practice is done by joining the professional
associations that are representative at national level.
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Bibliographic Sources
1. Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization
and practicing of the industrial property attorney profession, republished in
the Official Gazette no. 1019 dated December 21st, 2006, based on Article II
in Law no. 331/2006.
2. Instructions no. 108 dated October 17th, 2002 for the application
of the Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization and
practicing of the industrial property attorney profession, issued by the State
Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) and published in the
Romanian Official Gazette no. 826 dated November 15th, 2002;
3. The Bylaws of the National Chamber of Industrial Property
Counsellors, with current amendments made during the Conference in
January 2011;
4. The deontological code for the industrial property attorney’s
profession;
5. Urgency Ruling no. 49/20.05.2009 regarding the service
providers’ freedom to settle down and their freedom to provide services in
Romania, published in Part I of the Romanian Official Gazette no.
366/01.06.2009.
6. The Supplement to OJ EPO 1/2013, The deontological code for
the industrial property attorney’s profession;
7. The Patent Profession in the EPC Contracting States (disregarding
EEA free movement of professionals and company law)
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8. EQE Candidate Support Project, Application Form 2013
List of acronyms used
IMI - Internal Market Information System;
IMI PQ NET Romania – the project called “Creation and
consolidation of the IMI network for the Professional Qualifications
in Romania";
CNCPIR – National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors in
Romania;
OSIM – State Office for Inventions and Trademarks;
COR – Romanian Occupational Classification;
BOPI – Industrial Property Official Bulletin;
NPO – State Office for Inventions and Trademarks;
EPI - Institute of Professional Representatives before the European
Patent Office;
COAPI – Association of Industrial Property Agents (Colegio Oficial
de Agentes de la Propriedad Industrial) (Spain);
CIPA – Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (Great Britain);
JEB – Joint Examination Board (Great Britain);
EPO – European Patent Office;
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SOLVIT – The network financed by the European Commission for
supporting the citizens and enterprises if there is a dispute between
them and an official body in any of the EU Member States.
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Annex 1
Country Contact Details
The Czech
Republic
Barbora Hanáková, Zuzana Bakotová, Tomáš Stehlík
Odbor vnitřního trhu a služeb EU, Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu, Na Františku 32, CZ - 11015 Praha 1
Tel. +420 22 422 1701
Fax. +420 22 485 3079
Denmark
Jens Kasper Rasmussen, Sofie Freilev, Karin Kragshave
Kristian Yde Agerbo, Danish Business Authority (Internal
Market Centre), Langelinie Allé 17, DK - 2100
Copenhagen
Tel. +45 35 46 62 00 (the
hotline)
Tel. +45 35 46 66 16
Tel. +45 35 46 66 73
Germany Lisa TEICHMANN, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Scharnhorststr. 34-37, DE - 10115 Berlin
Fax. +49 3018 615 5379
Spain
Ana Iglesias, Ana María Hernández, Javier Pascual
Pontones, SOLVIT – España, Ministerio de Asuntos
Exteriores, y de Cooperación, Serrano Galvache 26, ES - 28033 Madrid
Tel. +34 91 379 9999
Fax. +34 91 394 8684
Italy
Giuseppina VALENTE, Francesco CIPRI, Massimo
SANTORELLI, Presidenza Consiglio Ministri, Dipartimento Politiche Comunitarie, Piazza Nicosia 20,
IT - 00186 Roma
Tel. +39 06 677 95 844
Fax. +39 06 677 95 044
The
Netherlands
Koen van Ginneken, SOLVIT Nederland, Ministerie van
Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, Postbus 20101, NL - 2500 EC Den
Haag
Tel. +31 70 379 7708
Fax. +31 70 379 7014
Austria
Sylvia Vana, Alexandra Gaudmann-Heber, Christian
Müller, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend, SOLVIT Center, Abteilung C1/2, Stubenring 1, AT
- 1010 Wien
Tel. +43 1 71100-5119
Tel. +43 1 71100 - 5293
Tel. +43 1 71100-5187
Fax. +43 1 71100-2207
Portugal
Rosarinho MELANCIA, Mafalda DE SIQUEIRA,
francesca FONTES, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros Direcção Geral dos Assuntos Europeus, Serviço do
Mercado Interno, Rua Cova da Moura, 1, PT - 1350-115
Lisboa
Tel. +351 21 393 57 53
Tel. +351 21 393 57 50
Tel. +351 21 393 55 54
Fax. +351 21 393 57 98
Romania
Romulus BENA, Karina STAN, Ramona-Maria CIUCA
Ministerul Afacerilor Europene, Guvernul României Bvd. Aviatorilor nr. 50A, Sector 1, Bucuresti 011854,
Romania
Tel. +40 21 308 53 40
Tel. +4021 308 53 71
Tel. +40 37 410 45 23
Fax. +40 21 308 53 96
Great
Britain
Chris Korcz, Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills, 1 Victoria Street, UK - London SW1H 0ET
Tel. +44 20 7215 2833
Fax. +44 20 7215 2234
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