22/06/2010

124th Meeting of the Administrative Council

The Administrative Council of the EPO will meet from 28 to 30 June in Munich.The agenda (CA/71/10) numbers about 60 pointsand a roughly equal number of supporting documents.The election of a new Chairman of the Administrative Council and the appointments ofnew Vice-Presidents for DG1 (search and examination) and for DG5 (legal matters) areamongst the more important internal matters to be dealt with. Topics of interest forthe external stakeholder include those concerned with fee reforms, and withco-operation at European and at global level.