21/10/2010
125th Meeting of the Administrative Council
The Administrative Council of the EPO met from 26 to 28 October in TheHague. The agenda (CA/106/10 Rev. 1) was relatively short. The appointmentsof new Vice-Presidents for DG1 (search and examination) and for DG5 (legalmatters) were amongst the more important internal matters. The successfulcandidates are Mr. Minnoye (BE) and Mr. Lutz (DE).Topics ofinterest for the external stakeholders include the amendments to theImplementing Regulations to Rule 71 EPC (CA/81/10 Rev. 1) and Rule 161 EPC(CA/134/10 Rev. 1 f).As expected, the proposals were approved by the Council.