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BASF AG v Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom (BIE) (C-258/99)
Judgment
Question 1
The third part of Question 1
31

BASF AG v Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom (BIE) (C-258/99)

Judgment of 10 May 2001law://eu/cjeu/1999/c-258-99/para_31@2026-11-12

31As follows from the foregoing, the marketing authorisation is not among the criteria used by Regulation No 1610/96 for defining the concept of a product.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice
Case: C-258/99 · ECLI:EU:C:2001:261
Decided: 10 May 2001
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: BASF AG
Defendant: Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom (BIE)
Rapporteur: Gulmann
Advocate General: EG. Jacobs
Bench: 4 judges
V. Skouris, J.-R Puissochet, R. Schintgen, F. Macken
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61999CJ0258

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Approximation of laws Patents Plant health legislation

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
Cited by 2: Bayer CropScience AG v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (C-11/13); Actavis Group PTC EHF and Actavis UK Ltd v Sanofi (C-443/12)2 provisions
Cites 1: Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products