For European Commission background information:

	Proposal of the Commission of the European Communities to amend "Design" Directive 98/71/EC [COM (2004) 582 final] Brussels, 14.9.2004
	"Extended Impact Assessment" of the European Commission, 14.9.2004
	European Commission's "Questions and Answers" document, 14.9.2004
	Speech of Commissioner Charlie McCreevy in European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), Brussels, 21st June 2006
	European Commission Working Document: Summary of Responses collected at the Public Consultation on a Future Single Market Policy
	Speech of Commissioner Charlie McCreevy in European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), Brussels, 21st November 2006

For European Parliament background information:

	Position of the European Parliament
	- Adopted at first reading on 12 December 2007 -
	Opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
	- 20.11.2007 -
	Opinion of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Proteccion (IMCO)
	- 14.12.2005-
	Opinion of the Committee on the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
	- 13.07.2005 -
	JURI: Autopolis/Thatcham study on safety of spare parts
	As commissioned by the Committee on Legal Affairs
	"The consecuencies for the safety of consumers and third partiues of the proposed directive amending Directive 98/71/EC on legal protection of design rights"