SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATES – NEW REFERRALS TO THE CJEU
Even though the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down in the last two years a considerable number of landmark decisions concerning various aspects of Regulation 469/2009/EC (i.e. the SPC regulation), the rulings have apparently still left numerous issues of the legislation unresolved. Courts in Great Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands have now referred numerous further questions to the CJEU, which might be wondering whether there is some pan-European conspiracy to deluge it with SPC-related references. Two interesting referrals will be illustrated below.