Officials said they doubted that any American advisers had yet been moved into such areas under the directive.
In addition, the statute provides for discretion under the directive of the Commissioner.
Views were put forward to the effect that only those systems which cover risks of this kind are to be included under the directive.
Member States have an obligation to have it under the 2002 directive, but many of them do not.
It is also important that imitation and converted weapons should be covered under the directive.
But as you know, this is not mandatory under the directive.
We cannot allow a situation in which we do not know what comes under the directive.
The normal term of design protection under the directive is 25 years.
Nor can we accept that the system set up under the 1994 directive will be abolished.
Under the 1993 directive, computer models are not allowed to be used.