Translation of "Conseil de formation sectorielle des pièces automobiles " (French → English) :

At the initiative of the Italian Presidency of the Council, the review was discussed in most sectoral Council formations.

Article 14 of Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs and Article 110 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs must be interpreted as precluding, by way of derogation to the provisions of Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks and Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark, a manufacturer of spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles, such as hub caps, from affixing ...[+++] to its goods a sign which is identical to a registered trade mark, inter alia for such goods, by a manufacturer of motor vehicles, without the consent of the latter, on the ground that the use which would thus be made of that trade mark constitutes the only means of repairing the vehicle at issue by restoring its original appearance as a complex product.

(7) Actions in education and training financed by the forthcoming 'Erasmus for All Programme', such as Knowledge Alliances and Sector Skills Alliances; instruments for facilitating the mutual recognition of skills and qualifications such as European Qualifications Frameworks; and better anticipation of skills and labour market needs through European Sector Skills Councils and the EU Skills Panorama.

specific action to increase the participation of migrants in employment and thereby strengthen their social integration and to facilitate geographic and occupational mobility of workers and integration of cross-border labour markets, including through guidance, language training and validation of competences and acquired skills;

specific action to increase the participation of migrants in employment and thereby strengthen their social integration and to facilitate geographic and occupational mobility of workers and integration of cross-border labour markets, including through guidance, language training and validation of competences and acquired skills.

For the purposes of this paragraph "independent operator" shall mean undertakings which are directly or indirectly involved in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, in particular independent repairers, manufacturers of repair equipment or tools, independent distributors of spare parts, publishers of technical information, automobile clubs, roadside assistance operators, operators offering inspection and testing services and operators offering training for repairers.