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The Administrative Council was set up under Article 4, paragraph 2(b), EPC. Detailed provisions relating to the Council can be found in Articles 26 to 36 EPC.
Chairman / Deputy Chairman
Chairman
Benoît BATTISTELLI, Directeur général, Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (FR) (cf. CA/103/09 Rev. 2)
mail : council_chairman@epo.org
Deputy Chairman
Jesper KONGSTAD, Director General, Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DK)
Honorary Chairman
Herr Roland GROSSENBACHER, Direktor, Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (CH)
Participants
1. Representatives of the member states
2. President of the Office
supported by EPO staff
3. Board of Auditors (members: Michel CAMOIN (FR),
José FERRIN GUTIERREZ (ES) and Jean OLINGER (LU))
4. Staff Committee
Observers
Observer states:
- Albania (AL), Bosnia and Herzegowina (BA), Serbia (RS)
Intergovernmental
organisations:
- European
Community (EC), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Nordic Patent
Institute (NPI)
Non-governmental
organisations:
- Institute of Professional
Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi),
BUSINESSEUROPE
Secretary
Yves GRANDJEAN, Director, Council Secretariat
e-mail: council_secretary@epo.org