The two EU regulations adopted under enhanced cooperation

6In December 2012, the EU Council and the European Parliament adopted two regulations laying the foundation for Unitary Patent protection in the EU: 

– Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (OJ EPO 2013, 111 and Official Journal of the European Union, OJ L 361, 31.12.2012, 1-8), and

– Council Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements (OJ EPO 2013, 132 and Official Journal of the European Union, OJ L 361, 31.12.2012, 89-92).