Den har efter modne overvejelser og en ikke altid lige let debat vurderet, at harmoniseringen af den retlige beskyttelse af mønstre i alle den europæiske industris sektorer virkelig var af afgørende betydning, og at vi ikke kan tage ansvaret for at udsætte den yderligere.
It was concluded, upon mature reflection and after a discussion that was not always easy, that harmonisation of the legal protection of designs and models in all sectors of European industry was truly essential, and that we could not take the responsibility of deferring it any longer.