The European Commission launched a further public consultation to support the review of the Community Design Regulation and the Design Directive.

The purpose is to serve as complement to the extensive public consultation on design protection already carried out. It aims at gathering (additional) views of all those affected by design protection in Europe on selected issues, potential options and their consequences for reform not specifically addressed previously.

During the process of the EU Design legislation reform, ECTA submitted input several times, including input in joint papers with INTA and MARQUES, joint comments on the Inception Impact Assessment as well as a number of individual ECTA position papers and comments/contributions on designs. ECTA is also planning to submit a response to this consultation.