Goedkeuring van het op 15 oktober 2012 tot stand gekomen Protocol tot wijziging van het Verdrag van 31 maart 1965 betreffende de instelling en het statuut van een Benelux-Gerechtshof (Trb. 2013, 12)

This is a Dutch parliamentary bill to approve a Protocol signed on 15 October 2012 that amends the 1965 Treaty establishing and governing the statute of the Benelux Court of Justice. The Benelux Court interprets joint legal rules shared by Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, such as common trademark and design law. The Protocol updates the Court's functioning and jurisdiction under that treaty. Based on metadata only, not the full legislative text. The change mainly affects the three Benelux countries' courts and legal practitioners who rely on Benelux-wide legal rules, along with businesses and rights holders that use Benelux trademark and design protection. Ratification by the Dutch parliament is required before the Protocol takes effect for the Netherlands.