translate English to French: The French and Austrian Governments further state that, owing to the objective of the Directive, which is to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, sounds must be capable of being regarded as trade marks provided that they are capable of being represented graphically.
Observations soumises à la Cour 27 Selon Shield Mark, il ressort du septième considérant de la directive que l'article 2 de celle-ci ne contient pas une énumération exhaustive des signes susceptibles de constituer une marque.