Activities of Angel DZHAMBAZKI related to 2014/2151(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas intellectual property rights are one of the driving forces of innovation and creativity and a key contributor to competitiveness and employment; whereas the enforcement of intellectual property rights plays a significant role in ensuring consumers’ health and safety; whereas counterfeiting is generally linked with a black economy and organised crime, through financial contributions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the idea that the measures outlined in the plan should be directed primarily against commercial scale IP infringing activity, and emphasises that swift action to that effect will encourage innovation and creativity, thereby boosting economic growth;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the rapidly increasing development of e- commerce and online activities has changed the way IPR enforcement should be considered in the digital environment, particularly because it affords new possibilities for infringement;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there is a certain level of tolerance among Europeans for the idea that IPR infringements could be considered legitimate, especially among the young generation8 ; __________________ 8 See OHIM Report ‘European Citizens and intellectual property: perception, awareness and behaviour’, November 2013.significant level of unawareness, especially among young people throughout the EU, regarding the potential consequences of IPR infringements on the European economy and on the general safety of citizens;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that all actors in the supply chain have a role to play in the fight against IPR infringement and should be involved in this process; stresses that an approach involv both an onlinge all actorsnd offline context should be developed both in the online and in the offline contexty all actors in a comprehensive, collaborative and transparent manner;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that applying due diligence throughout the supply chain and enhanced market surveillance and information sharing between customs authorities would improve the business environment and contribute to preventing infringing goods from entering the market; stresses, however, that the cost-benefit ratio ofand effectiveness of any qualitative auditing schemes should be well assessed before being pursued and that providing support to SMEs should be a strong consideredation in that respect;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the approach taken by the Commission to develop targeted awareness campaigns; believes that it is essential that the concrete consequences of IPR infringements for society as a whole, and for consumers and citizens individually, should be understood by all; believes that consumers should be better informed of what IPR consists of, andits important contribution to jobs in the European Union , what can be done or not done with protected goods and content; calls on the Commission and the Member State and the effects of IPR infringements on criminal activity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to work with the European Observatory on Infringements of IPRs to further develop awareness actions aimed at specific audiences and relevant markets;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes at the same time that consumers should b information, including information about obligations, should be enhanced so consumers are better able to identify infringing offers so that they can decide not to proceed with a given purchase; deplores the fact that the Commission’s action plan does not include any action designed to improve consumers’ ability to identify infringing goods and contents, and calls on the Commission to reflect further on the development of specific tools, including labelling, based on the experiences gathered by the Commission and the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and PiracyInfringements of IPRs, especially with regard to the sharing of best practices;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the lack of a competitive supply of non-infringing products and content makes itit can be difficult to deter consumers from buying unlawful goods or using unlawful content; takes the view that sufficient progress has not been made in this area, and reiterates its demand that the Commission and Member States put more pressure on the industry to develop, in all Member States, licit offers that are both diversified and attractive and that this can be due to a lack of consumer awareness about legal offers in addition to a lack of supply;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates its call for a comprehensive IPR strategy, including a complete and strong legal framework to combat counterfeiting and piracy adapted to the online environment; calls on the Commission to take into account the IPR and copyright reform initiative concerning Directive 2001/29/EC, with special attention to territoriality, licensing and the digital context;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to reflect further on the remainingfor enhanced market surveillance, risk management and sharing of information among customs authorities on issues raised in the context of IPR enforcement by customs, for example, in relation to the storage and destruction of infringing goods;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing OHIM’s budgetary surplus or a significant part thereof, to be allocated to the support of training initiatives of national customs authorities to further strengthen and improve the IPR enforcement mechanism;