Activities of David MARTIN related to 2008/2133(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Impact of counterfeiting on international trade - Consumer protection aspects of counterfeiting (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas in 2007 the European Union, Japan and the United States announced the opening of negotiations with a view to a new multilateral agreement designed to strengthen the enforcement of IPRs and suppress counterfeiting and piracy (Anti- Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - ACTA),
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to make every effort to strengthen and broaden the scope of the TRIPS agreement in order to extend it tobring forward proposals to the European Parliament to ensure that export, transit and transhipment operations, as well as to all IPRs which have so far been excluded from the agreement, constantre appropriately dealt with in the TRIPS agreement and to examine the case for further changes in the agreement, in order to create a fair balance between the interests of owners and those of potential users of IPR, particularly bearing in mind the level of development of the parties involved and distinguishing between countries which produce counterfeit and pirated products, those which use them, and those through which the products transit;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue its fight against counterfeiting and piracy, in parallel with the multilateral negotiations, also by means of bilateral, regional and multilateral agreements with a view to approximating and enforcing laws, also by providing for the establishment of efficient dispute settlement systems and penalties in case of failure to comply with the obligations underwrittento prioritise negotiations on a new agreement through a genuine multilateral framework which considers the viewpoints of emerging and developing countries, to also show flexibility in its negotiating of IPR commitments in new bilateral or regional trade agreements, and lastly to address any infringements of IPRs through established dispute settlement procedures;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make all appropriate efforts to achieve a swift and satisfactorconsider and react to concerns over ACTA before reaching any conclusion ton the ACTA agreement; takes the view that not only is the entry into forcean open and inclusive debate on the content and the implications of the agreement anis essential international benchmark, but that it can ensure that counterfeiting is supprand that the social impact of the agreement as well as the impact on civil liberties must be assessed mbefore effectively and provide an important tool for putting pressure on non-signatory third countriesnegotiations progress further;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WBelcomieves the growing interest shown by a number of WTO mat efforts should be made to include ember countries in the ACTA and hopes that the agreement can be signed also by China and other emerging countries, the economies of which are more directly concerned byging economies such as China, India and Brazil as well as regional trade blocs such as Mercosur, CARICOM and ASEAN in all negotiations, many of which have raised concerns over the counterfeitingnt of ACTA which should be addressed;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the Commission should take into account certain strong criticism of ACTA in its ongoing negotiations, namely that it could allow trademark and copyright holders to intrude on the privacy of alleged infringers without due legal process, that it could further criminalise non commercial copyright and trademark infringements, that it could reinforce Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies at the cost of 'fair use' rights, that it could establish a dispute settlement procedure outside existing WTO structures and lastly that it could force all signatories to cover the cost of enforcement of copyright and trademark infringements;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the Commission’s commitment to consolidating IP in the European Union and calls for greater commitment in the suppression of counterfeiting and the harmonisation of existing laws in the Member States;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that a harmonisation of existing national anti-counterfeiting legislation is necessary to ensure effective and consistent application of the future ACTA agreement;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that the establishment of an international counterfeiting scoreboard should be considered by the Commission which could be modelled on the Internal Market Scoreboard and which would highlight countries that are below average in tackling the suppression of counterfeit goods;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Council to keep it fully informed and to involve it in all relevant initiatives; believes that in the spirit of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Parliament should be fully associated in the ACTA negotiations;