1 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2011/0137(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In line with the Union's goal of strengthening international cooperation in the fight against counterfeiting, piracy and illicit parallel trade in goods infringing on the intellectual property of registered right-holders, the new European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy has a key role to play by providing all customs authorities of Member States with relevant and timely information to conduct appropriate controls of authorised importers and distributors thereof in the Single market as well as exporters thereof to foreign markets. This role could be further enhanced by the creation of a database of genuine Union products and services protected by registered trademarks, designs and patents and which could also be made available to foreign customs authorities cooperating with the Union on better intellectual property rights protection and enforcement;