Activities of Jacques TOUBON related to 2008/2133(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Impact of counterfeiting on international trade - Consumer protection aspects of counterfeiting (debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights1, ___________ 1 OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 7.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee, entitled An Industrial Property Rights Strategy for Europe (COM(2008)0465),
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws attention to the need to respect the four fundamental freedoms of the internal market and improve its operation;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CRecognises the gravity and disturbing growth of the phenomenon of counterfeiting and piracy, in particular, in a globalised economy, for the Union’s competitiveness, its businesses, manufacturers and consumers, and calls on the Members States to ensure sufficient education of consumers about the considerable risks forto health and safety of purchasing counterfeit products, including medicines;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Insists in this connection on the need to mobilise all the operators concerned to strengthen the effectiveness of instruments for combating counterfeiting and piracy in the internal market;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to step up the fight against counterfeiting and piracy by international agreements with third countries; welcomes in this respect the initiatives to strengthen cooperation with China;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds the Member States of the importance of having a Community patent and a jurisdictional system for patents as a way of ensuring compliance with users’ intellectual property rights throughout the Union’s territory, and thus permitting innovative businesses to protect their inventions as well as possible and profit from them more effectively;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls, bearing in mind that the fragmentation of sanction systems is harmful to the internal market and weakens the Union on the international scene, the importance of the above- mentioned proposal for a directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CDraws attention to the importance of harmonising intellectual property rights and existing national and Community patents in combating counterfeiting, and calls on the Member States to encourage companies to register their products and brands in order to be able to fight piracy more effectively;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to encourage action to back up the legislation, in particular to introduce a European Day to raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeiting, so as to encourage a change of perception by the public with regard to the phenomenon of counterfeiting and piracy;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to establish a centralised coordination unit in the fight against counterfeiting; European counterfeiting observatory, as a body backed up by the Commission’s departments, responsible for coordinating the fight against counterfeiting and piracy, so as to obtain a regular assessment of the scale of counterfeiting and piracy and a clearer analysis of those phenomena; considers that the creation of such an observatory is needed to give greater weight to the Union’s position on the international scene;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to improve coordination between its directorates- general and its staff involved in action against counterfeiting and piracy so as to improve legibility for businesses and individuals;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to develop a scoreboard to measure the Member States' customs performance in order to further the fight against counterfeiting, and to put in place a rapid information exchange network on counterfeit products, based on the national contact points and modern information exchange tools;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to step up coordination between their customs services and to apply Community rules on customs duties uniformly throughout the Union;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to put forward appropriate proposals to encourage partnerships between the public and private sectors to fight against counterfeiting and piracy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to develop effective measures against Internet websites that facilitate the supply of counterfeit goodparticularly through agreements between professionals at European level, against Internet websites that facilitate the supply of counterfeit and pirated goods while complying with the general principles of Community law such as the protection of personal data and the protection of property rights;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Insists on the need to develop suitable and continuing training for the customs staff, judges and professionals concerned, and to encourage Member States to set up special teams to combat counterfeiting;