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Activities of Tadeusz ZWIEFKA related to 2013/0088(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0088(COD)

Amendments (12)

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 1– point k

(k) trademarks which are excluded from registration pursuant to Union legislation or international agreements to which the Union is party, providing for protection of spirit drinks, traditional terms for wine and traditional specialities guaranteed;

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 3– point d

(d) using the sign as a trade or company name or part of a trade or company name, or domain names;

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 5

5. The proprietor of a European trade mark shall also be entitled to prevent all third parties from bringing goods, in the context of commercial activity, into the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation there, where such goods, including packaging, come from third countries and bear without authorization a trade mark which is identical to the European trade mark registered in respect of such goods, or which cannot be distinguished in its essential aspects from that trade mark. Customs authorities shall also carry out the relevant controls according to the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) 608/2013 at the request of rightholders and based on risk analysis criteria, on goods, including packaging, suspected of infringing a trade mark that are crossing the territory of the European Union under a suspensive procedure and are destined and released to the market of a third country.

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 123 b – paragraph 1 – introductory part

The Agency shall have the following primary tasks:

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 123 b –paragraph 1 – introductory part

The Agency shall have the following other tasks:

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 123c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part

This cooperation shall in particular cover the following areas of activity:

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 123 c – paragraph 2

2. The Agency shall define, elaborate and coordinate ~~common~~the projects of ~~Union inter~~interest to the Union and Member Statest with regard to the areas referred to in paragraph 1. The project definition shall contain the specific obligations and responsibilities of each participating industrial property office of the Member States and the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property.

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 123 c – paragraph 4

4. The Agency shall provide financial support to the common projects of ~~Union inter~~interest to the Union and Member Statest referred to in paragraph 2 to the extent this is necessary to ensure the effective participation of the industrial property offices of the Member States and the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property in the projects within the meaning of paragraph 3. That financial support may take the form of grants. The total amount of funding shall ~~not exceed 10~~be at least 5% of the yearly income of the Agency and cover the minimal amount for every Member State for purposes closely related to the protection, promotion or enforcement. The beneficiaries of grants shall be the industrial property offices of the Member States and the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property. Grants may be awarded without calls for proposals in accordance with the financial rules applicable to the Agency and with the principles of grant procedures contained in the Financial Regulation (EU) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (***) and in the Commission delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 (****).

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 125 – paragraph 1

1. The Management Board shall be composed of one representative of each Member State and ~~two~~one representatives of the Commission and their alternates.

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Section 2 a

The Management Board may establish an 1. The Executive Board shall assist the Management Board. 2. The Executive Board shall have the following functions: (a) preparing decisions to be adopted by the Management Board; (b) ensuring, together with the Management Board, adequate follow-up to the findings and recommendations stemming from the internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as from investigations of the European Anti- fraud Office (OLAF); (c) without prejudice to the functions of the Executive Director, as set out in Article 128, assisting and advising the Executive Director in the implementation of the decisions of the Management Board, with a view to reinforcing supervision of administrative management. 3. When necessary, because of urgency, the Executive Board may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrative management matters, including the suspension of the delegation of the appointing authority powers. 4. The Executive Board shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, one representative of the Commission to the Management Board and three other members appointed by the Management Board from among its members. The Chairperson of the Management Board shall also be the Chairperson of the Executive Board. The Executive Director shall take part in the meetings of the Executive Board, but shall not have the right to vote. 5. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall be four years. The term of office of members of the Executive Board shall end when their membership of the Management Board ends. 6. The Executive Board shall hold at least one ordinary meeting every three months. In addition, it shall meet on the initiative of its Chairperson or at the request of its members. 7. The Executive Board shall comply with the rules of procedure laid down by the Management Board.SECTION 2a deleted Executive Board Article 127a Establishment Executive Board. Article 127b Functions and organisation

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 111

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 144a – point c

(c) the details on the organisation of the Boards of Appeal, including the setting up and the role of the authority of the Boards of Appeal referred to in Article 135(3)(a), the composition of the enlarged Board and the rules on referrals to it as referred to in Article 135(4), and the conditions under which decisions shall be taken by a single member in accordance with Article 135(2) and (5);deleted

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 111

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 144a – point d

(d) the system of fees and charges payable to the Agency in accordance with Article 144, including the amount of fees, the methods of payment, the currencies, the due date for fees and charges, the deemed date of payment and the consequences of lack of or late payment, and under- and overpayment, the services which may be free of charge, and the criteria under which the Executive Director may exercise the powers set out in Article 144(3) and (4).deleted

2013/10/31
Committee: JURI