2 Amendments of Pilar del CASTILLO VERA related to 2011/0167(NLE)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 4 a (new)
Short justification – Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the need to defend and safeguard a free and open internet as well as protecting intellectual property rights; underlines that there is no contradiction between property rights and the freedom of information, whether it is on- or offline.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 5 a (new)
Short justification – Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the safeguards in the text of ACTA requiring that the procedures foreseen by ACTA be “implemented in a manner that avoids the creation of barriers to legitimate activity, including electronic commerce and, consistent with that Party’s law, preserves fundamental principles such as freedom of expression, fair process, and privacy”; Reminds that the European Parliament Legal Service opinion, SJ-0661/11, concludes that ACTA does not impose any obligations that conflict with fundamental rights, the existing EU Acquis or which require the introduction of new EU legislative acts or amendment of existing ones;