Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2011/0167(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
1a. Believes that the EU legislation on copyright in the information society is among the most up-to-date and is fully in line with international copyright agreements;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 2 a (new)
Short justification – Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that ACTA would freeze the possibility for the European Parliament to modify EU Intellectual Property Rights legislation; believes the EU should have first reviewed the IPR Enforcement Directive (IPRED) and adapted EU law towards the internet environment before negotiating such an agreement;
Amendment 25 #
4a. Expresses serious concerns about copyright enforcement online, especially the obligation to apply criminal sanctions, without the necessary provision of binding safeguards for personal users, as well as the vague definition of terms, particularly with reference to the concept of "commercial use". For example, in Art. 14, point 2, the countries agree that "a party may exclude from the application of [...] small quantities of goods of a non- commercial nature contained in travellers’ personal luggage", which means also that a party may decide not to exclude small quantities such goods, raising serious concerns about possible infringements of the free movement of goods and persons within EU.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 4 b (new)
Short justification – Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Expresses its concern at Article 27(1), which provides for ‘expeditious measures to prevent infringement’ without defining those measures, and Article 27(4), which provides that the competent authorities of a party signatory shall have the ‘authority to order an online service provider to disclose expeditiously to a right holder information sufficient to identify a subscriber whose account was allegedly used for infringement’.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 4 c (new)
Short justification – Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to prepare a proportionate and balanced revision of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, and to examine benefits of strengthening user rights and build on objective data on copyright infringements, which must be provided by the Observatory on Intellectual Property Rights set up by the Commission.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Short justification – Paragraph 5 a (new)
Short justification – Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that the marketing of counterfeit products must not combated at the risk of infringing the fundamental rights of the European public;