3 Amendments of Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ related to 2011/2083(INI)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages strong cooperation between customs administrations and market surveillance authorities to intercept unsafe and/or non-compliant products at the border prior to their release for free circulation throughout the EU; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure proper training of officers so as to ensure even better detection of products presenting a risk;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is concerned that the failure of some operators to pay the necessary duties or to declare the actual value of goods entails unfair advantages over fair traders; warns that such a situation impedes fair competition and leads to considerable distortions in the functioning of the internal market; continues to support Member States’ efforts to enhance tax and customs regulation and tax collection capacities, to reinforce international conventions against corruption, tax evasion and illegal flows and to increase financial transparency, as well as increased exchanges of information on current customs legislation.
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the recent Commission proposal for a draft regulation concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights, as it firmly believes that customs can effectively contribute to the protection of intellectual property rights; stresses that the further developed Customs Code makes it possible to retain goods suspected of violating intellectual property law, and that the Code thus comprises one pillar of the Union’s legal framework for the protection of intellectual property rights;