7 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2016/2075(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas China (the EU’s main trade partner), Hong Kong, Malaysia, Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and India, continue to ship the core of the illegal or counterfeit products entering the Union, and whereas Malaysia only accounts for about EUR 2.5 million worth of such exports, China and Hong Kong are responsible for over EUR 300 million and EUR 100 million, respectively, and whereas Belarus in 2015 alone caused a fiscal loss to the EU of EUR 1 billion, exporting products that totally circumvented VAT rules and health regulations;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to the most recent Commission report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights by EU customs authorities, the volume of counterfeit goods seized by those authorities increased by 15% between 2014 and 2015, and whereas more than 40 million products suspected of infringing an intellectual property right, with a total value of almost EUR 650 million, have been seized at the Union’s external borders;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas combating counterfeiting is vital to protecting intellectual property rights in Europe, safeguarding know-how and encouraging innovation;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the progressive implementation of the UCC brings equivalent value to the economic operators throughout the Union, while at the same time ensuring that the simplification of the customs procedures do not create additional gaps in the customs risk management and control systems that could hinder the effective fight against illicit trade; regards it as essential that EU customs law should be harmonised, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to carry out regular monitoring of EU rules and their uniform application by the competent authorities;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to initiate dialogue with the main countries of origin of counterfeit goods in an effort to curb the phenomenon and to include the subjects of trade facilitation and the fight against fraud and counterfeiting in all negotiations on free trade agreements;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to make the fight against counterfeiting and fraud one of its priorities in the WTO and to ensure that the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and the OECD are closely involved in work in this area;