24 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2014/2206(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas 72 % of all detentions in 2013 was related to small consignments; whereas life-style medicines represented for the fourth consecutive year the top category, accounting for 19 % of these detentions and 10 % of all detentions;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas it is necessary to combat IPR infringements in order to lower the risks they can pose to the health and safety of consumers and to the environment and in order to avoid economic and social consequences for EU businesses and creators; whereas the fight against organised crime profiting from trade in counterfeit and pirated goods requires specific attention;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas a comprehensive IPR legal framework should be combined with effective enforcement, while ensuring that IPR enforcement measures do not unduly burdenfully respect the ambit of legitimate trade;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that IPR protection should be seen as a first step – necessary but not sufficient – towardsis an important factor for many companies for establishing access topresence in a third country’s market, since export promotion does not have any effect without protection;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Appreciates and supports the aim of better coherence between IPR protection and enforcement and other policies, and between the Commission and Member States in reaching the goal; considers that IPR protection can play a crucial rolcontribute in the fight against organised crime, money laundering and tax evasion;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. SupportsTakes note of the Commission in it's work in identifying geographical priorities, using as a starting basis its biannual reports on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries; underlines that under the TRIPS agreement developing countries have flexibilities to develop their IP laws according to their level of development which must be duly recognized in the reports;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the Strategy should include a strong collaboration with customs authorities to ensure horizontal coherence, but emphasizes that custom officials are neither trained nor capable of handling civil disputes over patent infringement and therefore should not be allowed to intervene in this domain without judicial authority decision;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the TRIPS agreement should be implemented in the most flexible way; calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to stop challenging third countries which make use of the existing TRIPS flexibilities in accordance with the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need for a strongern informed public debate on enforcementthe role of IPR protection and possibilities of its enforcement, balancing between the interests of IP rights holders and public interests, such as access to knowledge, natural resources and health;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises the necessity of increasing awareness among consumers, pointing to the fact that stronger enforcement alone will not solve the problem as long as consumer behaviour remains unchanged; stresses the role of the business sector in this respect;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to negotiate and sign memoranda of understanding with online platforms to eliminatenter into a structured dialogue with online platforms on how to best identify and tackle the sale of counterfeit goods;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the responsibilitiemarket functions of intermediaries are still underestimated; would in this regard have welcomed a more sophisticated Strategy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the Strategy should have included the introductiondicated possible avenues to explore the role of banks and obnligation for banks to sanction automaticallyne payment schemes in sanctioning fraud happening on the internet;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to contribute to creating an environment in which the interests of Member States and third countries arecould better convergent and where there is a reciprocal interest in raising the bar, for example regarding legitimate technology transfer expectations of developing countries, a restraint of the Commission in routinely questioning any decision of a developing country to make use of existing TRIPS flexibilities, and the acceptance by the EU of broad exceptions and limitations of IPRs in the negotiations of FTAs with Thailand, India and Vietnam;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. WelcomRecognizes the work done by the Commission in supporting developing countries wishing to improve their IPR systems, and calls on the Commission to continue and step up these efforts by provid; underlines that in order to make increased IPR protection a positive goal for developing countinued technical assistance in the form of awareness-raising programmes, legislative assistance and training of officialries, the Commission should accept technology transfer and local content requirements in its negotiation of investment agreements with these countries;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees with the call for a broad response to the complex and multifaceted problem of access tothe relation between IPR and universal access to affordable medicines;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that, while EU enterprises must be protected, it is necessary for medicine pric the fundamental universal right to life and physical integrity obliges governmental authorities to be adapted medicine prices to the economic level of the country in which they are sold, while account must also be taken of market distortions caused by the reselling of medicines in third countrthe legitimate rights of companies involved in the production of pharmaceuticals; underlines that a considerable part of pharmaceutical research is publically financed and should therefore have public benefits, a principle which curtails the right of monopoly and the autonomy of price setting of private companies;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States towards the ratification of the WIPO Trademark Law Treaty, the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement and the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, as well as of other IPR-related international agreements;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Supports the Commission’s pledge to give priority to promotinge better IPR protection in the WTO and in any other international arenas;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Considers that in negotiations for bilateral free trade agreements priorityappropriate attention should be given to chapters on intellectual property, andso that the negotiating parties should recognise that the right to conduct a business should take into account respect for IPRmarket opening leads to a factual possibility to conduct a business;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the Commission to make more regular recourse to dispute settlement mechanisms, including the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body, when specific governmental commitments regarding the implementation of IPR related treaties and conventions are violated and the rights of the Union’s economic operators are infringed;