Traduction de «Moyen propre à décourager la contrefaçon » (Français → Anglais) :

Committee on Measures to Discourage the Importation of Counterfeit Goods

Agreement to discourage the importation of counterfeit goods

Points out that while private, own-brand labelled products can bring increased value, choice and ‘fair trade’ products to consumers, they also represent a strategic issue in the medium- and long-term, as they introduce a horizontal dimension to competition in respect of industrial brands that had never previously been a factor and that can give an unfair and anti-competitive position to retailers, who become both customer and competitor; draws attention to the existence of a ‘risk threshold’ beyond which the market penetration of own brands in a given category of product could turn the current positive effects of own brands into negative effects, and provide a disince ...[+++]ntive as regards the innovative efforts of many companies; insists, therefore, that the issue of private own-brands requires particular attention from the Commission and competition authorities, specifically with regard to the need to assess the potential long-term consequences for the supply chain and the position of farmers within it, while bearing in mind that consumer habits in Member States vary.

The presence of publicly supported measures may discourage other potential investors from providing capital.

We do not believe that private copying levy provisions in the Copyright Act need to be amended to ratify the WPPT, as the levy is a form of remuneration payable to authors, performers, and producers because their right of reproduction could not be practically exercised through licensing or via enforcement for infringements by individuals making copies for their own use.

(d) to submit, on the basis of the abovementioned common definitions, a proposal for an information system for the rapid exchange of data between authorities responsible for combating counterfeiting; in that connection, the European Parliament expressly reserves the right to examine at what point it would be most appropriate for such data to be collated into a single database and how it can be made compatible with the Interpol notification system;