Traduction de «commerce légitime » (Français → Anglais) :

We know that without effective action to eliminate the trade in conflict diamonds, the trade in legitimate diamonds faces the threat of a consumer backlash that could damage the economies of countries not involved in the trade of conflict diamonds and penalize members of the legitimate trade and the people they employ.

In doing so, the hon. member recognized that such trade had to stop because it was a threat to human rights, political stability, economic development, peace and security in many regions, and also a threat to the legitimate trade in diamonds in countries such as Botswana, South Africa and, of course, Canada.

This stems from the great volume of legitimate business under way in the Community, a volume further boosted by the ease of selling, transferring, purchasing, etc. in the single market. The introduction of the euro has accentuated this trend.

Whereas the marketing of goods bearing a trade mark without authorization, hereinafter referred to as 'counterfeit goods', causes considerable prejudice to law-abiding manufacturers and traders and misleads consumers; whereas such goods should as far as possible be prevented from being placed on the Community market and measures should be adopted to deal effectively with this unlawful activity without impeding the freedom of legitimate trade; whereas this objective is also being pursued through efforts being made along the same lines at international level;

That framework aims to: 1. guarantee that Community law is applied in such a way as to achieve equivalent results at every point of the Community customs territory in order to: - avoid distortions likely to prejudice the proper functioning of the internal market which might arise owing to variations in the way customs procedures are applied in the various parts of the Community; - protect the Community's interests, particularly its financial interests; - afford an equivalent level of protection to the Community's citizens and economic operators, at whatever point in the Community customs territory customs clearance formalities are carried out, while ensuring the necessary smooth flow of trade operations; 2. provide a framework for consid ...[+++]ering the Community dimension in the organization of services and in the provision of infrastructures and equipment, and promote the joint use of operational material contributing to the implementation of Community rules; 3. foster initiatives that Member States may propose to implement, singly or jointly, to improve the overall efficiency of customs administrations in carrying out their tasks; 4. help Member States develop training for customs officials by adapting it to their changing role in the implementation of Community customs rules and common policies at external borders; 5. contribute, by appropriate actions in the fields of training and technical assistance and cooperation, to the establishment or the development of high-quality customs services in third countries that so request under agreements which the Community has concluded or may conclude with those third countries, and by this means encourage the development of Community trade; 6. encourage openness and efficiency of customs action for the benefit of legitimate trade by strengthening relations between the Community's customs administrations, business, legal and scientific circles, and operators engaged in international trade. ...

The promise was that for legitimate trade—the vast majority of trade, the vast majority of trucking companies, drivers, manufacturers, importers and exporters, who are not bad guys—we would have a better situation, in that the resources would be focused on the bad guys or the people we do not know.