COM(2000)789 - Follow-up to the Green Paper on combating counterfeiting and piracy in the single market

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  2. Key dates
  3. Related information
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Key information

official title

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee - Follow-up to the Green Paper on combating counterfeiting and piracy in the single market
 
Legal instrument Communication
reference by COM-number33 COM(2000)789 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2000)789
CELEX number36 52000DC0789

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Key dates

Document 30-11-2000
Online publication 30-11-2000

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Related information

  • Explanatory memorandum
  • Legal provisions
  • Annexes
 

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  • 1. 
    Council Decision 94/800/EC, of 22 December 1994, concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994), OJ No L 336 of 23/12/1994, p. 213.

     
  • 2. 
    COM(98)569 final.

     
  • 3. 
    OJ C 116 of 28 April 1999, p. 35.

     
  • 4. 
    Not yet published.

     
  • 5. 
    The report on the responses to the European Commission Green Paper on Counterfeiting and Piracy can be consulted at: europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/fr/intprop

     
  • 6. 
    Countering Counterfeiting. A guide to protecting
     
  • 7. 
    Obligation for the counterfeiter or the pirate to provide information on the origin of suspected goods, the channels of distribution and the identity of third persons involved in the production and distribution of goods.

     
  • 8. 
    OJ C 124 of 3 May 2000, p. 1.

     
  • 9. 
    The European Forum for the prevention of organised and economic crime is a Commission initiative aimed at structuring work on crime prevention at European level. It is a framework for networking experts and launching initiatives.

     
  • 10. 
    Provisions of this type which create this specific right already exist in the legislation of several Member States.

     
  • 11. 
    On the question of copyright and related rights, the Council's common position on the Directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society contains detailed provisions on the legal protection of technological measures. See also Article 7(1)(c) of Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs.

     
  • 12. 
    The establishment of a register of judgments is currently being examined in connection with the implementation of the principle of Mutual recognition of Final Decisions in criminal matters, as provided for in the conclusions of the European Council of Tampere.

     
  • 13. 
    The administrative correspondents and the contact committee would take account of the work of the European Forum for the prevention of organised and economic crime.

     
  • 14. 
    Cf. Art. 2(2), indent 3, of the Europol Convention, OJ C 316 of 27/11/1995, p. 1.

     
  • 15. 
    Cf. Commission communication of 26 July 2000 (COM(2000)495).

     
  • 16. 
    COM(2000)109 final.

     
  • 17. 
    Council Decision 94/800/EC, of 22 December 1994, concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994), OJ No L 336 of 23/12/1994, p. 213.

     
  • 18. 
    COM(98)569 final.

     
  • 19. 
    OJ C 116 of 28 April 1999, p. 35.

     
  • 20. 
    Not yet published.

     
  • 21. 
    The report on the responses to the European Commission Green Paper on Counterfeiting and Piracy can be consulted at: europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/fr/intprop

     
  • 22. 
    Countering Counterfeiting. A guide to protecting
     
  • 23. 
    Obligation for the counterfeiter or the pirate to provide information on the origin of suspected goods, the channels of distribution and the identity of third persons involved in the production and distribution of goods.

     
  • 24. 
    OJ C 124 of 3 May 2000, p. 1.

     
  • 25. 
    The European Forum for the prevention of organised and economic crime is a Commission initiative aimed at structuring work on crime prevention at European level. It is a framework for networking experts and launching initiatives.

     
  • 26. 
    Provisions of this type which create this specific right already exist in the legislation of several Member States.

     
  • 27. 
    On the question of copyright and related rights, the Council's common position on the Directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society contains detailed provisions on the legal protection of technological measures. See also Article 7(1)(c) of Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs.

     
  • 28. 
    The establishment of a register of judgments is currently being examined in connection with the implementation of the principle of Mutual recognition of Final Decisions in criminal matters, as provided for in the conclusions of the European Council of Tampere.

     
  • 29. 
    The administrative correspondents and the contact committee would take account of the work of the European Forum for the prevention of organised and economic crime.

     
  • 30. 
    Cf. Art. 2(2), indent 3, of the Europol Convention, OJ C 316 of 27/11/1995, p. 1.

     
  • 31. 
    Cf. Commission communication of 26 July 2000 (COM(2000)495).

     
  • 32. 
    COM(2000)109 final.

     
  • 33. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 34. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 35. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 36. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 37. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.