Quite an alarmist tone, F. Pellegrini on ACTA (Oct 20, 2011):
“Le traité ACTA, dont la négociation s’est effectuée dans l’opacité la plus totale, en secret des citoyens comme des parlementaires des pays signataires, vise à criminaliser toute atteinte supposée à la « propriété intellectuelle », ainsi qu’à durcir considérablement les sanctions civiles afférentes. Écrit à l’initiative de représentants des lobbies juridiques, qui auront tout à gagner de l’inflation des litiges
quel qu’en soit le prix pour l’économie, l’innovation et les libertés fondamentales, il est l’ultime reflet d’une vision dépassée du développement économique. Nous synthétisons ici les problèmes les plus flagrants justifiant son rejet par les parlementaires de tous pays, en nous focalisant plus particulièrement sur l’Union européenne.”
Meanwhile there is still some struggle about the delivery of the Europarl legal opinions, and it seems unclear to observers what DEVE would do. This week there was a dinner meeting of the Kangeroo Group. Velasco-Martins of the Commission claimed they could properly respond to any criticism and asked member states to be more specific. Given the track record of the Commission in the case, the legal loopholes and a missing criminal acquis their chuzpe is astonishing. The Commission largly builds its confidence that the Treaty is legally permissable on the TRIPS agreement which was concluded by Member States prior to all the relevant EU Treaties reforms, and with a competence reservation by the Union.
Ante Wessels reports the final negotiator notes are finally made available. A remarkable victory of the Dutch analyst which should not be an issue in the first place, given the legal requirements. Notably, these are just “final” notes. All of them have to be made available to enable legal interpretations of the Treaty.
[…] ACTA discussion heats up Meanwhile there is still some struggle about the delivery of the Europarl legal opinions, and it seems unclear to observers what DEVE would do. This week there was a dinner meeting of the Kangeroo Group. Velasco-Martins of the Commission claimed they could properly respond to any criticism and asked member states to be more specific. Given the track record of the Commission in the case, the legal loopholes and a missing criminal acquis their chuzpe is astonishing. The Commission largly builds its confidence that the Treaty is legally permissable on the TRIPS agreement which was concluded by Member States prior to all the relevant EU Treaties reforms, and with a competence reservation by the Union. Share this post: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]