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"Mr Aylward, speaking quite frankly, it is hard for me to give a precise answer to the point you have raised, as none of the three Members of the Commission here is directly responsible for it. It actually falls within the remit of our colleague, Viviane Reding. I shall therefore ask her to send you an answer.
However, I am able talk about a point that concerns many small businesses and the illegal activities to which they fall victim, such as counterfeiting, for example. Yesterday, we spoke about the creation of the European Observatory on intellectual property infringement, which you supported. This subject is linked to the one you have brought up.
We have made progress in this area, since we are in the process right now of creating this observatory, via the Trademarks Office in Alicante, and giving it more powers. The observatory will look into problems such as piracy, of course, and the problem of counterfeiting in particular, in order to give us a clearer picture of the situation so that we can take the appropriate measures. These will not always, I may add, be enforcement measures: they will often involve explanation and training, in order to combat the counterfeiting to which very many small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe fall victim. It has been calculated that counterfeiting has caused the loss of 200 000 jobs across Europe.
On the specific point you raised, we shall ask our colleague Ms Reding to send you a written answer within the next few days."@en1
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