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"Mr President, honourable Members, first of all, I would like to thank you for this very interesting debate. Clearly, the health and safety of consumers as well as the competitiveness of EU businesses are our common priorities.
The Commission proposal aims to strike the right balance between the strengthened enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) and the facilitation of legitimate trade, and I sense from today’s debate that these objectives are shared by Members of this Parliament. In addition, we have to be mindful of wider policy coherence, for instance, vis-à-vis developing countries and international cooperation.
The issue of so-called generic medicines in transit has been a tricky one. However, I believe we have carefully examined it and set out a solid course of action so as to reassure our stakeholders. Many of you raised this issue today, and I would like to draw attention to a recent development in India, where the Minister concerned stressed that issues with the EU around generic medicine no longer cause problems. So I think that we are working in the right direction and the wording of our proposal is very carefully balanced.
I have also taken good note of your remarks on wider policy prospects such as the training of customs officers and information for consumers. Not every aspect has its place in this particular regulation but your views are very timely as they can provide useful input for the ongoing review of the current multiannual IPR action plan.
Some of you asked when the changes in substantive law will come. I can inform you that the trademark review is scheduled for this autumn, and we will come forward then with new ideas. With regard to the breadth of the proposal’s scope and the issue of patents: of course we agree that patents are a complex issue and they have to be addressed very carefully. That is why we have proposed two types of procedure. For patents, we propose legal procedures establishing infringements, and we draw a distinction between this question and that of counterfeited goods. The right place to address this issue is, I think, in a customs context, and the protection of patents is as important as the protection of other intellectual property rights.
We cannot find answers to all the questions today. Let us nevertheless hope that balanced solutions can be found quickly so as to ensure that the proposal is adopted by the end of this year in time for the 20th anniversary of the single market. I can assure you that the Commission will do its best to support the process."@en1
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