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"en.20120703.18.2-315-000"2
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"Product piracy is an increasingly common occurrence. The global network has made it easy for vendors to supply a worldwide market and the result has been a huge increase in counterfeit and pirated products. The number of registered cases of counterfeiting and piracy in 2010 was double the figure for 2009 and amounts to 79 112 cases. There was an increase of 200% in online sales. The estimated annual cost of counterfeiting and piracy for European businesses is EUR 250 billion. A total of 85% of the items that breach intellectual property rights come from China and there is a large market for them in Europe. It is therefore the responsibility of the European customs authorities to scrutinise goods which come from the Far East in particular with very great care. As I am of the opinion that the new regulation does not get to the root of the problem and that consumers could be turned into criminals from the start instead of being educated, I have abstained."@en1
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