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"en.20120703.21.2-529-000"2
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"In February 2010, I and others set in train the pressure from the European Parliament to strip away the secrecy surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and, at the same time, I drew attention to problematic provisions of the treaty that would be difficult to ratify. Unfortunately, the European Commission failed to heed my warnings and those of the experts. The very idea of a treaty that left out China and other sources of counterfeits on the EU internal market, and which failed to differentiate between measures suitable for offline and online environments, was flawed. Within my role as rapporteur for the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, I pushed for an amendment in relation to the insufficient guarantees of basic human rights and freedoms, protection of personal data and a fair trial in the ACTA Treaty. The general lack of clarity of some ACTA provisions led us to declare that it was incompatible with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Our decision tomorrow is extremely important, as many citizens are putting their trust in us to correct a situation brought about by Member States and the Commission. The issue of what will follow our vote is no less important. Based on my proposal, the Commission will have to draw up an EU Code of Online Rights this year, which will ensure that the rights of Internet users are protected so that no similarly flagrant threats to their rights can take place in the future."@en1
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