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"Parliament rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) proposal by a large majority. The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe played a key role in this decisive vote, which should be the kiss of death for the ratification process. I welcome this logical result. How could we have been satisfied with an agreement that is supposed to combat counterfeiting but is not signed by the two biggest producers of counterfeit goods in the world, China and India? It is essential to protect intellectual property rights if we want to revitalise the creation, research and innovation of European companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. The Commission must adopt an offensive position and put in place, without delay, a mechanism for a new agreement within the framework of the World Trade Organisation in conjunction with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), including China and India. Indeed, there are signs that those countries want to be more involved in the fight against counterfeiting, for example, on 26 June the members of WIPO, including China, signed the Beijing Treaty. It is inconceivable that in the future this type of international agreement would not be negotiated in complete transparency by informing and consulting all stakeholders, starting with citizens and their representatives."@en1
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