Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-04-Speech-4-018"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Combating counterfeiting and piracy2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000504.2.4-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-04-Speech-4-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Yves Butel2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2002-07-02)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I have the impression that, by following the Commission in laying too much emphasis on the internal market, many of my fellow Members have not grasped the real scale of this phenomenon. Our markets are adversely affected by counterfeiting and piracy, as are all world markets. It would, therefore, be a dangerously narrow approach to confine ourselves too much to the single market, suggesting that the entire solution could be found there. I should also like, at this Green Paper stage, to stress the fact that such illegal activities, when they affect pharmaceutical products, spare parts and toys, constitute a very real risk to human health and safety. And I appeal to reason to ensure that the attempts to reconcile national approaches do not compromise the arrangements already in place in our national states. I foresee the risks of allowing harmonisation to become an end in itself. Given the real risk of losing focus, I should like to issue a warning to the Commission. Rather than on the counterfeiting of garden gnomes which it mentions, we should be concentrating on protecting patents, trademarks and copyright, which make it possible to guarantee consumer protection as well as ensuring the continued existence of firms that undertake significant investment up front in research and development and in the manufacture of quality products. Many jobs in the textile sector, the automobile industry and the sphere of culture also depend on these. Let us be serious about this. Software protection within European or national administrations requires much more than a code of conduct, but rather the strict observance of regulations, and I hope that the Commission will acknowledge that this is more a matter of determination to adopt sound managerial practices than of the introduction of a harmonised arsenal of legislative and criminal law measures."@en1

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