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dcterms:Date	"2001-10-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Exhaustion of trade mark rights2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011002.14.2-303"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-02-Speech-2-3042
lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Thors2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, I must say that I have not, unfortunately, read either the book or the special edition of The Economist entitled . Clearly, however, we have embarked upon a very interesting discussion of trade marks and their significance in terms of dividing up world markets. Those of us who want to see a form of globalisation that is of benefit to all parties look forward to an international exhaustion of trade mark rights in accordance with the original Mayer report. The same applies if one is in favour of an effective competition policy, as mentioned by the rapporteur, for European exhaustion as it is at present enables markets to be divided up, providing benefits to manufacturers but not to consumers. Different studies can produce different results. The Commission takes a relatively negative view of international exhaustion in its study. On the other hand, we also have the experience referred to by the previous speaker whereby there are quite a few countries in which goods became more expensive after Community exhaustion had been introduced, for example Germany, Sweden and Great Britain. I am also sorry that this matter could not have been taken further during the Swedish Presidency which, I know, accorded it a high priority. I therefore hope that we shall now, in fact, produce a report on this subject. I also hope that the Commissioner can tell us what opportunities there are for addressing the issue in the context of the WTO in which a new round of talks is about to start. I also think it is important not to confuse this issue with that of pirate manufacturing, which is a completely different matter. There are new ways of checking the authenticity of goods by means of genuine and detailed identification, facilitating a completely new form of supervision. I therefore hope that the Commission is able to support the endeavours representing the main approach taken by Parliament today, as well as by the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party."@en1

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