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"Mr President, today we are discussing the European Observatory, which will help to provide independent data and facilitate the exchange of good practice in the very real area of counterfeiting and piracy.
Firstly, I am glad to see that the initial proposal from the Commission has undergone a number of changes within Parliament and the Council, especially when it comes to the governance model. The Member States forming part of the Administrative Board are important to the governance structure and their oversight is legitimising the work, as the Office should be policy-informing instead of policy-leading.
I welcome the European Observatory, as there has been a lack of independent data and harmonised activity across the EU in the area of counterfeiting and piracy. The collection of data in this area will be increasingly important as a source of evidence to inform the debate on copyright infringement and IPR abuse.
However, we do not want to see a duplication of effort in protecting IPR. The Office should be taking into account the existing information obligations on Member States relating to intellectual property infringements.
As a member of the Committee on Culture and Education, I have been following the opinion on this report, which I also finally supported. The Committee on Culture’s opinion called for more recognition of the cultural dimension of IPR, and stressed the importance of people from the cultural and creative sectors participating in meetings of the Observatory.
I have submitted amendments that will allow the Observatory to focus on all types of IPR infringements.
Another important issue is to have the Office support the activities of national authorities as well as private industry, but it should provide observations, not strict recommendations to Member States.
I am indeed relieved that we, in these difficult financial times, are able to save the taxpayers money by efficient use of financial and human resources and at no cost to the EU budget.
With the governance model in the final proposal being much more satisfactory, and the description of the tasks and responsibilities of the Observatory now being more concrete, I am now happy to vote in favour of the final report."@en1
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