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"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Creutzmann, I believe that we are facing a very important issue here, and one that must be solved, regulated. I therefore very much welcomed it when the Commission brought forward this legislative proposal. This is about the safety of our citizens. We have obtained a great deal of information about how problematic counterfeit products are for people’s health and well-being, but also for pricing, and how important it is for businesses to be able to sell products that they have actually produced, in which connection it goes without saying that intellectual property rights must be properly protected.
There are, however, a few issues that are still subject to fierce debate within Parliament. One such issue seems to have been resolved to some extent, and in that regard I would like to offer my sincere thanks to Ms Hedh, who produced great work in connection with generic medicines. The transiting issue is an absolutely essential issue in this context. We cannot accept the introduction of obstacles here that actually have nothing to do with the protection of intellectual property but relate to entirely different issues. We need to very carefully weigh up what we do in this area. Otherwise, Ms Hedh provided a very clear picture of what problems result in this context.
The second point, which we believe to be very important – and, in this regard, I was very pleased by what you had to say earlier in respect of patent infringements, Mr Šemeta – is that the rule of law must be safeguarded in all cases. For that reason, if two of the amendments tabled by our group are not adopted, we as a group will not ultimately be able to vote in favour of the Creutzmann report, as we want there to be legal certainty here, but also that the rule of law and the rights of citizens in this connection should be safeguarded. It is therefore not all the same to us how the final vote goes. Our final vote tomorrow is therefore actually still in the balance."@en1
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