Finfacts: Counterfeiting and piracy: European Commission proposes criminal law provisions to combat intellectual property offences

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Counterfeiting and piracy: European Commission proposes criminal law provisions to combat intellectual property offences

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a directive to combat intellectual property offences that amends the proposal approved by it on 12 July 2005. It is thus responding to the Court ruling of 13 September 2005 in Case C-176/03, according to which the criminal law provisions necessary for the effective implementation of Community law are a matter for Community law.