Notes from closed-door debriefing in European Parliament on secret text. “We worked 16 hours a day for eight long days in DC to produce a readable text that we all agree on”, modestly stated EU negotiator Luc Devigne. He makes…
U.S. and EU scheduled to meet on ACTA, August 16
Inside U.S. Trade – 7/30/2010 The United States and European Union are scheduled to meet Aug. 16 in Washington to try reach agreement on contentious issues that have emerged between the two governments within the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations,…
European data protection authorities concerns over ACTA
This Working Party was set up under Article 29 of Directive 95/46/EC. It is an independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy. Its tasks are described in Article 30 of Directive 95/46/EC and Article 15 of Directive 2002/58/EC.…
Smokescreen on ACTA
ACTA DEBATE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WHITE SMOKE AND RED LINES On ACTA “If we don’t include geographical indicators and industrial design in ACTA, what is the whole point to an agreement? These are really red lines for us.” This…
“Nous rejetterons l’ACTA s’il le faut!”
FRANÇOISE CASTEX DÉPUTÉE EUROPÉENNE COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Strasbourg- Suite aux négociations sur ACTA qui viennent de s’achever à Luzerne (Suisse), Françoise Castex rappelle que le Parlement européen n’est pas prêt d’approuver l’accord en l’état.
High price of medicines becomes political issue in EU
Both Greece and Spain have taken unilateral measures to try to bring down the price of patented medicines purchased by public health systems that are now under special stress due to the public debt crisis of these countries. A conservative…