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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10186
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/customs

Number of counterfeit or pirate goods seized by customs still rising

Brussels, 22/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - “Despite the economic crisis, the figures remain impressive”, said John Taylor on Thursday 22 July on behalf of the customs services of the European Commission, presenting the 2009 report on customs interventions to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) within the European Union. In 2009, the customs services recorded more than 43,500 cases concerning goods suspected of being counterfeit or pirated, representing a total of 118 million items....

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