The Council of the EU adopted its negotiating position at the beginning of March (see EUROPE 11978) but at the European Parliament, work on the directive for tackling fraud and counterfeiting by non-cash means has just begun with the examination on Tuesday 27 March of the report drawn up by Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (S&D, Germany) at the civil liberties committee (LIBE).
It should be pointed out that the draft directive provides a list of action relating to fraud and counterfeiting by...