Brussels, 30/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted a concrete and ambitious action plan for combating counterfeiting and piracy. Commissioner Bolkestein immediately presented it in person to the Council at its session (see pages 8 and 9).
The action plan exceeds the study phase of the phenomenon and its principles to announce a series of operational measures that will be presented in two stages. First of all, it will propose directives aimed at harmonising the...