Brussels, 12/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - In his presentation on Tuesday of the two legislative proposals, a directive and framework decision for better fighting counterfeiting and piracy, Commissioner Franco Frattini declared, “in 2003, 100 million articles were counterfeited or pirated at an estimated value of a billion euros”. The Commission is also seeking to strengthen the fight against a constantly growing and developing phenomenon by introducing “a criminal mechanism against...