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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8665

13 March 2004
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The need to fight counterfitting and piracy far outweighs protection of European iindustry - A plague to be wiped out

A watered-down image of reality. Europe's products and the fruits of its creativity will, in the future, be better protected against piracy, counterfeiting and unfair competition. This is due to an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the new directive reinforcing respect for intellectual property laws (for the parliamentary vote, see our bulletin of 10 March, pages 15/16), and to Council's adoption of a new directive making defence mechanisms against dumping and...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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