32. Proposes that indicators for e-learning and the relationship between education and innovation
shouldbeaddedtothelistofinnovationindicators;
33. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwardthisresolutiontotheCouncil,theCommissionandtothegovern-
mentsandparliamentsoftheMemberStates.
12. Exhaustion of trade mark rights
A5-0311/2001
European Parliament resolution on the Commission staff working paper on the problem of the
exhaustion of trade mark rights (SEC(1999)2033 Bdash C5-0354/2000 Bdash 2000/2187(COS))
The European Parliament,
NdashhavingregardtotheCommissionstaffworkingpaper(SEC(1999)2033Ndash C5-0354/2000),NdashhavingregardtoCouncilDirective89/104/EECof21December1988toapproximatethelawsofthe
Member States relating to trade marks(
1) and Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20December
1993ontheCommunitytrademark(2),andinparticularArticles7and13thereof(3),
Ndashhaving regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee of 24January 2001 on the
‘Exhaustionofregisteredtrademarkrights’(4),
NdashhavingregardtotheCommission’sdecisionof24May2000nottosubmitanyproposalstoalterthe
currentsystemofCommunity-wideexhaustion,
NdashhavingregardtoRule47(1)ofitsRulesofProcedure,Ndashhaving regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (A5-0311/
2001),
A. whereastheprincipleofnationalexhaustionoriginallyappliedinseveralMemberStatesoftheEuro-
peanCommunity,
B. whereasin1974theEuropeanCourtofJusticeinrespectofthesecountriesextendednationalexhaus-
tion to Community-wide exhaustion, giving the following reasons: ‘In fact, if a trade mark ownercould prevent the import of protected products marketed by him or with his consent in anotherMember State,hewouldbeabletopartition offnationalmarketsandthereby restrict tradebetweenMemberStates,inasituationwherenosuchrestrictionwasnecessarytoguaranteetheessenceofthe
exclusiverightflowingfromthetrademark’(
5),
C. whereasthetransitionfromnationaltoCommunity-wideexhaustionledtogreatercompetition,D. whereas in several Member States the principle of international exhaustion applied before Directive
89/104/EECcameintoforce,
(1) OJL40,11.2.1989,p.1,lastamendedbyCouncilDecision92/10/EECof19December1991,OJL6,11.1.1992,
p.35.
(2) OJL11,14.1.1994,p.1,lastamendedbyCouncilRegulation(EC)No3288/94of22December1994,OJL349,
31.12.1994,p.83.
(3) ExhaustionoftherightsconferredbyaCommunitytrademark:1.ACommunitytrademarkshallnotentitlethe
proprietortoprohibititsuseinrelationtogoodswhichhavebeenputonthemarketintheCommunityunderthat
trademarkbytheproprietororwithhisconsent;2.Paragraph1shallnotapplywherethereexistlegitimatereasonsfortheproprietortoopposefurthercommercialisationofthegoods,especiallywheretheconditionofthegoodsischangedorimpairedaftertheyhavebeenputonthemarket.
(
4) OJC123,25.4.2001,p.28.
(5) Paragraph11oftheJudgmentof31October1974inCase16/74,Centrafarmv.Winthrop[1974]ECR1183.C87E/148 EN11.4.2002 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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1. Onthegroundsoftheaboveconsiderationsandfindings,callsontheCommission:
Ndashtoproduceadetailedstudyoftheimplicationsofapossibletransitiontotheprincipleofinternational
exhaustionforEuropeanmanufacturersandconsumersaswellasforjobs;
NdashtopresentareportonanycasesofabuseoftrademarkrightsnotifiedtotheCommission,toexplain
how such cases of abuse have been addressed, including with regard to competition rules, and toidentifypossibledeficienciesthatmayexistincurrentlegalprovision;
Ndashtoexaminethelegalsituationwithregardtotheexhaustionoftrademarkrightsinthemostimport-
anttradingnations;
Ndashto ascertain the prospects for the conclusion of an international agreement on harmonised rules on
exhaustionoftrademarkrightsundertheWTOorWIPO;
NdashinthelightofthemostrecentrulingsbytheCourtofJustice,toexaminetheneedforclarificationof
Directive89/104/EEC,andinparticularArticle7thereof,inordertoachieveahigherdegreeoflegal
certaintyandlegalclarityregardingtherestrictionsapplyingundercompetitionlawinrespectoftrade
marklaw,whichisnecessaryaboveallforSMEsandconsumers;
Ndashto examine whether clarification of trade mark law in respect of non-commercial imports of goods
purchasedbyconsumersviatheInternetisneeded;
Ndashto submit to Parliament, by 31December 2002, a report on these points containing detailed pro-
posals;
2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the govern-
mentsoftheMemberStates.
13. Conclusions of the UN Conference on racism
B5-0605, 0606, 0607, 0609 and 0610/2001
European Parliament resolution on the World Conference against Racism in Durban
The European Parliament,
Ndashhaving regard to Articles6, 7 and 29 of the Treaty on European Union and Article13 of the EC
Treaty, which commit the European Union and its Member States to observe high standards ofhuman rights and non-discrimination, and to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EuropeanUnion,
Ndashhaving regard to the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dis-
crimination,the1995FrameworkConventionfortheProtectionofNationalMinoritiesandtheEuro-peanConventionfortheProtectionofHumanRightsandFundamentalFreedoms,
Ndashhaving regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29June 2000 implementing equal treatment
betweenpersonsirrespectiveofracialorethnicorigin(
1),
Ndashhaving regard to the EU’s preparations for the World Conference, in particular the European Parlia-
ment resolution of 5July 2001on human rights in the world(2) containing its recommendation on
theEuropeanUnion’spositionattheWorldConference,
Ndashhaving regard to the declaration adopted by the European Preparatory Conference ‘All Different-All
Equal’inStrasbourgon13October2000,
Ndashhavingregardtotheframeworkagreementof5July2000onrelationsbetweentheEuropeanParlia-
mentandtheCommission(3),
(1) OJL180,19.7.2000,p.22.
(2) ‘TextsAdopted’,Item13.
(3) OJC121,24.4.2001,p.122.11.4.2002 EN C87E/149 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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