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**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3756/98 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL to the Commission. Counterfeiting and piracy** 
  
*Official Journal C 297 , 15/10/1999 P. 0100*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3756/98

by José García-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission

(11 December 1998)

Subject: Counterfeiting and piracy

On 22 October 1998 the Commission announced the publication of a Green Paper on combating counterfeiting and piracy in the single market, with which it launched wide-ranging consultations on the matter with interested parties in the Member States.

The Green Paper pursues four lines of thought: a) support for monitoring activities by the private sector; b) the legal protection of authenticating and security devices; c) an assessment of the sanctions and other means capable of ensuring that intellectual property rights are enforced; and d) the establishment of appropriate administrative cooperation between the Member States' competent authorities.

In the Commission's opinion, what effect may the damage suffered by undertakings have as regards investment?

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