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# 92002E0939

**WRITTEN QUESTION E-0939/02 by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission. Trademark rights.** 
  
*Official Journal 205 E , 29/08/2002 P. 0239 - 0239*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0939/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(10 April 2002)

Subject: Trademark rights

Following the ruling of the European Court of Justice to uphold the right of trademark owners to determine the conditions of sale of their products within the EU in the case Tesco v. Levi Strauss (cases C-414/99, C-415/99 and C-416/99), will the Commission bring forward any revision to existing legislation in order to promote the rights of consumers to buy products at equitable prices in the internal market?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(28 May 2002)

The Commission is very conscious of the need to strike the right balance between the economic interests of consumers and those of trademark holders.

However, the recent judgement of the European Court of Justice in the case Tesco v. Levi Strauss, which with regard to the principle of exhaustion confirms the earlier jurisprudence of the Court, has not given cause for the Commission to reconsider its decision not to table a proposal for a change of the exhaustion regime. Nevertheless, the Commission will continue to follow closely the issue of exhaustion, and action will certainly be taken should new and important developments take place which would justify reconsideration of the matter.

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