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| 25.3.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 71/1 |

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COUNCIL RESOLUTION

of 16 March 2009

on the EU Customs Action Plan to combat IPR infringements for the years 2009 to 2012

(2009/C 71/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

CONSIDERING:

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| 1. | the Commission's strategic report[(1)](#ntr1-C_2009071EN.01000101-E0001) and the new cycle of the renewed Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs (2008-2010) launched by the European Council on 14 March 2008; |

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| 2. | the Commission Communication of 16 July 2008 on an industrial property rights strategy for Europe; |

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| 3. | Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights; |

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| 4. | the Council Resolution of 25 September 2008 on a comprehensive European anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy plan; |

TAKING NOTE OF:

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| 5. | the growing threat posed by counterfeit goods to health and safety and to the environment; |

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| 6. | the latest trends in the area of counterfeiting and piracy, especially with regard to the new challenges posed by the globalisation of world trade and Internet sales; |

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| 7. | the need for customs to address these issues more effectively, which requires reinforced administrative cooperation, and closer cooperation between customs and business; |

ENDORSES:

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| 8. | the EU customs action plan to combat IPR infringements for the years 2009 to 2012 set out in the Annex, prepared by the Presidency in co-operation with the Member States and the Commission following on from the Council Resolution mentioned under point 4; |

INVITES:

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| 9. | the Member States and the Commission to implement the action plan effectively; |

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| 10. | the Commission, in collaboration with the Presidency, to conduct an annual review of the implementation of the action plan; |

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| 11. | the Commission, in co-operation with the Member States, to submit to the Council in 2012 a final report on the implementation of the action plan. |

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