23.12.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 330/81
Article 16 Competition Policy 1.
The Parties shall promote the effective establishment and application of competition rules and the dissemination of information in order to foster transparency and legal certainty for enterprises operating in each other’s markets, in accordance with their respective laws and regulations. 2.
Both Parties endeavour to cooperate in mutually agreed areas to enhance the mutual understanding of each other’s competition laws and policies.
Article 17 Services The Parties shall establish a consistent dialogue aimed, in particular, at exchanging information on their respective regulatory environments, promoting access to each other’s markets, promoting access to sources of capital and technology and promoting trade in services between both regions and in the markets of third countries.
Article 18 Intellectual Property Rights 1.
The Parties shall exchange information and share experiences on issues such as the practice, promotion, dissemination, streamlining, management, protection and effective application of intellectual property rights (IPR), the prevention of abuses of such rights and the fight against counterfeiting and piracy, in particular through customs cooperation and other appropriate forms of cooperation and strengthening of the protection of such rights as agreed by the Parties.
In accordance with their respective laws and regulations and in conformity with relevant international agreements to which the Parties are party, the Parties will cooperate in particular on the enforcement of IPR and the protection of patents, geographical indications, trademarks, copyrights and industrial design as well as the protection of plant varieties. 2.
The Parties shall provide technical assistance to each other in the field of IPR, and assist each other in improving intellectual property protection, enforcement, utilisation and commercialisation based upon the European experience, and enhancing the dissemination of knowledge thereof. 3.
The Parties recognise the importance of and reaffirm their commitment to the Doha Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and Public Health, adopted in Doha on 14 November 2001.
The Parties shall respect and contribute to the implementation of the Decision of the WTO General Council of 30 August 2003 on Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, as well as the Protocol amending the TRIPS Agreement, adopted in Geneva on 6 December 2005.
Article 19 Digital Trade 1.
The Parties shall exchange information on regulatory matters in the context of digital trade in accordance with their respective laws and regulations, which shall address the following: (a) the recognition and facilitation of interoperable electronic trust and authentication services; (b) the treatment of direct marketing communications;