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European business sets out ACTA priorities

05 July 2008

James Nurton, London

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) should cover both civil and criminal enforcement and provide for reinforced border enforcement measures, according to the organization that represents businesses in Europe

Jérôme Chauvin, a director in the internal market department at BusinessEurope, has written to the European Commission to highlight key areas that it considers indispensable to accomplish the objectives of ACTA.

The ACTA proposal was launched in October last year by the USTR and is being negotiated by eight countries, plus the EU.

Details of the proposed agreement have not been...



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