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Joint European Parliament ACTA Transparency Resolution Tabled, Vote on Wednesday

2010-03-08 22:53
A joint resolution on Transparency and State of Play of ACTA negotiations from virtually all party groups in the European Parliament was tabled earlier today. nbsp; It will debated tonight and faces a vote on Wednesday. nbsp; If approved, the resolution marks a major development in the fight over ACTA transparency. nbsp; It calls for public access to negotiation texts and rules out further confidential negotiations. nbsp; Moreover, the EP wants a ban on imposing a three-strikes model, assurances that ACTA will not result in personal searchers at the border, and an ACTA impact assessment on fundamental rights and data protection. nbsp; The full resolution: The European Parliament, ndash; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to Articles 207 and 218 TFEU - nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to its Resolution of 9 February 2010 on a quot;Renewed Framework Agreement between the Parliament and the Commission for the next legislative term quot; (B7-0091/2010) ndash; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to its Resolution of 11 March 2009 on quot;Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (recast) quot; to be considered as Parliaments position in First Reading nbsp; (COM(2008)0229 ndash; C6-0184/2008 ndash; 2008/0090(COD)) ndash; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to its Resolution of 18 December 2008 on quot;the impact of counterfeiting on international trade quot; (2008/2133(INI)) - nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to the Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor of 22 February 2010 on quot;the current negotiations by the European Union of an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) quot; - nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular its Article 8, - nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to Directive 2002/58/EC of European Parliament and Council concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, as last amended by Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 - nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to Directive 2000/31/EC of European Parliament and Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on Electronic Commerce) - nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; having regard to Rule 110 of its Rules of Procedure, A. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; whereas in 2008 the European Union and other OECD countries opened negotiations on a new plurilateral agreement designed to strengthen the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and combat counterfeiting and piracy (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - ACTA), and jointly agreed on a confidentiality clause, B. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; whereas in its report of 11 March 2009 Parliament called on the Commission to quot;immediately make all documents related to the ongoing international negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) publicly availab...
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