Translation of "Conférence internationale des propriétés de la vapeur " (French → English) :

WTO-TRIPs: Commission Organises International Conference on 10th anniversary of WTO agreement on intellectual property rights

The event brings together a wide spectrum of actors - from industrialists to government representatives, international organisations, NGOs and academics - with an interest in intellectual property world wide.

Discussions gained momentum at a conference on collective management organised in March 2000 by the Portuguese Presidency in Evora and at the International Conference on ‘The Management and Legitimate Use of Intellectual Property’ organised by the Commission in Strasbourg in July 2000.

22. EMPHASIZES that it is crucial to ensure coherence and mutual supportiveness between work done within the framework of the CBD and other on-going developments, such as the recently adopted International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the work of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Inter-Governmental Committee, the work in the TRIP's Council (Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) of the World Trade Organisation, pursuant to paragraph 19 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration on the ...[+++] Doha Development Agenda, the implementation of UPOV (International Union for the Protection of new varieties of Plants) agreements and the work of the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD);

VIII. WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS TO THIRD COUNTRY MARKETS 1. underlines the importance of the third-countries market to the pharmaceutical industry of the European Union, which remains the principal world centre for the production and export of medicinal products; 2. considers that, strengthened by the "acquis communautaire" in this sector, the European Union should endeavour to improve the conditions for access to third-country markets for medicinal products invented and developed by the European pharmaceutical industry; 3. points out that the very high degree of regulation in the pharmaceutical sector means that it is also subject to a considerable number of barriers to trade, which often force the pharmaceutical industry to repeat tests o ...[+++]n medicinal products and checking operations; 4. notes the efforts made in the context of the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) with regard to harmonizing statutory requirements for pharmaceuticals and invites the Commission to submit a report to the Council on the results achieved after the first round of conferences and the aims to be set for the continuation of the proceedings; 5. encourages the Commission to continue the negotiations now under way on mutual recognition agreements relating to inspection and control of medicinal products, in particular with regard to equivalence of good manufacturing practice, with the Union's trading partners; 6. recalls the importance of intellectual property rights for the pharmaceutical industry and the crucial part played by effective, complete and respected protection of these rights in ensuring financing for ever more costly innovative research; 7. encourages the fight against fraud and asks the Commission and the Member States to cooperate with the appropriate bodies at international level to combat counterfeiting and ensure the implementation of the agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPs) concluded within the GATT framework; IX. FIN ...

In cooperation with the Greek authorities, the European Commission is holding an international conference on intellectual and industrial property rights at the Hilton Hotel in Athens on 11, 12 and 13 April.