Translation of "Solution de droit uniforme matériel " (French → English) :

2. The European added value of actions, including that of small-scale and national actions, shall be assessed in the light of criteria such as their contribution to the consistent and coherent implementation of Union law, and to wide public awareness about the rights deriving from it, their potential to develop mutual trust among Member States and to improve cross-border cooperation, their transnational impact, their contribution to the elaboration and dissemination of best practices or their potential to contribute to the creation of minimum standards, practical tools and solutions that address cross-border or Union-wide challenges.

2. The European added value of actions, including that of small-scale and national actions, shall be assessed in the light of criteria such as their contribution to the consistent and coherent implementation of Union law and to wide public awareness about the rights deriving from it, their potential to develop mutual trust among Member States and to improve cross-border cooperation, their transnational impact, their contribution to the elaboration and dissemination of best practices or their potential to create practical tools and solutions that address cross-border or Union-wide challenges.

whereas, in particular, enhanced cooperation in this area complies with the Treaties and Union law since it will not affect the acquis, given that, to date, only a limited number of legal acts of the Union within the meaning of Article 288 TFEU have been adopted, none of them covering the creation of a European intellectual property right providing for uniform protection throughout the Union; whereas, with the exception of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biote ...[+++]chnological inventions (5), no approximation of substantive patent law exists at Union level, and whereas Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (6) and Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (7) concern patent term extensions for specific types of patented subject matter; whereas enhanced cooperation in the area of patents would not cause discrimination since access to the unitary patent will be open to users of the patent system from all over the Union,

Reiterates its concern regarding restrictions on Internet content, whether they apply to the dissemination or to the receipt of information, that are imposed by governments and are not in strict conformity with the guarantee of freedom of expression; in this respect, requests the Council and the Commission to draw up Community rules on trade with third countries concerning goods, including software, hardware and other similar items, the sole purpose of which is to conduct general surveillance activities and to restrict access to the Internet in a manner inconsistent with freedom of expression, and the import and export of such goods, with the exception of goods the sole purpose of which is the protection of children; considers that the sa ...[+++]me should apply as regards surveillance and/or military technology destined for countries which are systematic violators of human rights; calls also for concrete solutions to be found in order to prevent European businesses from providing those countries with personal data that may be used to violate such rights, particularly freedom of expression;

145. Reiterates its concern regarding restrictions on internet content, whether they apply to the dissemination or to the receipt of information, that are imposed by governments and are not in strict conformity with the guarantee of freedom of expression; in this respect, requests the Council and the Commission to draw up Community rules on trade with third countries concerning goods, including software, hardware and other similar items, the sole purpose of which is to conduct general surveillance activities and to restrict access to the internet in a manner inconsistent with freedom of expression, and the import and export of such goods, with the exception of goods the sole purpose of which is the protection of children; considers that t ...[+++]he same should apply as regards surveillance and/or military technology destined for countries which are systematic violators of human rights; calls also for concrete solutions to be found in order to prevent European businesses from providing those countries with personal data that may be used to violate such rights, particularly freedom of expression;

144. Reiterates its concern regarding restrictions on internet content, whether they apply to the dissemination or to the receipt of information, that are imposed by governments and are not in strict conformity with the guarantee of freedom of expression; in this respect, requests the Council and the Commission to draw up Community rules on trade with third countries concerning goods, including software, hardware and other similar items, the sole purpose of which is to conduct general surveillance activities and to restrict access to the internet in a manner inconsistent with freedom of expression, and the import and export of such goods, with the exception of goods the sole purpose of which is the protection of children; considers that t ...[+++]he same should apply as regards surveillance and/or military technology destined for countries which are systematic violators of human rights; calls also for concrete solutions to be found in order to prevent European businesses from providing those countries with personal data that may be used to violate such rights, particularly freedom of expression;