ACTA DECISION WORTH BILLIONS TO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
March 1st, 2012
BY JAMES FULLER
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) executive, the European Commission is trying to defeat criticism of a multilateral treaty opposing counterfeiting through a high stakes legal manoeuvre, with officials saying the outcome is of critical importance to Europe's powerful auto sector.
The Commission has referred the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which will assess whether the treaty complies with the basic legal principles of the EU.
Just for the record - the Commission is convinced that ACTA is legal ...
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