COUNTERFEITING DIRECTIVE
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union internal market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein has welcomed the final approval of a counterfeiting and piracy directive, helping tobacco companies suppress fakes. The legislation widens powers available to EU customs officials to seize fake goods and for rights-holders to secure financial compensation, injunctions, damages and the destruction and recall of illegal goods. The European Commission has identified the tobacco industry as one most affected by counterfeiting. Said Mr Bolkestein: "The directive will give the EU much stronger ...
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