European Parliament
Louis Grech  (S&D ),
in writing
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This report outlines the proposal for a Regulation entrusting the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with certain tasks which are currently being dealt with by the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy. Should this proposal be adopted, some key factors listed in the Hidalgo report must be fully taken into account: (1) full transparency of the methodology used; (2) balanced representation – meaning that this must include not only large industries, but also consumers, SMEs and internet service providers; (3) the Office must fully abide by EU law on data protection.

