European Parliament
A7-0046/2012
Maria Badia i Cutchet,
rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on International Trade.
(ES)
Mr President, Commissioner, on behalf of the Committee on International Trade, I would first like to highlight the importance of this regulation, both for trade and for consumers, given that it concerns the enforcement of intellectual property rights and the fight against counterfeiting, which has shown an alarming increase in recent years.
I would also like to recall that it focuses exclusively on the role of customs authorities in the protection of intellectual property rights, without affecting the substantive law under which they are regulated. A reform of the aforementioned law is still essential, therefore, and I would ask the Commission to present a proposal that addresses the current context of intellectual property rights in the not too distant future.
Lastly, I would like to point out the request for the exclusion of generic medicines in transit from this regulation, in order to avoid their unjustified detention at our borders, thereby allowing them to reach the third countries that need them.

