European Parliament
A7-0204/2012
Christofer Fjellner  (PPE ). -
Mr President, under Rule 175(2) of the Rules of Procedure I would like, on behalf of the EPP Group, to refer this back to the Committee on International Trade.
The reason is quite obvious and should be considered by anybody who wants to treat this agreement seriously. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement which gives us international cooperation to fight piracy, counterfeit and other IPR infringements is currently being evaluated by the Court of Justice of the European Union. As much of the criticism against this agreement relates to fundamental rights – exactly what the Court has been asked by the Commission to look into and assess – we would not like to take the final vote in plenary before we have had their view on this important topic.
Therefore the EPP Group would like to refer this back to the Committee on International Trade.

