Europese Commissie trekt vragen aan HvJ EU over ACTA weer in

20-12-2012 Print this page

B9 11978. European Commission withdraws ACTA referral, bericht het ACTA-blog.

“The European Commission has withdrawn its referral of ACTA to the European Court of Justice. This spring, the commission had asked the court: “Is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) compatible with the European Treaties, in particular with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union?”

It did this in the midst of massive protests against ACTA, hoping the European Parliament would postpone its vote. After the parliament voted against ACTA, the commission kept the referral to the court alive. It hoped that the court would find no problems with ACTA, it could then send a cosmetically changed ACTA to the parliament. With the withdrawal of the ACTA referral to the court this second change for ACTA is now impossible. ACTA is fully dead in the EU."

Lees hier meer. Zie ook Webwereld: EC laat fundamentele toetsing van ACTA varen.