= ACTA: draft analysis competence issues =

Behind closed doors the EU, US and Japan negotiate an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). According to the [[http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/sectoral/intell_property/fs231007_en.htm|European Commission's website]], a "path breaking" agreement is foreseen. For this reason the Commission likes to work outside the normal formal structures. 

An [[http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Image:Acta.pdf|ACTA discussion paper]] was leaked. On this page we will discuss whether the agreement, as foreseen in the leaked discussion paper, falls within the the Community's competence. 

The analysis moved here: http://action.ffii.org/acta/Analysis

See also: http://action.ffii.org/acta/



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