The regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council no. 608/2013/EU governing anti-counterfeiting action by customs authorities was published on June 29, 2013, repealing Regulation 1383/2003/EC.
The regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council no. 608/2013/EU governing anti-counterfeiting action by customs authorities was published on June 29, 2013, repealing Regulation 1383/2003/EC.
This new regulation, which will apply from January 1, 2014, strengthens the role of customs authorities in the interception and the destruction of counterfeit goods entering, or in transit through, EU territory.
Like the prior rule, Regulation 608/2013 deals only with the procedural rules for customs authorities and contains no rules relating to criteria for ascertaining the existence of an infringement of an IP right (recital 10).
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