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Title:: Bibliotheksdienst

Publisher:: Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin Ehemaliges Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Bibliotheksverbände Bibliothek & Information Deutschland

Publication:: Berlin: de Gruyter\, 1967 -

Digitization:: Berlin: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin\, 2014

ISSN:: 2194-9646

ZDB-ID:: 1465932-3

DDC Group:: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft

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Publication:: 2000

Language:: German

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-5169959

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Title:: Heft 3

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APA (6th edition):: Heft 3. (n.d.).

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Europäische Union __________________________ THEMEN regulations have been rendered obsolete in some fields as a result of glo- balisation; · network and service operators seek to cut transmission costs through storage and duplication techniques. These techniques raise new questions regarding intellectual property rights; More information can be found at: WIPO Copyright Treaty: ratification process in European Community In December 1996 two international treaties relating to intellectual property were adopted: the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. For the Treaties to enter into force, the ratification by the EC and its Member States is fundamental, as 30 ratifications are needed, and only nine countries (including the US) have so far ratified them. Both Treaties have been signed by the European Community and its Member States. On 8 October 1999 the Council of Ministers adopted a political agreement on the draft decision to ratify the Treaties on behalf of the European Community. The proposal on ratification was sent to the European Parliament for its opini- on on 25 October. On 11 January 2000 the Legal Affairs Committee adopted a draft recommendation by MEP Cederschiöld giving its assent to the conclu- sion of both WIPO Treaties. This is to be discussed and adopted at the ple- nary session on 14 February. Among others, MEP Cederschiöld recollects in her document the controversy about the European Community's right to conclude international agreements in the area of intellectual property. In 1994, when the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation was to be signed, the European Commission sought the opinion of the Court of Justice which ruled that the European Community and the member states were only jointly competent to conclude the TRIPs Agreement. Therefore also the WIPO Treaties must be concluded jointly by the Community and the member states. In order to enable the Com- munity to become party to the WIPO Treaties, in view of its joint competence with member states, a special membership clause was required. The Council decision on the ratification of the WIPO Treaties differs from the version contained in the Commission proposal of 24 April 1998 in some signi- ficant respects, implying postponement of ratification and reduction of the Commission's role. Under Article 2 of the ,,new version" the President of the Council is authorised to deposit the instrument of ratification as of the date on which the Member States are to have transposed the Community act required in the light of the WIPO Treaties into national law. Under the Commission pro- posal, the Council President was authorised to deposit the instruments when BIBLIOTHEKSDIENST 34. Jg. (2000), H. 3 449

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