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The European Union and its Member States recently ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), the so-called ‘Internet Treaties’, meant to bring copyright protection up to date with modern technologies in the context of the Internet. Read more »

The European Union (EU) Competitiveness Council held in Brussels last week reached a political agreement concerning the establishment of a European Union Patent (formerly called a Community Patent) and a European and European Union Patent Court (EEUPC). Read more »

The European Commission has launched the new online service “eBusiness Guide for SMEs: eBusiness software and services in the European market”, which can be found on the European Commission’s Europa portal. This service gives enterprises an overview of the eBusiness and information and communication technology (ICT) market and helps them select the proper software products, solutions, and ICT service providers. Read more »

A new, joint network of REACH and CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) helpdesks has been formed and is called Help Net. The objectives of the network are to provide consistent, harmonised answers and the best possible advice to industry seeking to fulfil their obligations under the REACH and CLP Regulations. Read more »

The European Commission has come to an agreement with the music industry to set up a common, non-mandatory and non-exclusive portal of European repertoires as a way to promote cross-border exploitation of music works. The deal was concluded at the fourth meeting of the Roundtable on the Online Distribution of Music on 19th October 2009. Read more »

ECHA is currently sending out invitations to Lead Registrants to participate in a dedicated “Lead Registrant Workshop” to be held on 11 September in Brussels. This workshop is specifically aimed at promoting means that will assist Lead Registrants in their SIEF activities. Topics to be discussed in the workshop will cover best practices in establishing and managing SIEFs, the preparation of registration dossiers and specific feedback on information requirements. Lead Registrants are encouraged to inform ECHA of their nomination in order to benefit from this supporting activity. Read more »

Korea – European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations have reached conclusion as of July 13th, 2009. However, although agreement has been reached it has not been initialed and the procedure for actually signing of the FTA will still take several months. Read more »

Nanotechnologies are interacting with and reinforcing the potential of other technologies like information and communication technologies and biotechnology. In view of the difficulties in predicting potential impacts on health and the environment, the European Commission is continuously monitoring the developments in nanotechnologies and is using the independent EU Scientific Committees to contribute to the assessment of health and environmental risks that Nanotechnologies may pose. Read more »

ECHA has updated REACH-IT by adding an online inquiry submission functionality and a functionality to change legal entity names in the system. Documentation is also published to assist companies with the online inquiry and the change in legal entity name. In addition, REACH-IT can now be accessed by Member States Competent Authorities that fulfill ECHA’s standard security requirements. Read more »

Korea expects to conclude a free trade deal with the European Union next month after both sides failed to resolve several contentious issues at last week’s minister-level meeting, a high-ranking official said yesterday.

Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and his EU counterpart Catherine Ashton met in London last week to narrow differences on the issues, which include provisions on a so-called duty drawback scheme and rules of origin, but failed to wrap up the agreement. Read more »