The European Court of Justice is bending over the antipiraterijverdrag Acta. That the European Commission has announced. Only if the EU Court of justice its opinion on the convention has spoken, decided the European Parliament about it.
European commissioner Karel de Gucht, the Trade has published, writes NU.nl. It is unclear when the European Court of Justice its opinion on the treaty is going to speak; a case before the Court can take years. Only after the Court, the treaty has treated, decided the European Parliament on ratification. This would ratification of the treaty, considerable delay can add up.
The controversy about the Acta treaty, which for many years was negotiated, in the past time has greatly increased. In different countries, suddenly doubts have been expressed about the treaty, such as by the Dutch Second Chamber of the Belgian parliament. Several countries, including Germany and the Czech republic have signed deferred. Poland has even at all of the treaty are turned away.
According to the critics, limited the treaty, the freedom of internet users, although the negotiators have always maintained that that is not the case. The treaty is intended to piracy on the internet and the trade in counterfeit goods. The measures that are proposed, according to the critics, too far.