Committees european parliament want ACTA treaty set aside

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The most important committee in the European Parliament on the ACTA-treaty, had to bow, the committee for international trade, the parliament advised against the controversial ACTA treaty to the vote.

Although the committees of the european parliament only advice, is the chance that the European Parliament, the treaty still approves quite small. All committees of the parliament that the treaty would bend, have voted; at the end of may, voted in favour of all three committees.

The please note that over voted Thursday afternoon against, with a majority of nineteen against the twelve. That the commission made it known in a press conference. Early next month the european parliament on the treaty vote.

“This was not a vote against the copyright,” said the rapporteur of the ACTA treaty in the European Parliament, David Martin. “This was a vote against the content of the ACTA treaty.” Eventually, weighed according to Martin, the civil rights more heavily in the commission of the european parliament. What it is concerned would be the convention only still be able to save as it is renegotiated and is significantly modified.

Mep Amelia Andersdotter of the Swedish pirate party called the rejection of the treaty a great victory. According to another member of the please note that over emphasizes the outcome of the vote that the European Parliament listens to citizens. One of his colleagues says, however, it is a pity to find that it does not succeed to the treaty to “change”.

In a response late Mep Marietje Schaake know ‘delighted’ with the outcome. Also the burgerrechtenorganisatie Bit of Freedom respond positively. “ACTA is heading in Europe to its demise,” writes the organization. Moreover, the commission is not a vote for or against the treaty: it was the question of whether a decision had to be postponed, or that the treaty would have to be fired. For the delay would be a decision of the European Court of justice on the treaty to be awaited, but that was the please note that over so you don’t need.

At the end of last month, the Second Room is already against the controversial treaty. The netherlands is one of the countries in the European Union that the treaty is still not signed; a minority. If the treaty can squeeze in, that is probably with considerable delay, as the European Commission, in the opinion of the European Court of Justice on the treaty wants to wait and see.

There is years of negotiations on the antipiraterijverdrag ACTA. According to critics, the treaty is in conflict with the rights of citizens. Without the vote of the European Parliament and the Second Chamber for the treaty in the Netherlands is not in force. Inter alia, the European Union, Japan and the United States participate in the treaty.