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EU: ACTA AGREEMENT: Green/EFA group: Letter the to the President of the European Parliament calling for the ACTA agreement to be referred to the European Court of Justice

01 May 2011

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EU: ACTA AGREEMENT: Green/EFA group: Letter the to the President of the European Parliament calling for the ACTA agreement to be referred to the European Court of Justice. In the European Parliament the Conference of Presidents (the leaders of the party groups) took the Resolution calling for referral of the ACTA agreement to be taken to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of the of full plenary agenda for May - moving it to June. This was to resolve the question of whether the parliament can act before a formal request to adopt the Agreement is sent to the parliament. See: Act on ACTA (link).

Tony Bunyan, Statewatch Director, comments: "The idea that the draft treaty cannot be referred to the ECJ unless a request to sign and conclude it is formally submitted to the EP is utter nonsense."

Finalised version: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: 3 December 2010 (pdf) See also: MEPs want to refer ACTA to the ECJ (European Voice, link). and Hollywood presses European Parliament to sign ACTA (Integrity.com, link)

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