To remedy these concerns, the merging parties offered to divest Sara Lee's Sanex brand and related business in Europe.

7. Calls on the Commission to create an EU system for certification marks, which on the one hand would give a high level of IPR protection for certification marks established at European or at national level, create common rules and a legal framework for certification, guarantee, quality and safety marks, and provide additional effective tools against counterfeited goods which abuse such certification marks, and on the other hand would ensure that the use of such certification marks would achieve the desired level of safety for European consumers, avoiding problems similar to those faced with the CE marking;

Unless otherwise specified in this title, this Regulation and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall apply to applications for international registrations under the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989 (hereafter referred to as ‘international applications’ and ‘the Madrid Protocol’ respectively), based on an application for a European Union trade mark or on a European Union trade mark and to registrations of marks in the international register maintained by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisati ...[+++]on (hereafter referred to as ‘international registrations’ and ‘the International Bureau’, respectively) designating the European Union'.

In order to ensure the efficient registration of legal acts concerning the European trade mark as object of property and ensure full transparency of the register of European trade marks, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of specifying certain obligations of the applicant regarding specific trade marks, the details on the procedures for entering the transfer of European trade marks, the creation and transfer of a right in rem, the levy of execution, the involvement in an insolvency procedure and the grant or transfer of a licence in the Register ...[+++]and for cancelling or modifying relevant entries.

The undertaking also includes distribution networks, brands, intellectual property and know-how.

The Chair: Regarding Division 25 on intellectual property trademark legislation, the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters; the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Bereskin and Parr, and I have known Dan Bereskin for many years as a highly respected practitioner in intellectual property; the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys; and the Canadian Bar Association all said that at the very least this division should be dealt with separately so we can have a discussion on it, because it profoundly changes the law in Canada by eliminating the requirement for use before registration.