potentially hazardous

to be detrimental

violate a provision

to infringe interests (1) | to violate interests (2)

Where the EU has not acted, or the Commission has decided not to adopt any restriction measures based on the EMCDDA risk assessment of a new psychoactive substance, individual Member States may maintain or introduce in their territory restrictions on the making available of the new psychoactive substance on the market to consumers, without prejudice to legitimate trade in industry, or to medicinal products or veterinary medicinal products that have obtained a marketing authorisation.

25. Recognises the dynamic nature of the parcel delivery market, with new services and operators emerging rapidly; notes that innovative solutions responding to the needs of e-retailers and customers are likely to become a key differentiator for competition; considers that any legislative measures should be carefully assessed in advance in order to avoid impairing the dynamism of the parcel delivery market which should not be hampered by over-regulation; calls on the Commission to monitor the development of the market carefully, in order to identify any areas of potential market failure where further action may become necessary in the ...[+++] future; stresses in this context that market monitoring should take into account not only established postal operators but also other types of delivery service providers;

Progress in terms of enhanced trade and investment will not come at the expense of our fundamental values and must be without prejudice to our right to regulate in the way the EU considers appropriate.

3. Recalls that counterfeit products constitute a threat to consumers’ interests and safety, and in some cases to public health and the environment; calls upon the Commission, the Council and the Member States to refrain from expanding the definition of the notion of ‘counterfeiting’ beyond the scope of deliberate trademark violations which potentially damage consumers’ interests and safety, public health and the environment, and warns against the parallel expansion of the scope of criminal law; recalls that other IPR violations such as copyright infringements on a non-commercial scale and patent ...[+++] infringements should remain governed by civil law; lastly, points out that the fight against counterfeiting and intellectual property infringements must not affect legitimate trade in generic medicines;