44. Encourages the Commission to continue its efforts in the area of intellectual property law, with a view to creating a modern copyright framework for the digital single market; calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to encourage the development of legal content which is accessible across the digital single market; stresses that a revised intellectual property rights (IPR) regime should be based on encouraging innovation, new service models and user-generated and collaborative content in order to foster the development of a competitive EU ICT market, while ensuring that rights-holders are protected and properly compen ...[+++]sated;

(15) For further legal clarity and in order to protect the interests of legitimate traders from possible abuse of the border enforcement provisions, it is appropriate to modify the time limits for detaining goods suspected of infringing an intellectual property right, the conditions in which information about consignments is to be passed on to right-holders by customs authorities, and the conditions for applying the procedure allowing for destruction of the goods under customs control for suspected infringements of intellectual property rights. other than for counterfeit and pirated goods and Where customs authorities take action followi ...[+++]ng the granting of an application, it is also appropriate to introduce a provision allowing the holder of the goods to express his/her views before the customs administration takes a decision which would adversely affect him/her suspends the release of or detains goods suspected of infringing intellectual property rights that are not counterfeit or pirated goods, as it may be difficult for customs authorities to determine upon mere visual examination whether an intellectual property right might be infringed .

In addition, intellectual property rights are also protected by international law, in particular by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (‘TRIPS Agreement’), the World Intellectual Property Organisation Performances and Phonograms Treaty (‘WPPT’) and the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (‘Rome Convention’).

44. Notes that the biggest challenge for the internal market lies in combating infringements of intellectual property rights at the EU's external borders and in third countries; in this respect, calls on the Commission to create more intellectual property helpdesks in third countries (notably in India and Russia) in order to help European entrepreneurs with the more active enforcement of their intellectual property rights and in combating infringements of intellectual property rights in third countries and the entry into the Internal Market of counterfeited goods manufactured in such third countries;

Mr Lamy will emphasise that the WTO Trade Related Intellectual Properrt Rights' Agreement (TRIPs) embodies the necessary flexibility to allow developing countries and least-developed countries to adapt their intellectual property law to their policy objectives'.

Additional copies of the questionnaire can be obtained on written request at the same address (fax nº 02/235 09 92). QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT DIFFICULTIES CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ENCOUNTERED BY EUROPEAN RIGHTHOLDERS IN THIRD COUNTRIES Please indicate the countries in which you meet problems caused by the following facts: National Treatment - your intellectual property right is not protected or your receive unequally or discriminatory treatment for such protection.