13. EU trade mark ***II - Laws of Member States relating to trade marks ***II (debate)

Verbatim reports

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) [10373/1/2015 - C8-0351/2015 - 2013/0088(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström (A8-0354/2015)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) [10374/1/2015 - C8-0352/2015 - 2013/0089(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström (A8-0355/2015)

Cecilia Wikström introduced the recommendations for second reading.

The following spoke: Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Pavel Svoboda, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Max Andersson, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Laura Ferrara, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Tadeusz Zwiefka, who regretted that a meeting of the JURI Committee had been scheduled at the same time as this debate (the President took note of this), Victor Negrescu and Angel Dzhambazki.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Franc Bogovič, Notis Marias and Ivan Jakovčić.

The following spoke: Elżbieta Bieńkowska and Cecilia Wikström.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.12.2015, item 4.16 and minutes of 15.12.2015, item 4.17.