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Missions - JURI Mission to The Hague - 08-02-2016 - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 07:19 PM CET On 8 and 9 February 2016, three Members of the JURI Committee travelled to Utrecht and The Hague. The purpose was to visit international law institutions in The Hague, including the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The mission also met representatives of the European Equality Law Network and Eurojust, as well as the Academie voor wetgeving and the Minster for Security and Justice, Ard van der Steur. Location : The Hague, The Netherlands Programme Report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Missions - JURI Mission to Tbilissi, Georgia - 29-03-2016 - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 07:08 PM CET On 29 March - 1 April 2016, a delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) travelled to Tbilisi, Georgia. The purpose was to visit the headquarters of European Union's Monitoring Mission (EUMM), the Public Defender's Office and the Supreme Court of Georgia. The mission also met representatives of the Georgian Parliament, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government's Administration, the EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly as well as of the Constitutional Court of Georgia and the Civil Society . Location : Tbilissi, Georgia Programme Report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Missions - JURI Mission to Beijing, China - 17-05-2016 - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 07:01 PM CET On 17-19 May 2016, a delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) travelled to Beijing, China. This mission focused particularly on IPR issues and had the purpose of meeting the relevant stakeholders based in Beijing. Location : Beijing, China Programme Report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Missions - JURI Mission to Athens and Halkida, Greece - 19-09-2016 - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 06:52 PM CET On 19-21 September 2016, a delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) travelled to Athens and Halkida, Greece. The mission of the Committee on Legal Affairs to Greece follows on from a previous mission which took place in 2014, and was focused on three issues, namely the situation of the Greek justice system in the context of economic crisis, the effects of the new Code of Civil Procedure, and the ongoing establishment of a modern land registry system. Location : Athens and Halkida, Greece Programme Report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Missions - JURI Mission to Washington, USA - 03-11-2015 - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 06:45 PM CET A delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) visited Washington, DC, United States, on 3-6 November 2015, with the purpose of discussing primarily questions relating to civil justice, Private International Law and Intellectual Property Rights with public bodies and civil society. Led by the JURI Chairman, Pavel Svoboda (EPP, CZ) the delegation was composed of Tadeusz Zwiefka (EPP, PL), Emil Radev (EPP, BL), Dietmar Köster (S&D, DE), Victor Negrescu (S&D, RO), Angel Dzhambazki (ECR, BL), Julia Reda (Greens/ALE, DE) and Gilles Lebreton (ENF, FR). Catherine Stihler from IMCO also participated in a number of meetings. Location : Washington, USA Programme + Report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Highlights - NEW STUDY: Strengthening the Position of Press Publishers and Authors and Performers - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 06:30 PM CET This study reviews Art 11 and Arts 14-16 of the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. It outlines criticisms that have been made of the proposals, includes reports of research into the operation and effects of precursors of Article 11 in Germany and Spain, a summary of the cultural economics literature on legal regulation of authors' contracts and analysis of the laws of 7 Member States to see in what way Arts 14-16 would "add value". Further information NEW STUDY: Strengthening the Position of Press Publishers and Authors and Performers Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Missions - JURI Mission to OHIM/Alicante - 23-09-2015 - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 05:22 PM CET On 23-24.9.2015, three Members of the JURI Committee, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Therèse Comodini Cachia and Mary Honeyball travelled to Alicante to visit the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM). The purpose of the visit was to review the state of play of the works of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, entrusted to OHIM in June 2012 and to discuss the challenges that OHIM will face due the upcoming entry into force of the new Trademarks Package. Location : OHIM, Alicante, Spain Programme Report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Missions - JURI Mission to OECD/Paris - 21-09-2015 - Committee on Legal Affairs 05-12-2017 05:06 PM CET A delegation of the JURI Committee visited the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris on 21 September 2015. The Delegation discussed the following topics: • the updated G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance and the state of play of corporate governance in Europe; • the underrepresentation of women at corporate boards and top corporate positions and means to promote and increase female presence in those bodies; and • Counterfeiting and Piracy. Location : OECD, Paris Programme Mission report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us | This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. 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