European Council Takes Action To Advance Marrakesh Treaty For Blind Persons 21/05/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)The European Council of member states yesterday adopted a decision asking the European Commission to draft legislation on Europe’s ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty on increasing access to publications for blind and visually impaired readers. The Marrakesh Treaty was concluded at the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2013, and WIPO members have been in the process of ratifying it since. The EU Council decision states: “Treaty on access to published works for blind and visually impaired people The Council adopted a decision requesting the Commission to submit a legislative proposal with a view to amending the EU’s legal framework so that it complies with the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled.” Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "European Council Takes Action To Advance Marrakesh Treaty For Blind Persons" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
john e miller says 22/05/2015 at 12:25 am The link below is to an edited 33-second video (via my Dropbox account) of the EU Presidency’s reply comments at the 29 APRIL 2015 EU Plenary session on the Marrakesh Treaty which anticipates the above EU Council decision. https://db.tt/t7toCTfG Reply