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May 15, 2007 - Law on the Punishment of Counterfeiting and Piracy of Intellectual Property Rights (updated February 25, 2011), Belgium

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Year of Version 2011 Dates Entry into force: October 1, 2007 Adopted: May 15, 2007 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Trademarks, Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Notes This law consolidates all amendments until 2011.

For provisions on intellectual property rights see:
- Definitions and precisions on the legals proceedings related to counterfeiting and piracy at the customs (Chapters I and II)
- Sanctions (Chapters III - IV)
- The fight against counterfeiting (Chapter V)
- Modifications (Chapter VI).

Source: http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/loi/loi.htm

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) French 15 mai 2007 - Loi relative à la répression de la contrefaçon et de la piraterie de droits de propriété intellectuelle (mise à jour 25 février 2011) PDF HTML
Legislation Implements (2 text(s)) Implements (2 text(s))
Regulation (EC) No. 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (Official Journal of the EU L 198, 08/08/1996, p. 30) (EU091)
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (EU013)
 Relates to (1 text(s)) Relates to (1 text(s))
Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights (EU051)
 Supersedes (1 text(s)) Supersedes (1 text(s))
May 15, 2007 - Law on the Punishment of Counterfeiting and Piracy of Intellectual Property Rights(BE101)
 Is amended by (2 text(s)) Is amended by (2 text(s))
Law January 10, 2011, on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (BE109)
Law of April 28, 2010, Related to Various Dispositions (BE110)
Is implemented by (1 text(s)) Is implemented by (1 text(s))
Royal Decree on Trademarks, Patents and Industrial Property in General (Decree No. 85 of November 17, 1939) (BE019)
 Is repealed by (1 text(s)) Is repealed by (1 text(s))
Law of April 19, 2014, on the Insertion of Book XI 'Intellectual Property' to the Code of Economic Law, and Specific Provisions to the Book XI in Books I, XV and XVII of the Code (updated on October 30, 2015) (BE177)
Treaties
Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))
Law of April 1, 1879 on Trademarks (updated on April 1, 1974) (BE012)

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