[Fsfe-ie] IPRED2 saga

[Ian Clarke]

On 19 Oct 2005, at 14:49, Daithí Mac Síthigh wrote:

> Here's what little was said in the Dáil committee:
>
> "On the matter of deferred documents there is one proposal for  
> deferral. Proposal 4.1, COM (2005) 276, is for a Council framework  
> decision to strengthen the criminal law framework to combat  
> intellectual property offences. The lead Department is the  
> Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the other  
> Department with an interest is the Department of Enterprise, Trade  
> and Employment. There are two parts to this proposal and the  
> secretariat has, to date, received a note that concerns only the  
> proposed framework decision. The Department has indicated that an  
> additional note would be provided in regard to the proposed  
> directive concerning criminal measures aimed at ensuring the  
> enforcement of intellectual property rights. It is proposed to  
> defer consideration of this proposal until the additional  
> information note is received by the Department. Is that agreed?  
> Agreed."

Can anyone translate that into English?  What are the implications of  
this, if any?

Ian.