Intellectual property rights
(Documents are not legally binding)
Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 of 4 December 2013 establishing the forms provided for in Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights
Contact details for submitting applications for action by the customs authorities against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights
IPR - current information
Defend your Rights
IP Enforcement Portal (IPEP) and Applications for Action (eAFA)
EU enforcement of IPRs results at EU border & EU internal market 2024
Impact of Technology Deep Dive Report II, Impact of the metaverse on infringement and enforcement of intellectual property
Intellectual property crime threat assessment 2019
Qualitative study on risks posed by counterfeits to consumers (June 2019)
Report on the implementation of the EU customs Action Plan to combat IPR infringements for the years 2013/2017
Council Conclusions on the EU Customs Action Plan to combat IPR infringements for the years 2018 to 2022 (2019/C 24/05)
Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights – Frequently Asked Questions
Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market
Counterfeit, piracy and other IPR violations
EU - China customs relations
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights
Action plan concerning EC-China customs cooperation on IPR (2014 – 2017)
Action plan on cooperation in the customs enforcement of IPR in the EU and Hong Kong, China
Brochure stop fakes
