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) 

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