Examples of using Doha declaration in English and their translations into Finnish
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I believe Mr Clegg was right to cite the Doha declaration.
Supports the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health(implemented through Regulation 816/2006);
Moreover, we believe that the Doha Declaration itself remains valid.
We see it as a fundamental condition that such a framework should reflect the spirit and content of the Doha Declaration.
The Union supports the Doha Declaration, the flexibilities of the TRIPS agreement and the Member States that have recourse to them.
So there will be fewer logistical problems, andthe TRIPs do not have to be an obstacle to this, given the Doha Declaration.
I must remind you that the Doha Declaration required a unanimous and explicit agreement on the negotiating arrangements for these issues.
I sincerely hope that thisproposal is acted on, in the same way that I expect the Commission to clarify its position on the Doha Declaration.
By specifically recognising non-trade concerns, the Doha declaration allows us to pursue these objectives further in forthcoming negotiations.
Since then, members of the WTO have been divided on finding an expeditious implementation of the Decision of 30 August 2003 regarding the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health.
Returning to the EPA negotiations, we should use the Doha Declaration on TRIPS as a ceiling for any discussion with the ACP on intellectual property.
The inertia shown by the Commission and the Member States when it comes to equipping themselves with a Community regulation that is genuinely able to implement the Doha Declaration must be well and truly condemned.
Other Members, however, have tried to ignore the Doha Declaration by trying to exempt their own export competition instruments from significant, binding disciplines.
On 14 November 2001 the Fourth Ministerial Conference ofthe World Trade Organisation(WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.
I quote the Doha Declaration:‘International trade can'- and, I would add, must-‘play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the alleviation of poverty.
From now on, this regulation will contain an explicit andunequivocal reference to the Doha declaration on intellectual property, which recognises the specific rights of the countries of the South.
Moreover, WTO members in the Doha Declaration, committed themselves to examine labelling requirements for environmental purposes within the framework of what was being examined by the Committee on Trade and Environment.
Today, the Trips Council is proposing to return to the previous wording allowing recourse to compulsory licences in urgent cases,a solution that proved inapplicable and led to the Doha Declaration.
A point emphasised in the World Trade Organisation's Doha Declaration is the importance in the sector of trade and investment of giving developing countries technical assistance and developing capacity.
Second, the Commission can confirm that the European Community is committed not to include, in the economic partnership agreements and in other future bilateral and regional agreements with poor developing countries, any TRIPS+ provisions which could affect access to medicines orundermine the TRIPS flexibility contained in the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health.
Achieved in difficult circumstances, the Doha declaration on public health of November 2001 was an important first step towards helping the populations of developing countries and promoting their interests.
Fourthly, ACTA explicitly recognises the importance ofguaranteeing access to medicines, by referring to the Doha Declaration on the matter, as well as by explicitly excluding patent infringements from the sections on border and penal enforcement.
The Doha Declaration gave a mandate for negotiations in the field of environment and trade with the aim of clarifying any discrepancies between trade-related obligations in international environmental conventions and WTO rules.
The EU was the first to put concrete substantive proposals on the table,so it takes particular note of the fact that that the Doha declaration focuses on precisely those elements that we have highlighted in our proposals and identifies them as the items that the WTO members will have to take up first for clarification;
You know that the Doha Declaration on intellectual property rights and public health instructs the WTO Council for TRIPS to find an expeditious solution to the problems facing WTO member countries whose production capacity in the pharmaceuticals sector is insufficient or non-existent or who are experiencing difficulties in the effective use of compulsory licensing.
Let us recall that the TRIPs Agreementwas adopted in 1994; the landmark Doha Declaration on TRIPs and public health was produced in 2001; the decision of the General Council of the WTO was taken in 2003 and this regulation will probably come into force in 2006.
My first point is that the Doha Declaration is very clear on the need to ensure the best possible balance between commercial and non-commercial aspects of trade.
At this point, it is worth mentioning the Doha Declaration and the WTO General Council statement of 31 July 2004 in Geneva, which introduced the concept of‘non-trade concerns.
Reaffirms its commitment, as agreed in the Doha Declaration, to comprehensive negotiations on agricultural products aimed at substantial improvements in market access, reductions of all forms of export subsidies with a view to phasing out and substantial reductions in trade-distorting domestic support.
For non-agricultural products, the Doha Declaration foresees:'… negotiations which shall aim… to reduce or as appropriate eliminate tariffs, including the reduction or elimination of tariff peaks, high tariffs and tariff escalation, as well as non-tariff barriers, in particular on products of export interest to developing countries.