27 April 2022

TAC Alliance welcomes political agreement on DSA but stresses that more forceful regulation is needed to effectively tackle online counterfeiting

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance salutes the efforts deployed by the co-legislators to reach a political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA). However, while the text is still being finalized, the agreement represents only a first step in the right direction in fighting online counterfeiting, rather than going the full distance. It will therefore be essential to complement the DSA with additional targeted and mandatory initiatives focused on curbing online counterfeiting.
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14 December 2021

Brands warn that the current Parliament’s position on the DSA allows that “what is illegal offline remains legal online” and call on meaningful changes in plenary to fight counterfeits online

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance deeply regrets that Members of the European Parliament’s IMCO Committee failed to take into account the reality of how counterfeit products are sold online today and will be sold tomorrow, as well as the risks they pose to consumers and businesses. As such, the Digital Services Act (DSA) text leaves the door wide open for counterfeiters to continue deceiving and endangering consumers online.
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06 December 2021

TAC Alliance joins business, consumer and civil society organisations in sounding the alarm on the direction taken by the European Parliament on the Digital Services Act

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance co-signs a joint statement by 25 business, consumer and civil society organisations, sounding the alarm on the current direction of the European Parliament’s negotiations on the Digital Services Act (DSA). In their current shape, some compromises would risk harming consumers and businesses, particularly offline SMEs.
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12 October 2021

TAC Alliance joins industry, consumer and civil society organisations to call on effective and strong DSA obligations for online platforms against illegal activities

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance co-signs a joint call with 30 business, consumer and civil society organisations for the Digital Services Act (DSA) to create effective and unambiguous rules tackling illegal activities and rogue traders.
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21 June 2021

Together Against Counterfeiting Alliance says DSA should allow removal of counterfeits on all types of online platforms, not just marketplaces

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance, which brings together nearly 100 companies across all industrial sectors and over 20 trade associations and NGOs, welcomes the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) draft report on the Digital Services Act (DSA). Its high level of ambition in tackling illegal goods on online marketplaces and protecting consumers is a very positive step forward. However, counterfeiting is not just a mere “marketplace” issue and we call on policymakers to adopt similar measures for other types of platforms, to be able to remove counterfeits anywhere they occur.
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20 April 2021

Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance calls on EU policy-makers to apply KYBC principle to all online intermediaries

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance co-signs two letters to the European Parliament and Council of the EU calling for stronger Know Your Business Customer (KYBC) rules in the EU. Together with 80 organisations, the Alliance stresses that the Commission’s DSA proposal which introduces KYBC obligations in the context of online marketplaces only is a missed opportunity to address the broad range of illegal content and counterfeit, unsafe, non-compliant and substandard products online. 
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14 April 2021

Together Against Counterfeiting Alliance publishes its recommendations on the Digital Services Act (DSA)

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance publishes its key recommendations on the Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal and calls on Members of the European Parliament and the Member States to raise the level of ambition of the text in the upcoming legislative negotiations, to fully ensure a counterfeit-free online environment.
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15 December 2020

Together Against Counterfeiting Alliance calls on the European Parliament and Member States to increase the level of ambition of the European Commission’s Digital Services Act proposal

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance welcomes the Commission’s Digital Services Act proposal as a step forward, but notes it falls short of meaningfully protecting consumers from the growth of online sales of counterfeited goods. The TAC Alliance urges MEPs and national governments to introduce a horizontal obligation for all online intermediaries to implement proactive and stay-down measures, as part of the upcoming negotiations on the proposal.
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02 December 2020

Together Against Counterfeiting Alliance publishes its position paper on the Digital Services Act (DSA)

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance, which brings together nearly 100 companies across all industrial sectors and over 20 trade associations and NGOs, publishes its position paper on the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA).
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25 November 2020

Together Against Counterfeiting Alliance says IP Action Plan is only a first step, counterfeiting should be addressed in Digital Services Act (DSA)

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance, which brings together nearly 100 companies across all industrial sectors and over 20 trade associations and NGOs, welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s Intellectual Property (IP) Action Plan and its call to better protect intellectual property rights. However, we are concerned about the apparent lack of ambition of the Commission to properly address counterfeiting through horizontal and legally binding solutions.
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20 October 2020

Together Against Counterfeiting Alliance calls for ambitious proactive measures against online counterfeiting in upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA)

The Together Against Counterfeiting (TAC) Alliance, which brings together nearly 100 companies across all industrial sectors and over 20 trade associations and NGOs, welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament’s plenary of three own initiative reports on the Digital Services Act (DSA). While we salute the call for stricter and horizontal rules online, we believe that the current set of proposals will not be sufficient to prompt online actors to adequately address the worrying growth of counterfeit goods online.  
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