Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA short, is a planned European- Canadian trade agreement.

CETA applies to all companies that operate in Canada or the European Union a substantial business, eg for many U.S. companies, which have an establishment in Canada. The exact wording of CETA is still secret (as of November 19, 2013 ), but similar to CETA in the version of the February 2012 4 July 2012 rejected by the European Parliament by a large majority trade agreement ACTA in places almost every word. The most controversial question about hormones in meat is not yet fully understood.

An essential component of CETA implies that disputes between states ( state authorities, etc.) and international companies not subject to the jurisdiction of the States concerned, but should be decided out of court: from absorbed. Arbitration, but can not claim any state legitimacy for themselves and are not subject to state control.

CETA is the largest bilateral Canadian initiative since the North American Free Trade Agreement from 1 January 1994.

On March 13, 2014 filed a petition against the controversial agreement to the Petitions Committee of the German Bundestag, which is located to 17 April 2014 in the Mitzeichnungsfrist.

Content

• Recognizing the importance of the TRIPS Agreement
• The Parties should force the compliance of the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trade Marks (2006).
• Trademarks