1. To ensure the importance of international cooperation to combat commercial fraud, imitation and infringement on intellectual property rights in order to cut the sources of commercial fraud and imitation by fighting them directly at their points of origin, i.e., in countries that manufacture, transport and consume these counterfeit products, and by exchanging relevant information to one another.
2. To approve the first day of March each year as Arabian Consumer Day, through which an awareness campaign shall be carried out in all Arab states by the authorities having jurisdiction to protect consumers.
3. To accelerate the passage of laws in respect of confiscation and destruction of pirated and counterfeit products, and not to allow rectification of counterfeit violations or re-exportation of the confiscated counterfeit products.
4. To intensify the role of competent authorities in the market surveillance to prevent exchange and sale of pirated and counterfeit products, which constitute an infringement on intellectual property rights.
5. To call on the owners of genuine products to reduce the prices of their products and after-sales services as a means for combating fraud and counterfeit, in order for consumers to refrain from resorting to counterfeit products.
6. To activate the role of the private sector in supporting the relevant government sectors, in order to minimize the spread of counterfeit and pirated products.
7. To intensify training programs for the employees of governmental sectors having jurisdiction to combat commercial fraud and counterfeit.
8. To adopt anti-commercial fraud campaigns and programs, in order to raise the level of awareness of the public and private sectors, as well as the consumers.
9. To build unified and consolidated database serving the participating sectors in terms of developing mechanisms and programs for consumer protection and combating commercial fraud and imitation.
10. To apply risk management regulations, to be targeted against the offenders, within the authorities having the power to combat commercial fraud and imitation.
11. To encourage incorporation of special laboratories in all Arab states to examine imported products, in order to re-assure that they are neither imitation nor pirated, and to provide such services at reasonable prices.
12. To toughen the penalties in respect of consumer safety and health products violations, including medicines, which directly affect the citizens’ health and safety.
13. To observe transparency principles in dealing through exchange of information between private and public sectors, in order to support development and building-capabilities programs.
14. To foster cooperation between public and private sectors in laying down strategic plans, in order to protect intellectual property rights and minimize commercial fraud and imitation, through periodical meetings to deliberate on the matter and to work towards implementation of the objective programs for combating this phenomenon in line with established priorities
15. To call on the Customs Executives in the Arab states to raise and encourage more incentives for their staff in order to combat commercial fraud and imitation.
16. The call for official documentation and consolidation of Arab Geographical and historical Indications; and Famous Arab Brand Names in order to protect the heritage and intellectual property rights of trade names and locations, Preventing un-authorized / illegitimate use of these names and locations in the future. |
