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	WCO - EU - FESI Operational Customs Workshop 2006 World Cup Germany “Combating counterfeiting and piracy” Brussels (Belgium), 29 - 30 May 2006

Monday 29 May 2006
08:30	Registration
09:30	Opening and welcoming addresses Michel Danet, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Robert Verrue, Director General, European Commission, Taxation and Customs Union (TBC) Ján Figel’, European Commissioner, Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism (TBC) Jochen Schaefer, Partner of Hogan&Hartson, Legal counsel of the World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry, of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, of the German Sporting Goods Manufacturer’s Association Eric Vlieg, Senior Manager, Global Sport Marketing Football Department, Adidas (World Cup Sponsor) Alain Courtois, Former Manager of Euro 2000 & former Secretary General of the Belgian Football Federation
10:00	The special Customs arrangements put in place in Germany T. Schmitt, Acting Head of the Customs Investigation Division, German Finance Ministry
10:30	Initiatives taken by a national rights holders association in the framework of the 2006 World Cup Germany Christine Laï, Union des Fabricants (France) / Lennart Roeer APM (Germany)
11:00	Press Conference
11:30	Fake Detection Workshop Sports equipment manufacturers will give presentations about their new collections aimed at making it easier to distinguish between genuine and fake articles. These presentations will be followed by presentations by representatives of Customs administrations focusing on early seizures, their characteristics, and the targeting criteria employed.Customs authorities who have already withheld clearance on goods that may have infringed intellectual property rights in relation to the 2006 World Cup Germany will describe the key features of these cases: origin, quantity, type of goods and the modus operandi of the fraud. The emphasis will be on the risk analysis criteria used to detect the suspect consignments. FIFA: Tom Heremans Chinese Customs Delegate ADIDAS: Eric Vlieg Czech Customs Delegate
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Presentations by rights holders and representatives of Customs administrations (continued) UMBRO: Mark Rowley (Brand Protection Manager) French Customs Delegate PUMA: Neil Nariman (Brand Protection Manager) Polish Customs Delegate Portuguese Customs Delegate
16:00	Break
16:30	The WCO e-learning programme : a valuable aid to risk analysis for combating counterfeiting and piracy Bénédicte Meilleand and Marc Declunder (WCO)
17:00	Presentations by rights holders and representatives of Customs administrations (continued) NIKE: Tom Fadrhonc (Director Brand Protection NIKE EMEA) German Customs Delegate Swedish Customs Delegate
18:00	End of day 1

Tuesday 30 May 2006
9:00	Real-time information exchange: Presentation of the RIF (EC "Taxation and Customs Union” DG) and CEN (WCO) systems While one of the objectives of this seminar is to obtain reliable statistics, both European and world-wide, in order to quantify the impact of counterfeiting on a sports event of this magnitude, another, equally important objective is real-time information exchange. Two systems will be demonstrated: RIF: Paul Brennan, EC Taxation and Customs Union DG CEN: Anette Bonde / Pierre Bertrand, WCO
10:30	Break
11:00	The “licensees” issue Christophe Zimmermann, WCO
11:30	The initiatives taken by the Internet industry Mr Vergotte, Director of the regional programmes, Ebay
12:00	Q&A session
13:00	Closing session : Perspectives concerning the Rugby world Cup 2007 Bernard Lapasset, President of the French Rugby Federation

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