Negotiating partners today released the final text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) after another week of what they called “legal scrubbing” which in fitting form was once again was performed behind closed doors, this time in Sydney.
Changes made this week were said to not touch on substantial issues. They include, for example, a change in the definition of “pirated copyright goods.” […]
On 16 December, Green Party members will request a formal decision by the EP’s Legal Affairs Committee “to ask the legal service of the Parliament if ACTA is compatible with the Treaties of the European Union.”
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/12/06/%E2%80%98final-final%E2%80%99-acta-text-published-more-discussion-ahead-for-eu/