EU written declaration 12/2010 on ACTA

1½ month ago (8/3-2010), 3 members of the European Parliament proposed this one page written declaration as a stance on the secretive ACTA negotiations.

The statement contains these 6 short guidelines for the impact of ACTA on European legislation:

1. Takes the view that the proposed agreement should not indirectly impose harmonisation of EU copyright, patent or trademark law, and that the principle of subsidiarity should be respected;
2. Declares that the Commission should immediately make all documents related to the ongoing negotiations publicly available;
3. Takes the view that the proposed agreement should not force limitations upon judicial due process or weaken fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and the right to privacy;
4. Stresses that economic and innovation risks must be evaluated prior to introducing criminal sanctions where civil measures are already in place;
5. Takes the view that internet service providers should not bear liability for the data they transmit or host through their services to an extent that would necessitate prior surveillance or filtering of such data;
6. Points out that any measure aimed at strengthening powers of cross-border inspection and seizure of goods should not harm global access to legal, affordable and safe medicines;

To me they seem so simple and so obvious, which makes me even more surprised that only around 25% of parliament members have signed the declaration (50% needed before 17/6-2010).

So who are the politicians who have signed this declaration and who have not (updated regularly)? Denmark in the high end with 6 out of 13 politicians having signed the declaration, but looking at who each of the signatories are (and which party they’re from) I’m surprised this number isn’t a lot higher.

Have signed (as of 24/4):