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European Commission Taxation and Customs Union SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY CUSTOMS ACTIVITIES ON COUNTERFEIT AND PIRACY RESULTS AT THE EUROPEAN BORDER - 2006 European Commission — Taxation and Customs Union Seizures by customs of goods infringing IPR General overview The statistics for 2006 show that the number of cases taken by customs involving goods infringing intellectual property rights, as well as the number of articles seized have increased dramatically, since last year. In 2006, customs intercepted more than 128 million counterfeit and pirated articles, involving 37.334 cases. Compared to last year's figures, where customs seized 75 million articles involving 26,000 cases, this represents an enormous increase of the goods seized, as well as the customs activities in this area. Fig. 1. Number of registered cases 1999-2006 Number of registered cases 1999 - 200640353025201510501999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 The 2006 statistics show an increase in most sectors of goods. Particularly worrying is the increase in medicines and products for personal care, as these products could potentially harm the health and safety of consumers. The more traditional sectors of counterfeit goods, namely clothing and luxury goods have shown again another big increase this year. The large seizure of sport shoes by the ThousandsEuropean Commission — Taxation and Customs Union German customs administration – over 100 ...