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Unipro Arrives in Cyberspace<p>
Unipro, the Italian <b>perfumery</b> industry association, has launched its website at www.unipro.org. The site presents the organization’s structure and the services available to companies as well as economic, technical, scientific and legal information. A section reserved for members to browse Unipro archives is coming soon. <p>
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Henning Kreke <p>
Douglas Holding AG’s Supervisory Board has named Henning Kreke, 35, Chairman of the Board, effective June 27, 2001. He will succeed his father, Jörn Kreke, who has been managing the Douglas Group since 1969. Working for the German giant since October 1993, Henning Kreke was recently responsible for the center that opened mid-March on Frankfurt's Zeil boulevard. In addition, Claus Mingers, CEO Douglas <b>Perfumery</b> Division, has been named Deputy Chairman. He will replace Heinz Schmidt. Douglas is the European market leader in beauty retail by turnover, with DM2.2bn generated in 1999 (44.4% of group sales). <p>
Europe: Crackdown on Counterfeiters<p>
The European Union has declared war on counterfeiters. Commercial piracy is becoming big business, as organized crime turns to this circuit as a channel for money laundering. Counterfeiting has grown rapidly over the past few years and now represents 10% of the European turnover in <b>perfumery</b>. The beauty business in the European Union is estimated to lose around €3.02bn/ $2.67bn annually because of counterfeiting, with pharmaceutical companies losing a further €1.55bn/ $1.37bn.<p>
On November 30, the European Commission published a plan of action calling for the drafting of a directive to align member states' legislation; stronger enforcement mechanisms; improved training of inspection authorities (customs, police); and an awareness campaign for the general public. The directive itself will not take effect for another two or three years and its adoption by the member states is likely to take another three years. Until then, the counterfeiters will no doubt continue to do business, even though more and more European countries are addressing the problem internally.<p>
In France, the anti-counterfeiting mechanism works quite well, and the UK’s Department of Trade and Industry recently attracted attention with the simultaneous launch of an awareness campaign and a website to educate consumers against the dangers of buying fakes. According to government reports, fake perfumes have been discovered to contain unhygienic ingredients including urine, and to cause serious skin irritation. UK minister for consumer and corporate affairs Dr. Kim Howells publicly destroyed counterfeited products as he spoke out against an industry reckoned to cost the UK around £8bn/ $11.5bn a year, and worldwide around $200-400bn.<p>
“We need to be tough on counterfeiting because, whether it’s football shirts or perfume bottles, it frequently comes down to organized crime on a large scale,” he said. “Fake goods are at best poor quality, at worst, very dangerous. It is only by making sure that consumers are properly informed that we can reduce the demand for them.<p>
As part of the DTI initiative, the minister unveiled an Intellectual Property (IP) website – www.intellectual-property.gov.uk – which contains advice for businesses and individuals about protecting brands, trade marks, designs as well as patents and copyrights. <p>
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