New regulative on customs measures for IP rights protection in Macedonia

The Parliament of Republic of Macedonia has approves the new Law on customs measures for the implementation of protection of intellectual property rights, which will come into force on 05.06.2015.

With the entry into force of this Law, the Law on Customs Measures for Protection of Intellectual Property (,, Official Gazette “No. 38/05, 107/07, 135/11 and 69/13) repeals.

The new law, which was developed under the new EU regulation no. 608/2013, introduces significant differences compared to the previous, which was based on the old EU regulation no. 1383/2003.