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The chart presents the share of the reported content removed or blocked by Google due to violation of the Germany’s Network Enforcement Act, over the period 2018-2021, by reason of removal. The data shows that hate speech or political extremism, privacy and terrorist or unconstitutional content have the highest share of removals, while violence has the lowest one.

The chart shows the total number of items removed or blocked by Google, due to violations of the Germany’s Network Enforcement Act, by the type of submitter (users and reporting agencies). The results are based on the data from Google Transparency Report, last accessed on 14 February 2022.

The chart presents the distribution of items removed by Google since 2019, due to violations of Google's community guidelines and the Germany’s Network Enforcement Act, on the grounds for removal. The data shows that the majority of removal decisions are based on the platform’s private standards, as they often prioritise the compliance with their community guidelines, and not with German speech laws.

The chart shows the share of estimated counterfeit and pirated goods trade in the European Union imports, for the years 2013, 2016 and 2019, based on the results of the OECD/EUIPO reports "Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods," published in 2016, 2019 and 2021. The results show a decline by one per cent in the share of trade in the counterfeit and pirated goods in EU imports in 2019 compared to 2016.

This chart shows the number of fake products identified as couterfeit or potentially counterfeit within the total number of alerted products, in the European Union over the period 2010-2017, based on the results of the EUIPO report "Qualitative Study on Risks Posed by Counterfeits to Consumers," published in June 2019. The study uses the data from the European Commission Rapid Alert System For Dangerous Non-Food Products (RAPEX) reported by market surveillance authorities in the period 2010-2017.

The chart shows the distribution of the share of types of products detained in total value of seized products, at the European Union border in 2020, based on the results of the EUIPO report "EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020," published in December 2021. The results show that, in terms of value, the top three product categories account for 56.3% of total estimated value of the sized items and they are the same ones as in the last two years - watches, clothing and bags, wallets and purses.

This chart shows the distribution of the seized items by means of transports in the European Union in 2020, based on the results of the EUIPO report "EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020," published in December 2021. The results show that sea, road and air transport remain the most significant means of transport in terms of the number of articles detained, accounting for 88.6% of all items seized (23 million articles).

This chart shows the evolution of the value of seized products (billions of euros) in the European Union Internal Market over the period 2017-2020, based on the results of the EUIPO report "EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020," published in December 2021. The results show that the estimated value of these detained fake items amounted to almost 1.3 billion euros, a decrease of 27.3 % when compared with 2019.

This chart shows the evolution of the number of fake items seized in the European Union Internal Market over the period 2017-2020, based on the results of the EUIPO report "EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020," published in December 2021. The results show that the number of fake items detained in the EU internal market in 2020 amounted to 46 million items, an increase of 3.6 % (or 1.6 million items) compared to 2019.

The chart presents the share of the preventable non-fatal product-related injuries in the European Union between 2013-2017, based on the results of the impact assessment study realised for the evaluation of the General Product Safety Directive and its potential revision for the European Commission. The average number of injuries are estimates based on the European Injury Database and include the number of accidental, non-intentional product-related injuries in which consumers visited hospital emergency departments. Data excludes transport injury events and work-related injuries (paid work). When it comes to the estimated prejudice caused by all product-related injuries to consumers in the European Union in 2017, 36.9 billion euros (or 48% of the total amount of 76.6 billion euros) was due to the non-fatal injuries, with preventable injuries accounting for 5.5 billion euros. The percentage of preventable non-fatal injuries is an estimate based on interviews and previous research and studies, including a 1999 study of the Accident Research Centre of University of Monash that, in turn, relied on data covering the period 1991-1992.