Erbil: On 26th April, 2018, on the occasion of the International day of copyright, in the presence of the French Consul General in Erbil, The Erbil Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the Department of Economy in the Consulate General of France in Erbil a Forum was held on the effect of the poor materials. 

 Mala Majeed Sadiq, the deputy president of the Chamber said" Holding this Forum is to make the Kurdistan decision makers be alerted about the negative impacts and fake goods on the human being life and the national economy, we are here to ask the authorities to take tough procedures against those who don't care about the quality of the goods that they sell to the people for their own interest. 

The French Consul General, Dominique Mass said" We are in the Consulate General will corporate with the Chamber and the other relevant institutions to fight the fake, counterfeited 

and expired good and medication in the markets" 

In the end of the Forum, a number of experts offered presentations on the bad impacts of counterfeited and expired goods.