3 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2012/2135(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regards the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources as a key objective; emphasises the need to provide transparency and legal certainty for resource providers, inventors and investors; deplores the slowness of proceedings in the ongoing negotiations in the WIPO IGC and the TRIPS review process regarding Article 27.3 (b) and stresses the need to call in a WIPO diplomatic conference in 2013;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the EU and the Member States to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization; Commends the Commission for presenting a draft regulation for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol; calls on the Commission to instruct its negotiators in the WIPO IGC1 and the TRIPS2 review to consider the Nagoya Protocol as their point of departure and to focus in the negotiations on bringing in line the legal framework of the CBD3 and its Nagoya Protocol, WIPO, TRIPS, the ITPGRFA4 and UPOV5, as well as UNCLOS6 with regard to maritime genetic resources;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the potential role of the intellectual property and patent system in promoting innovation, transfer and dissemination of technology to the mutual advantage of stakeholders, providers, holders and users of genetic resources, their derivatives, and of associated traditional knowledge in a manner conducive to welfare and development, while emphasising the necessity of preventing the adverse effects of the IPR and patent system on indigenous peoples and local communities' application of traditional knowledge, their laws, practices and knowledge system and their ability to use, develop, create and protect their knowledge in relation to genetic resources;