Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | JURI | ROTHLEY Willi ( PES) | |
Former Responsible Committee | JURI | ROTHLEY Willi ( PES) | |
Former Committee Opinion | AGRI | GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF Friedrich-Wilhelm ( Verts/ALE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | ENVI | SANDBÆK Ulla Margrethe ( UEN) | |
Former Committee Opinion | ENER | ||
Former Committee Opinion | ECON | SECCHI Carlo ( PPE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | DEVE | TELKÄMPER Wilfried ( Verts/ALE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | BUDG |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 100A
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 100ASubjects
Events
Commissioner Monti clarified the following four points: - the new Group on Ethics, Science and New Technologies would be independent and could be questioned by Parliament when the latter wished; - embryos, on which the EP’s position had been taken over by the Council as it had excluded any manipulation to exploit the embryo; - biological diversity which the Community had heavily committed to defend: for example, in the case of Basmati rice, which was covered by a patent in the United States of America, the directive in question would forbid such a patent because this was not an invention but a vegetable variety which was specifically excluded; - welfare of animals whose protection was ensured by safeguards in the proposed directive so that any suffering or mutilation of animals would be totally prohibited.
The rapporteur urged Parliament to accept the directive in question. He said, among other things, that his support for this went beyond the issue of patents to the defence of the right to life and work and also the essential need for Europe to make progress in the area of biotechnologies. As for the effective protection of patents, this went hand in hand with research. Without the legal certainty provided by patents, he added that research would be conducted behind closed doors and it would no longer be possible to follow and discuss its achievements. In addition, rejection of the directive would destroy the small and medium-sized businesses that survived on the sale of patents. Finally, Mr Rothley acknowledged that patent law could never resolve the ethical questions as it was solely intended to prohibit the unauthorised use of someone else’s invention and was actually part of the law governing competition. Commissioner Monti stated that the new proposal for a directive was intended to respond to the concerns of the European Parliament, particularly with regard to the difference between discovery and invention and the ethical aspect of biotechnological inventions, particularly those concerning isolated elements of the human body. In this respect, the Commissioner stressed that even the Amsterdam European Council had included respect for the integrity of human beings in its conclusions. He then accepted all the rapporteur’s amendments as well as Nos 67, 69, 77, 79 and 99 among the other amendments tabled. Finally, he said he was counting on the rapid adoption of the directive by the Council, by November at the latest, as this was one of the four initiatives under the action plan for the single market which the Member States had committed to adopt before 1 January 1999.
Documents
- Follow-up document: COM(2002)0545
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(2002)0002
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Final act published in Official Journal: Directive 1998/44
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 213 30.07.1998, p. 0013
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 167 01.06.1998, p. 0017-0026
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0251/1998
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0170/1998
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: OJ C 167 01.06.1998, p. 0005
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0170/1998
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex
- Commission communication on Council's position: SEC(1998)0360
- Council position: 12882/1/1997
- Council position: OJ C 110 08.04.1998, p. 0017
- Council position published: 12882/1/1997
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal: OJ C 311 11.10.1997, p. 0012
- Modified legislative proposal: COM(1997)0446
- Modified legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0446
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 286 22.09.1997, p. 0071-0087
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0380/1997
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0222/1997
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 286 22.09.1997, p. 0007
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A4-0222/1997
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0878/1996
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 295 07.10.1996, p. 0011
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: OJ C 296 08.10.1996, p. 0004
- Legislative proposal: COM(1995)0661
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0661
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex OJ C 296 08.10.1996, p. 0004 COM(1995)0661
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0878/1996 OJ C 295 07.10.1996, p. 0011
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0222/1997 OJ C 286 22.09.1997, p. 0007
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 286 22.09.1997, p. 0071-0087 T4-0380/1997
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex OJ C 311 11.10.1997, p. 0012 COM(1997)0446
- Council position: 12882/1/1997 OJ C 110 08.04.1998, p. 0017
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex SEC(1998)0360
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0170/1998 OJ C 167 01.06.1998, p. 0005
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 167 01.06.1998, p. 0017-0026 T4-0251/1998
- Follow-up document: COM(2002)0002 EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(2002)0545 EUR-Lex
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