Ok for me to collect signatures until June and to present the report in March.
François
Von: Npos_2018 npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de Im Auftrag von Christoph Then Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2021 08:52 An: npos_2018@testbiotech.de Betreff: [Npos_2018] important (!with a deadline): time plan and further activities in first half of the year
Dear all
after the English meeting, we also had a German zoom conference yesterday. It seems we found some way forward which I would like to propose and summarize as followed:
our goal for first half year 2021:
we should try to use the meeting of the Admin Council in March to push for our demands and to increase pressure on the EPO and its Member States to move forward (to achieve a moratorium or a new decision of the Administrative Council). In theory, the A Council in March could ask for an extraordinary meeting of the patent law committee and the take decision in next meeting of the A Council end of June.
If we do not achieve this ambingous goal in In March / June our activities at least could help us to finally speed up the decision making till end of the year.
It is now urgent matter to sort out our tools and activities for at least the fisrt half year.
We have the following elements to support our activities:
- the petition: We now have around 40 Organisations signing it. We will mobilise for further support within next weeks and might be able to present some results in March.
However, if we have more time, we could try to involve more organisations and generate more signatures. We also could use an event in March (around to A Council) to further mobilise supporters.
The Umweltinstitut München will start to run the petition on its website at beginning February. We are also in contact with WeMove Europe and the Gene ethical Network which also might take it up onto their websites. However, the Gene ethical Network (for example) can not start the petition in time for the A Council meeting in March, but (in case) would need time till June.
We are also aware that as soon as the petition is ended, it will difficult for us to run another broader activity for mobilising supporters.
! Therefore, we should not end the petition in March, but keep it going till June. We should announce the deadline next week, so the other organisations can use this information for own planning. Please respond till end of this week.
- the report: It looks there are many interesting cases, supporting our analysis in regard to the importance of the current loopholes (mutation breeding and regeneration of plants from cells).
We think we need the report) as soon as possible and should present it to the Admin Council already in March. This would mean we need the report ready end of February and to publish first week of March. We would try to first present it to the German government in a public activity, hoping they will push in the Admin Council in March. For this purpose we also could use a first 'light version' followed by a full version later on (before or after the A Council in March). It would be the last opportunity for the current German government to move things ahead. Thus the organisations in Germany think this would be important to use this opportunity. We also could consider to approach Austrian government in parallel.
Therefore, we will try to present first findings / first draft (in case light version) report to the group as soon a possible and adopt a final draft around our meeting on 25 February.
- the screaming vegetables: They can be used at the meeting of the Admin Council in March or at a meeting with the German government for the presentation of the report. For the presentation of the report we could also send some of the vegetables to Austria, Denmark or Portugal to run several activities (handing over the report to the government) at the same day (first week of March).
- Contacts to Member States: we are still quite active with the German and the Austrian government. In Germany we are in discussion about a conference next year and initiatives of the government which might started before. In Austria we try to get a push for change of national law. As soon as the new report is out, we again should broaden our contacts with member states, especially between March and June to achieve decisions in the June meeting.
Cheers
Christoph