Dear all,

patents were just discussed at the committee on agriculture with questions from MEPs and statements from Heli Pihlajamaa from the EPO. The pepper decision was discussed and MEP Sarah Wiener addressed the Austrian law.

It starts at timecode 10.06 and takes around 50min. I can send a short summary later on – I didn’t see all of it yet.

Streaming: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-agriculture-and-rural-development_20230706-0900-COMMITTEE-AGRI

Agenda English: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-OJ-2023-07-06-1_EN.html

6. Exchange of views with the European Patent Office (EPO)

8. Exchange of views with Commissioner Kyriakides on new Genomic techniques and plant reproductive material

Agenda German: http://redmapl3.europarl.europa.eu/RedmapFront/media/reds_iCmOj/AGRI-OJ-2023-07-06-1/AGRI-OJ-2023-07-06-1_de.pdf

6. Aussprache mit dem Europäischen Patentamt (EPA)

8. Aussprache mit Kommissionsmitglied Stella Kyriakides über neue genomische Techniken und Pflanzenvermehrungsmaterial

Kind regards,

Johanna

Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT

Project Coordination

Tel. +43 680 21 26 343

johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org

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