Good people,

very nice, what a good decision! Unfortunately also for the GeN a bit too spontaneous and at a bad time but we will push the news as far as we can. I have looked at the German PM and send it back with a few suggestions for changes. In the PM it remains unclear to me what conventional breeding is - the wording "essentially biological process" does not apply. But maybe this is part of the communication strategy?! As an uninformed reader I would definitely ask myself these questions.

Thank you very much for your work and good luck in spreading the good news!

Many greetings Judith

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Quoting Christoph Then info@no-patents-on-seeds.org:

after first quick reading: this is a yes.

the only negative comment is that rules 28 (2) does not apply to patent applications before 1 July. I would ignore this passage.

I once more attach my latest drafts, I will some minor changes and send it to English editing - maybe also this round can help with final English version.

any changes to be made please within next two hours. Please those who want to take quotes as suggested, send contact details. Otherwise I will try to re-organise.

let us try to publish before 4 pm.