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Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0128(COD)

Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast)

· First reading

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands

Plenary vote

Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 28 February 2024. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 11 September 2023
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 24 January 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 1 February 2024
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 28 February 2024
  5. Negotiations with the Council(to come)
  6. Published as law(to come)

No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.

Who works on it

Lead committee
Legal Affairs
Tiemo Wölken (S&D)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Agriculture and Rural Development· rapporteurNorbert Lins (EPP)

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 28 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0098/2024

    AI summary:Parliament's position at first reading on a proposed regulation recasting the rules on supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products. It keeps national certificate applications and adds a centralised procedure run by the European Union Intellectual Property Office for European patents, including unitary patents.

    What changed since Report A9-0023/2024 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 1 Feb 2024

    Report A9-0023/2024

    AI summary:The Committee on Legal Affairs adopts Parliament's position at first reading on the proposed regulation on the supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, a recast of Regulation (EC) No 1610/96.

    What changed since Draft report (JURI) →

  3. Committee draft· 16 Oct 2023

    Draft report (JURI)

Timeline

Newest first.

Plenary stage 3 steps
  1. 28 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 28 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0098/2024Report A9-0023/2024

  2. 27 February 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 27 Feb 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0146/2023Council / Commission text C9-0147/2023Council / Commission text C9-0148/2023Council / Commission text C9-0149/2023Council / Commission text C9-0152/2023Report A9-0016/2024Report A9-0019/2024Report A9-0020/2024Report A9-0022/2024Report A9-0023/2024

  3. 1 February 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0023/2024

Committee stage 6 steps
  1. 24 January 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 13 November 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of JURI (Legal Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (JURI)

  3. 7 November 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    JURI-AL-755998

  4. 16 October 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (JURI)

  5. 11 September 2023

    Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) give an opinion.

  6. 6 July 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    AGRI-AL-750123

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0128(COD)