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Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0130(COD)

Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal 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)
Javier Zarzalejos (EPP), Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Renew), Marie Toussaint (Greens), Mep #24505 (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • International Trade

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 28 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0099/2024

    AI summary:Parliament's position on a proposed regulation recasting the rules on supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products. It keeps national certificate applications and adds a centralised procedure run by the European Union Intellectual Property Office for European patents and centralised marketing authorisations.

    What changed since Report A9-0022/2024 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 1 Feb 2024

    Report A9-0022/2024

    AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (recast) sets out its first-reading position.

    What changed since Draft report (JURI) →

  3. Committee draft· 13 Oct 2023

    Draft report (JURI)

    AI summary:This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission's proposal for a regulation on the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (recast). It adopts Parliament's position at first reading and sets out 44 amendments to the proposal.

Timeline

Newest first.

Plenary stage 3 steps
  1. 28 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 28 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0099/2024Report A9-0022/2024

  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 A9-0022/2024

Committee stage 5 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. 14 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-756057

  4. 13 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; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), INTA (International Trade) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0130(COD)