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amendment list, 10 December 2025

Compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations

Report A-10-2025-0246-AM-001-003 · (10498/2/2025 – C10-0281/2025 – 2023/0129(COD))

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11.12.2025 A10-0246/1

Amendment 1

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Recommendation for second reading A10-0246/2025

Adrián Vázquez Lázara

(10498/2/2025 – C10-0281/2025 – 2023/0129(COD))

Council position

Article 4 a (new)

Council positionAmendment
Article4a
Safeguards governing Union compulsory licences
The Union compulsory licence may only be considered as a measure of last resort, after the demonstrated exhaustion of all voluntary solutions, and must remain strictly exceptional so as to preserve incentives for innovation and the economic value of intellectual property rights.

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11.12.2025 A10-0246/2

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Amendment 2

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Recommendation for second reading A10-0246/2025

Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations

(10498/2/2025 – C10-0281/2025 – 2023/0129(COD))

Council position

Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Council positionAmendment
3 a. The scope of the compulsory licence must remain proportionate and may under no circumstances exceed the quantities strictly necessary for managing the crisis, in order to avoid any lasting distortion of the internal market and to protect the competitiveness of European companies.

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11.12.2025 A10-0246/3

Amendment 3

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Recommendation for second reading A10-0246/2025

Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations

(10498/2/2025 – C10-0281/2025 – 2023/0129(COD))

Council position

Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Council positionAmendment
3 a. Fines and penalty payments must remain proportionate, in particular for innovative companies, in order to avoid any disincentive effect on European investment in research and development.

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