13. Future action in the field of patents (debate)

Verbatim reports

Commission statement: Future action in the field of patents

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Michel Rocard, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Thomas Wise, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Barbara Kudrycka, Manuel Medina Ortega, Toine Manders and Charlie McCreevy.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

The tabling deadline had been set at Monday, 09.10.2006, noon.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.10.2006, Item 7.24.

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Bernd Posselt protested that no debates on breaches of human rights had been included on the agenda that afternoon (the President replied that he would pass on Mr Posselt's remarks to the Conference of Presidents).