IN THE CHAIR: António COSTA
Vice-President

16. Services in the internal market/Patentability of computer software (debate)

Commission communication: Services in the internal market/Patentability of computer software

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

The following spoke under the 'catch the eye' procedure: Marianne Thyssen, Evelyne Gebhardt, Hans-Peter Martin, Cecilia Malmström, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Philippe de Villiers, Jacques Toubon, Michel Rocard, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Malcolm Harbour, Anders Samuelsen, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Anne Van Lancker, Bruno Gollnisch, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Sophia in 't Veld, Gunnar Hökmark, Eva Lichtenberger, Vittorio Agnoletto, Jan Andersson, Othmar Karas, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Marielle De Sarnez, Avril Doyle, on the conduct of the debate, and Charlie McCreevy.

Ian Hudghton asked for clarification of the rules governing the 'catch-the-eye' procedure (the President replied that he would forward Mr Hudghton's request to the Bureau).

The debate closed.