6. Patentability of computer-implemented inventions ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (11979/1/2004 - C6-0058/2005 - 2002/0047(COD)) - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Michel Rocard (A6-0207/2005)

Michel Rocard introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Piia-Noora Kauppi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Maria Berger, on behalf of the PSE Group, Toine Manders, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Thomas Wise, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Sharon Bowles, David Hammerstein Mintz, Umberto Guidoni, Johannes Blokland, Roberta Angelilli, Luca Romagnoli, Giuseppe Gargani and Manuel Medina Ortega.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Vittorio Prodi, Rebecca Harms, Vittorio Agnoletto, Kathy Sinnott, Marcin Libicki, Sergej Kozlík, Hans-Peter Mayer, Arlene McCarthy, Andrew Duff, Paul van Buitenen, Erik Meijer, Hans-Peter Martin, Marianne Thyssen, Adam Gierek, Mojca Drčar Murko, Ryszard Czarnecki, Erika Mann, Marco Pannella, Joachim Wuermeling, Edit Herczog, Patrizia Toia, Alexander Stubb, Lasse Lehtinen, Cecilia Malmström, Tomáš Zatloukal, John Attard-Montalto, Simon Coveney, Barbara Kudrycka, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Othmar Karas, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Malcolm Harbour, Zuzana Roithová, Carl Schlyter and Joaquín Almunia.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2005, Item 4.3.