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Document 52023PC0224
Compulsory licensing of patents
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) 816/2006
- Initiative summary:
- Currently the compulsory licensing of patents in the EU is regulated and implemented by Member States following different, fragmented procedure. This makes compulsory licensing of patents in the EU not suited to tackle EU-wide crisis situations. In addition, the current EU procedure for issuing compulsory licensing for export of medicines to developing countries is complex and a more efficient procedure could be considered.
- EuroVoc thesaurus:
- single market; pharmaceutical product; epidemic; export monitoring; crisis management; security of supply; intellectual property; health aid; coronavirus disease; rule under emergency powers
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- Documents:
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Ares(2022)2413270 (Call for evidence for an impact assessment)
Ares(2022)8054573 (Factual summary report of the public consultation) - Leading service:
- Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
- Planned adoption period:
- 01/04/2023 - 30/06/2023
- Check the status of this initiative on the Better Regulation Portal
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- Consultation type:
- Stakeholder feedback
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 4
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- Consultation type:
- Public consultation
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 12
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- Consultation type:
- Stakeholder feedback
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 4
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- Documents:
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COM/2023/224 final (Proposal for a regulation)
SWD/2023/121 final (Impact assessment)
SWD/2023/122 final (Summary of impact assessment)
SWD/2023/120 final (Staff working document) - Leading service:
- Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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- Consultation type:
- Stakeholder feedback
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 8