1 Amendments of José BOVÉ related to 2012/0278(COD)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Users shall declare to the competent authorities established under Article 6(1) that they exercised due diligence in accordance with Article 4 on the occasion ofhave complied with the provisions of Article 4 and shall submit the related information on the occasion of: (a) establishing prior informed consent and mutually agreed terms ; (b) receiving research funding involving the utilisation of genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources ; (c) applying for patents, bearing in mind that, according to the European Patent Convention, plant and animal varieties (Article 53(a)) as well as biological processes for the production of plants and animals (Article 53(b)) are not patentable,. or for new plant variety rights at relevant national, regional or international institutions covering inter alia the genetic resources, products, including derivates, and processes derived from the use of biotechnology, or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, (d) requesting market approval for a product developed on the basis of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with such resources, or (e) at the time of commercialisation where a market approval is not required.