2 Amendments of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2015/2227(INI)
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Points - in connection with innovative, new breeding methods for plant and animal varieties - to the arrangements for the legal protection of biological inventions1a , under which general plant and animal varieties and essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals may not be patented; urges the Commission to verify the interpretation and scope of that derogation, since, in the interests of food security, free access to breeding material, and the free use thereof, must continue to be guaranteed; ___________ 1a Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biological inventions.
Amendment 310 #
25a. Regards it as essential to preserve farmland in problem areas such as mountainous and peripheral areas in the Union, too, and therefore backs all action to ensure that the mainly small-scale holdings there also have access to high tech tailored to their needs;