9 Amendments of George LYON related to 2013/2099(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the length of protection of variety rights for those plants which require extended time to the commercialisation stage is inadequate to encourage commercial investment in their research and development;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, as it takes at least 10 years to develop a new variety, from the research stage to the finished seed and additional time to trial and commercially propagate, there is even now a need to encourage substantially incmore reasearch investment in order to meet future food needs and cope with climate change;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 provides for intellectual property rights protection for plant varieties (CPVR) and allows breeders to recuperated R&D investment through the payment of royalties. Stresses, however, that in 2011 the Commission evaluated the CPVR regime and concluded that it needs to be adapted to today's agricultural, trade and market environment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it vital, with a view to Europe's future, to work seriously to preserve our genetic heritage and that it is particularly important to preserve local and regional varieties in order to conserve both genetic and cultural diversity; notes that operating commercially viable breeding programmes particularly for minor crops is difficult under the current CPVR regime;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the fact thatWhere it is both too costly and too time-consuming to develop improved new varieties;, such costs could be compensated by extending the length of plant variety protection rights after a proper impact assessment
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses its concern that, as things stand, and partly due to the present CPVR regulations, the global plant-breeding market is dominated by just a few large multinational undertakings which invest only in a limited number of varieties, with the aim of promoting the use of thei. Plant breeding improves crops and will reduce the number ownf chemicals used;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that large global plant- breeding undertakings have gained an unreasonably strong influence over global agriculture and agricultural policy, particularly as they only produce a few ‘major’ crops such as maize, soya and cereals, and that the future breeding programmes for important minor crops such as clonally propagated horticultural crops are thus endangered;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Observes that small and medium-sized enterprises have no way of competing at this level and that an adequate length of protection of their plant variety rights could contribute significantly to levelling the playing field;