Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-30-Speech-4-042"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Decision by the Patent Office on the cloning of human beings2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000330.3.4-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-30-Speech-4-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we were shocked to hear that the European Patent Office has granted a patent for the manipulation of human cells and embryos. I do not intend to comment on whether it was in fact a matter of translation error, as is being suggested, or intentional. The office has at least admitted that the patent was granted erroneously. The Commission takes the view that had the directive on patenting biotechnological inventions been transposed in good time, this error could have been avoided. I dispute this. Firstly, it would not have been permitted for the patent to be granted on the basis of national patent law either. Secondly, I doubt whether the directive is as unambiguous as the Commission seems to think it is. The directive has not yet been implemented in my own country, the Netherlands. This is because the Netherlands has submitted a request for annulment of this directive to the Court of Justice, citing its “internal inconsistency”, among other factors. I urge the Commission to eliminate all ambiguity and loopholes in the directive. The European Group of Ethics must also investigate if it actually affords human dignity adequate protection. Respect for human beings, animals and plants in God’s Creation is of decisive importance for our society. The Commission is deceiving itself if it believes that implementing the directive will put an end to all the uncertainty. The tension between economic interests and ethical considerations in the directive will continue to provoke discussion."@en1

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