Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-20-Speech-3-380"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Life sciences and biotechnology2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021120.12.3-380"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-20-Speech-3-3812
lpv:speaker	lp:John Purvis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, firstly I too would like to wish Mrs Damião a speedy recovery and sincerely congratulate her for an excellent report. It will add to the encouragement which the biotechnology sector needs in order to realise its potential in my Scottish constituency and throughout Europe. The thrust of this report is fully in line with the Lisbon Summit objectives and continues the forward-looking attitude consistently demonstrated by Parliament. It should also serve to bolster the Commission's new-found courage as regards biotechnology and the life sciences. But how dreadful the contrast with the Council of Ministers who yet again this week demonstrated their abject failure to follow through on the goals they set at Lisbon. The grossly mistitled 'Competitiveness Council' could not reach consensus about the proper jurisdiction for Community patent disputes. What hope is there of achieving Europe's potential in this area when the Council is at least one year behind the deadline it set itself for agreement on this vital matter? Without a cost-efficient means of patenting intellectual property rights, what incentive is there for our scientists? This is only one example of the chronic foot-dragging we see endlessly in the Council and by individual Member States. Moratoria, legal uncertainty, backtracking and dithering over ethical guidelines, transposition delays, lack of support for those going about their legal business with field trials, elaborate red tape for labelling and traceability. Mrs Damião, thank you for giving us hope that there is real hope in Europe for biotechnology and the life sciences."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Purvis (PPE-DE )."1

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