Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-25-Speech-2-287"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Patents for biotechnological inventions2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051025.22.2-287"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-25-Speech-2-2882
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 member; LIBE (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-11-18--2006-12-12)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 treasurer; IND/DEM (2004-07-26--2007-02-12)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I very much welcome the fact that the Socialist Group in the European Parliament and the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe are prepared to give more consideration to patents. That bodes well for the future. That is exactly what we have done, and we have come to the conclusion that it is our firm belief that the human body and all of its parts are not patentable, since their functioning is not a human invention, but rather a discovery, and, as such, not patentable. This applies just as much to embryos, stem cells, germ cells and the genome, on which we cannot claim right of ownership. Although, in the second 16C report, the Commission is right to state that the totipotent stem cells are not patentable, it remains vague about the patentability of pluripotent stem cells. These are also parts of the human body and are, in accordance with Article 5 (1) of the directive, excluded from patents. The patent that has fuelled this debate concerns human gametes. The fact that this patent has been granted flies in the face of the principle that the human body and the parts thereof are not patentable. It would be preferable if the groups were able to spell this out more clearly and unequivocally, particularly in the common resolution. Parliament should take its monitoring task seriously. This means lodging a firm objection with the European Patent Office."@en1

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