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Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast)

Reference
2023/0128(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 28 February 2024. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.
Stage
First reading
Lead committee
Legal Affairs JURI
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
Tiemo WÖLKEN
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
ENVI, IMCO, AGRI

Where it stands

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  1. Referred to committee (done) 11 September 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 24 January 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 1 February 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 28 February 2024
  5. Negotiations with the Council (to come)
  6. Published as law (to come)

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

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Lead committee
Legal Affairs JURI
Opinion: ENVI
Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Opinion: IMCO
Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Opinion: AGRI
Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Norbert LINS (EPP)

Decisions in plenary, 0

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Versions, 3

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  1. Adopted by Parliament28 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0098/2024 TA-9-2024-0098

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  2. Tabled for plenary1 Feb 2024

    Report A9-0023/2024 A-9-2024-0023

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  3. Committee draft16 Oct 2023

    Draft report (JURI) JURI-PR-753705

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0098/2024: Parliament's position at first reading on a proposed regulation recasting the rules on supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products. It keeps national certificate applications and adds a centralised procedure run by the European Union Intellectual Property Office for European patents, including unitary patents.
  • Report A9-0023/2024: The Committee on Legal Affairs adopts Parliament's position at first reading on the proposed regulation on the supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, a recast of Regulation (EC) No 1610/96.

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Timeline, 9

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Plenary stage 3 steps · 1 Feb 2024–28 Feb 2024
  1. 28 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 28 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0098/2024Report A9-0023/2024

  2. 27 February 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 27 Feb 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0146/2023Council / Commission text C9-0147/2023Council / Commission text C9-0148/2023Council / Commission text C9-0149/2023Council / Commission text C9-0152/2023Report A9-0016/2024Report A9-0019/2024Report A9-0020/2024Report A9-0022/2024Report A9-0023/2024

  3. 1 February 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0023/2024

Committee stage 6 steps · 6 Jul 2023–24 Jan 2024
  1. 24 January 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 13 November 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of JURI (Legal Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (JURI)

  3. 7 November 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    JURI-AL-755998

  4. 16 October 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in JURI (Legal Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (JURI)

  5. 11 September 2023

    Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) give an opinion.

  6. 6 July 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    AGRI-AL-750123

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast)”. Dossier. reference 2023/0128(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0128 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0128(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0128(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0128,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast)}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0128}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0128},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0128(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0128(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}