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Standard essential patents and amending Regulation (EU)2017/1001

Reference
2023/0133(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 (5)
Rapporteur
Marion WALSMANN
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
IMCO, ITRE
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 15 June 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 24 January 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 30 January 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

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Legal Affairs JURI
Rapporteur
Marion WALSMANN (EPP)
Shadow rapporteurs
Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D), Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA (Renew), MEP #197431 (Greens) former member, Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI (ECR), MEP #124738 (ID) former member, MEP #24505 (The Left) former member
Opinion: IMCO
Internal Market and Consumer Protection · rapporteur MEP #124708 (Renew) former member
Opinion: ITRE
Industry, Research and Energy

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

Voting grid

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament28 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0100/2024 TA-9-2024-0100

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary30 Jan 2024

    Report A9-0016/2024 A-9-2024-0016

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft2 Oct 2023

    Draft report (JURI) JURI-PR-753697

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0100/2024: Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on standard essential patents (SEPs) sets up a competence centre within the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to run a register, essentiality checks, aggregate royalty opinions and FRAND determination.
  • Report A9-0016/2024: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on standard essential patents (SEPs) sets up an electronic register and database, essentiality checks, aggregate royalty determination and a FRAND determination procedure, all run by a competence centre at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

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Committee opinions: Draft opinion (IMCO), Opinion (IMCO), Opinion (INTA), Draft opinion (INTA)

What changed

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Timeline, 9

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Plenary stage 3 steps · 30 Jan 2024–28 Feb 2024

  1. 28 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 28 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0100/2024Report A9-0016/2024

  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. 30 January 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A9-0016/2024

Committee stage 6 steps · 15 Jun 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. 4 December 2023

    IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (IMCO)

  3. 28 November 2023

    INTA (International Trade) adopted its opinion

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

    Opinion (INTA)

  4. 31 October 2023

    Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

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

    Amendments in committee (JURI)Amendments in committee (JURI)

  5. 2 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)

  6. 15 June 2023

    Referred to the JURI (Legal Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) give an opinion.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0133
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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Standard essential patents and amending Regulation (EU)2017/1001”. Dossier. reference 2023/0133(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0133 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0133(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0133(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Standard essential patents and amending Regulation (EU)2017/1001}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0133}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0133},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0133(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0133(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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