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Standard essential patents

2023/0133(COD)·9th term·IMCO / JURI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·In progressAwaiting Council's 1st reading position
Subjects: Standardisation, EC/EU standards and trade mark, certification, compliance · Industrial property, European patent, Community patent, design and pattern
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): WALSMANN Marion (EPP)
Summary

This dossier concerns a proposed regulation on standard essential patents (SEPs), which protect technology incorporated in a standard and are licensed on FRAND terms. The amendments revise the FRAND determination procedure run by a competence centre, including notification and response time limits, the consequences when a party declines to participate, the centre's electronic register and database, and the treatment of royalty-free and open-source standards.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    27 Oct 2023 – 31 Oct 2023
  2. Plenary vote — Adopted
    28 Feb 2024 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
  3. In progress — not yet concluded
1,082
Amendments
distinct, in window
26
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
27 Oct 2023 – 31 Oct 2023
Dates

Plenary votes

1 roll-call votes

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  1. 28 Feb 2024Main voteAdopted
    On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
    Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗
    454 for83 against78 abstentions90 did not vote
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How groups usually vote on similar files

Based on 56 past main roll-call votes on JURI-responsible procedures, Jul 2019 → 2026-07-25.

If every group voted at its historical rate, with today’s seats: ≈72% of expressed votes in favour.

Seat-weighted baseline over 711 of 711 seats · how often this method is right →

EPPusually FOR87% FOR over 8,972 votes
S&Dusually FOR90% FOR over 7,003 votes
Renewusually FOR90% FOR over 4,901 votes
Greens/EFAusually FOR78% FOR over 3,519 votes
ECRusually FOR51% FOR over 3,419 votes
The Leftusually FOR64% FOR over 1,903 votes
Patriotsusually AGAINST34% FOR over 736 votes
IDusually AGAINST50% FOR over 2,611 votes
ESNusually AGAINST31% FOR over 237 votes
Non-attachedusually FOR64% FOR over 1,843 votes

Statistical baseline from past roll-call votes; not a forecast. · roll-call votes only

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Official amendment documents

PE754.964 ↗PE754.990 ↗PE755.032 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

26 Members · by amendment count
1
Geoffroy DIDIER
Geoffroy DIDIER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
237(237 solo)
2
Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Socialists & Democrats · 🇵🇹 Portugal
193
3
Tiemo WÖLKEN
Tiemo WÖLKEN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
193
4
Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO
Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
139
5
René REPASI
René REPASI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
139
6
Antonius MANDERS
Antonius MANDERS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
112
7
Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK
Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
112
8
Patrick BREYER
Patrick BREYER
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇪 Germany
100(100 solo)
9
Catharina RINZEMA
Catharina RINZEMA
Renew Europe · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
95
10
Bart GROOTHUIS
Bart GROOTHUIS
Renew Europe · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
83
11
Emmanuel MAUREL
Emmanuel MAUREL
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇫🇷 France
79(79 solo)
12
Maria GRAPINI
Maria GRAPINI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇷🇴 Romania
78(78 solo)
13
Francisco GUERREIRO
Francisco GUERREIRO
Greens / EFA · 🇵🇹 Portugal
75(75 solo)
14
Maria da Graça CARVALHO
Maria da Graça CARVALHO
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇹 Portugal
71
15
Andreas SCHWAB
Andreas SCHWAB
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
71
16
Ivan ŠTEFANEC
Ivan ŠTEFANEC
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇰 Slovakia
71
17
Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA
Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
71
18
Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA
Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
58(46 solo)
19
Lara COMI
Lara COMI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
23
20
Arba KOKALARI
Arba KOKALARI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇪 Sweden
16
21
Jörgen WARBORN
Jörgen WARBORN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇪 Sweden
16
22
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇵🇱 Poland
16(8 solo)
23
Angelika NIEBLER
Angelika NIEBLER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
12(12 solo)
24
Adam BIELAN
Adam BIELAN
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇵🇱 Poland
8
25
Gilles LEBRETON
Gilles LEBRETON
Identity & Democracy · 🇫🇷 France
4(4 solo)

The amendments, in full text

1,082 amendments

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