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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11720
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Plants

Draft Council conclusions on patentability of living things

The Council of Ministers of the EU is expected shortly to adopt Council conclusions welcoming the Commission notice on certain Articles in Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (see EUROPE 11678).

The Commission takes the view that recent decisions by the European Patent office (EPO) granting a number of patents (tomatoes and broccoli) run counter to “the EU legislator’s intention”. The Commission, which nonetheless refuses to re-open discussions on...

Contents

COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: Aleppo family should be able to obtain humanitarian visa in order to submit asylum request in EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
ETS: Greens criticise cement industry lobbying ahead of ETS reform vote
DIGITAL: Inter-institutional agreement on cross-border portability of online content possible
JHA: Council of EU confirms lack of unanimity on European Prosecutor's Office project
INDUSTRY: European Parliament looks at product life-cycle duration labelling
CONSUMERS: Commission has still not won compensation from VW for European consumers
URBAN AGENDA: Cities meet European Commission to discuss refugee crisis
PLANTS: Draft Council conclusions on patentability of living things
FISHERIES: Commission expected soon to be authorised to negotiate agreement with Ghana
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission looks into possibility of developing secondary market for non-performing bank loans
FINANCE: European industry hopes to use revision of Dodd-Frank Act to its advantage
GREECE: IMF divided over Greek debt
STATE AID: Commission closes its investigation into measures in favour of Lübeck Airport
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: EU-Israel Association Council postponed
BELARUS: Miklos Haraszti says EU must persuade authorities to allow civil society's participation in political process
CHINA: Malmström urges Beijing to speed up reforms and open up its market
INDONESIA: EU's negotiating proposals for free trade agreement published
HAITI: EU increases its aid to victims of Hurricane Matthew by €35 million
NEWS BRIEFS
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Mogherini reiterates that EU will support reforms
TRADE: Adoption of regulation to abolish EU quotas on Belarus textile imports
DEVELOPMENT: With hashtag #TellMyStory, 2017 Lorenzo Natali Prize launched
USA: Mogherini in Washington on 9-10 February
JHA: Council of EU approves prolongation of controls inside Schengen
JHA: Defintive green light to visa-waivers for five Pacific countries
JHA: Political agreement confirmed on directive strengthening 'Protection of EU's financial interests'
UKRAINE: Kiev hopes for European Parliament's full support on proposal for additional EU trade preferences