Gierek Report/ITRE Tabled Amendments

This page provides an analysis of the amendments tabled by Members of the European Parliament to Gierek Report. The amendments were voted on by the members of ITRE along with amendments derived from the reports of other committees. Presented results of voting are based on notes taken during the meeting and are subject to confirmation by official records.

Provisions related to patent policy

Citation 19a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
2	Vakalis	0	+	– having regard to its resolution of 12 October 2006 on future patent policy in Europe,
3	Hammerstein	0

Recital B

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	--		whereas insufficient use is made of the vast stores of specialist scientific knowledge in EU research centres and in patent offices,
5	Hammerstein	+	+	whereas insufficient use is made of the vast stores of specialist scientific knowledge in research centres in the European Union, (deletion)

Recital H

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	+		whereas the current unitary patent system does not make it possible to take account of the requirements of some sectors, and the strong growth in the number of patents issued increases the risk of litigation and hinders innovation,
19	Rübig	-	+	deleted
20	Bowles, Manders
21	Vakalis
22	Bowles, Manders	--		whereas the Community is a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and thus bound by the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Article 27 of which prohibits discrimination between fields of technology when making patents available for inventions,

Rapporteur highlights that the current legal framework does not enable sector specific patent flexibilities as economists often demand (and TRIPs enables).

Am.22 explains the legal status quo. the am is a response provoked by the original. But a discrimination between 'fields of technology' is not the same as "taking account of the requirements of some sectors" in the context of TRIPs provisions, see also Gierek Am 101. Am.22 further does not take into account the patent inflation problem. The Raporteur version is also broader than "granting".

Paragraph 15

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	0		Calls on the Commission to set up, in cooperation with the Member States, a group of patent experts to draw up new common rules on patents;
CA7			+	States that reasonable and reliable copyright protection and patent system is one of the crucial elements in building an innovative knowledge based economy and society; confirms the need to reform the European patent policy, recognizes, however, that patent policy reform is a long-term process; calls on the Commission to set up, in cooperation with the Member States, a group of (deletion) experts to review the situation including the question of patentability; calls on the Commission and the EIF to examine the possibilities of providing small businesses with adequate financial support with their patent applications;
86	Bowles, Manders	-	cad	deleted
87	Bowles, Manders	-	cad	Calls on the Commission to note the outcome of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property of December 2006 commissioned by the UK Treasury and to note that the findings of that review accord with those of the extensive public consultation on future patent policy in Europe conducted by the Commission's Directorate General for Internal Market and Services;
ECON 7	Bowles	-	covered	Observes that it was the UK Treasury that commissioned the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property and that intellectual property is becoming increasingly important economically, for stock valuation, raising finance, inward investment and expansion into new territories; notes that it is IP that provides protection for investment in innovation, something which is especially important for SMEs seeking venture capital or joint ventures; notes that the findings of the Gowers review accord with those of the extensive public consultation on future patent policy in Europe conducted by the Commission's DG Internal Market and Services;
88	Gierek	++	cad	Calls on the Commission to set up, in cooperation with the Member States, a group of leading economists to review the European patent policy and to present proposals for the substantive reform of patent law;
ECON 2	Rühle, Lipietz	++	covered	Points out that the current patent system represents a threat to innovation as it does not answer the needs of some economic fields and as an increase in the amount of patents granted causes an increase in the number of patent disputes; calls therefore on the Commission to bring together, in cooperation with the Member States, a group of leading economists to draw up proposals for new, substantive Community patent laws; also calls on the Commission to carry out a study into the impact of patent litigation on SMEs;
89	Hammerstein	++	cad	Calls on the Commission to set up, in cooperation with the Member States, a group of economic experts to draw up new common rules on patents;

Original: expert group Am.88/89: Only economists are qualified for this important task

Am 87: The Gowers report was a *national* UK consultation process. Of course Commissioners do read these papers, empty demand. Results of the public consultation on patents has not been published yet. The deadline for submissions was 12th april 2006, which is nearly one year now. Only preliminary findings has been published. The Commission has received the Worst Lobbying Award for pouring patent-holding SMEs in the results of this consultation, and such after the official closing deadline. Therefore, the results of the consultation and the interpretation made by the Commission of those results should be scrutinised, and they cannot be used right now as they are not even published.

Paragraph 15a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
90	Gierek	++	cad	Recognises that patent policy reform is a long-term process and that decisions take time; welcomes recommendation to implement a pilot project for the external peer review of patent applications at the UK Patent Office and urges the European Patent Organisation (EPO) and other national patent offices to harness the collective knowledge of experts to improve the quality of patents granted;

Am.90: Here Gierek is refering to Recomedation 23 of the Gowers report.

Paragraph 15a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
91	Hammerstein	+++	+	Calls on the Commission to present, in cooperation with the Member States, a plan to integrate the European Patent Organisation (EPO) into the Community, in order to address concerns over democratic control and coherent community policy on patent law;

91 addresses the provisionary nature of the EPO which should be migrated into the EU to improve its governance.

Paragraph 16

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	+		Calls on the Commission to draw up, in cooperation with the Member States, alternative and complementary measures to the patents system, providing inventors with legal protection against criminal law proceedings;
92	Rübig	-	-	deleted
93	Vakalis	-		deleted
94	Gierek	++	+	Calls on the Commission to draw up, in cooperation with the Member States, measures that are alternative and complementary (deletion) to (deletion) patent right legal protection measures which will defend inventors and emerging models of creation against blackmail and law abuse (e.g. FLOSS (free/libre/open source software) licensing systems);
95	Bowles, Manders	0	cad	Calls on the Commission to draw up, in cooperation with the Member States, alternative and complementary measures to the patents system, including alternative dispute resolution mechanisms especially for the benefit of SMEs;

Paragraph 16a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
96	Guidoni	+++	+	Calls on the Commission to present, in cooperation with the Member States, a plan to integrate the European Patent Organisation (EPO) into the Community, in order to address public concerns over democratic control and coherent community policy on patent law;
97	Hammerstein	+++
98	Mann	0	cad	States that copyright protection and a reliable European patent system is crucial in building an innovative knowledge based economy and society;
ECON 3	Rühle, Lipietz	+	covered	Welcomes the fact that the Commission is to adopt a Communication to promote knowledge transfer between universities and other public research organisations and industry; also welcomes the recent initiatives of the Commission to promote "Open Access" to scientific knowledge, which is aimed at improving its dissemination;

Am.98 can be taken for granted and is an empty phrase.

Paragraph 17

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	0	+	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that common rules on patentability are appropriate for the conditions of each particular sector;
99	Rübig	-	-	deleted
100	Bowles, Manders	-		deleted
101	Gierek	++	- (21-;14+)	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that unitary rules on patentability are adopted for the conditions of each particular field of technology;

Am.101: Here Gierek clarifies what Bowles/Manders misinterpreted when they reponded with their Am.87.

Paragraph 18

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	++	+	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose, in the context of the new European patent, a procedure for eliminating trivial patents, and sleeping patents filed for the sole purpose of obstruction;
102	Rübig	-	- (16+ ;19-)	deleted
103	Bowles, Manders	-	-	Calls on the Commission to review European's history of working requirements and compulsory licensing for patents and analyse whether the circumstances that caused them to fall out of favour have changed and whether such measures would be appropriate for tackling "dormant" patents (deletion);
ECON 8	Bowles	-	covered	Noting that the European Community is a member of the World Trade Organisation and thus bound by the WTO-TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights, Article 27 of which prohibits discrimination between fields of technology when making patents available for inventions; calls on the Commission to review Europe's history of working requirements and compulsory licensing for patents and analyse whether the circumstances that caused them to fall out of favour have changed;
104	Hammerstein	++	do not vote	invite la Commission et les États Membres ? proposer, dans le cadre du nouveau brevet européen, une procédure pour l'élimination des brevets d'intér?t mineur, ainsi que des brevets "dormants", déposés dans un seul but : faire obstruction;[BR]Does not affect the English text

Paragraph 19a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
106	Hammerstein	+++	- (17+;18-)	Calls on the Member States which are contracting members of the 1973 Convention on the grant of European Patent (European Patent Convention) to end lobbying of the European Patent Organisation (EPO) administration in the European Parliament as well as similar practices such as participation in the Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise's ICT Task Force negotiations or interference in the deliberations of civil society actors;

Paragraph 19b (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
107	Hammerstein	+	- (same majority as 106)	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to resist influence exerted by the patent institutions;

Paragraph 21a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
118	Manders, Bowles	-	-	Calls on the Commission to put into effect the resolution of the European Parliament of 12 October 2006 on future patent policy in Europe;
IMCO 4		+		Points to the fact that the current patent system represents a threat to innovation as it does not answer the needs of some economic fields; calls on the Commission to carry out a study into the impact of patent litigation on SMEs; also calls on the Commission to give effect to Parliament's resolution of 12 October 2006 on future patent policy in Europe

118 Does the Parliament need to stress its own resolution? That could undermine the status of the house.

Provisions related to standards

Recital L

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	0		whereas establishing European quality standards and rules concerning the first phase of development of new-generation products and services is a source of innovation,
27	Rübig	+		whereas establishing European quality standards and rules concerning the first phase of development of new-generation products and services can be a source of innovation,

Paragraph 20

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Reporteur	0		Calls on the Member States to encourage the search for a consensus on European standards, as a rapid decision in this area is vital for the EU's competitiveness;
108	Hudacký	0	+	Calls on the Member States to encourage the search for a consensus on European standards, as a rapid decision in this area is vital for the proper functioning of the EU's internal market, cross border trade and consequently return on companies´ investment in research and innovation;

Paragraph 20a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
109	Mann	-	+	Takes the view that the fragmentation of standards on a worldwide scale is not desirable; recommends that the Commission, the Member States and the various European and international standard setting bodies to consider an 'international-comes-first' approach whenever possible in setting new standards;

It is giving too much power to ISO, that is not granting open standards but usually RAND standards...

Paragraph 21

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	++		Calls on the Commission and the Member States to choose open standards whereby intellectual property is accessible with royalty-free licences;
CA8			+	Recalls the definition of open standards adopted by the Commission pursuant to that (i) the standard is adopted and will be maintained by a not-for-profit organisation, and its ongoing development occurs on the basis of an open decision-making procedure available to all interested parties; (ii) the standard has been published and the standard specification document is available either freely or at a nominal charge; (iii) the intellectual property - i.e. patents possibly present - of (parts of) the standard is made irrevocably available on a royalty-free basis;
110	Hudacký	--	cad	deleted
111	Rübig	--		deleted
112	Vakalis	--	cad	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to choose open standards, such standards being defined as standards relating to technology that is available to any interested market player on reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions, whereby companies having invested in research and development receive reasonable compensation, while intellectual property is accessible to everybody through licenses on reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions;
113	Bowles, Manders	-	cad	Calls on the Commission to establish uniform definitions for such terms as 'open standards' and 'fair, reasonable and non discriminatory licences' and promote the use of standards in such a way that safeguards a reasonable return on investment for owners of intellectual property, without creating standards 'windfall' profits;
ECON 1	Bowles	-	cad	Calls on the Commission to establish uniform definitions for such terms as 'open standards' and 'fair, reasonable and non discriminatory licences' and promote the use of standards in such a way that safeguards a reasonable return on investment for owners of intellectual property, but without creating standards 'windfall' profits;
114	Hammerstein	0	cad	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to choose open standards (deletion);
115	van Nistelrooij	+	cad	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to choose open innovation (cooperation between industry, medium and small-sized enterprises (SMEs) and government in research and innovation by means of clustering), whereby intellectual property is accessible on the basis of agreements between the participating businesses; calls on the regional and local authorities to regard the principle of open innovation as one of the motors of innovation and regional development;
116	Gierek	++	cad	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to choose open standards for information disseminated on public websites whereby intellectual property is accessible through free licences;
ECON 4	Rühle, Lipietz	+	covered	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to choose open standards when communicating with the public;

Am.101 is against the bottom-up way standards are usually developed.

Am.112 redefines what open standards are. Either they are RAND (also joked as "BSA open standards") standards or OPEN standards. Politicians should not redefine professional terms.

Am.113 The Commission already did conclude what the market knows as open standards (European Interoperability Framework). The am has to be seen in the context of self-referential lobbying by certain foreign software company in Brussels.

Am.114 It is better to state clearly that open standards are based on royalty-free licenses.

Am.116 gets it right.

The 'open standard' definition is already stated by the Commission in the 'European Interoperability Framework': 'Open standard' is 'open' by nature, so has to bee licensed under a royalty-free basis. 'Open standard" should not be confused with 'RAND standard' (from 'Reasonable and non discriminatory'). Nobody is forced to create an 'open standard' as nobody is forced to apply for a 'standard'. Indeed, nobody has the right to get a standard, and to get it, the proponent could be asked, in exchange, to license its IPRs under royalty-free terms (for example, as W3C, the Internet standardization body, does to warranty an Internet for everybody without exclusions.)

Paragraph 21a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
117	Hammerstein	+	- (17+; 17-)	Calls on the Commission and Member States actively to promote technological neutrality and open standards by using such standards in interfaces with the public and by ensuring that citizens

117 The expression "technological neutrality" should be used only if its explained as the hability to interoperate not forcing the other side of the interoperation to choose the same technology or provider, this is, based on open standards (royalty free implementable so).

Amendmends to the other provisions

Paragraph -1 (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
31	Riera Madurell	0	-	Notes that not all EU countries are at the same level when it comes to the indicators for the knowledge-based society, particularly when it comes to innovation indicators;

Paragraph -1a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
32	Riera Madurell	0	FOR: 13, AGAINST: 18	Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce serious and coherent policies designed to achieve convergence in the field of innovation that will make it possible to reduce the differences between the Member States,

32 This is a bit dangerous because what Commission will probably do is to promote more patents in the countries where less applications per capita there are.

Paragraph 1 (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
33	Riera Madurell	0	+	Points to the importance, when devising policies to support innovation, of focusing on innovation in the wider sense so as to include both the services sector, including tourism, as well as non-technological innovation, in other words innovation in the field of marketing and organisation;

Paragraph 2

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	0		Notes that SMEs have a particular role to play in implementing innovative solutions;
34	Gierek	+		Notes that SMEs have a particular role to play in implementing innovative solutions and that the new framework for State aid for R&D and innovation provides a list of specific measures to support the innovation activities of SMEs, for which structural funds can be easily accessible;
35	Hudacký	0		Notes that, although SMEs have a particular role to play in implementing innovative solutions, including in low and medium-tech sectors, systematic public support with transparent conditions is missing;
36	Toia	+		Notes that SMEs, clusters and cooperation between organisations, enterprises, universities and research centres, have a particular role to play in implementing innovative solutions;

35 Why not in high-tech sectors also? SMEs work in high-tech.

Pararaph 2a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
37	del Castillo	++		Urges the Member States to revitalise European businesses and their potential to innovate by cutting red tape, thereby improving the quality of regulation whilst reducing the administrative burden;
38	Vlasto	0		Welcomes the launching of the broader-based innovation strategy for small and micro enterprises, whose innovation potential, particularly as regards low and medium-level technology and non-technological innovation, has not so far been sufficiently recognised and exploited; regrets, however, that the communication fails to propose operational measures in respect of such enterprises; calls therefore on the Commission and Council to integrate their special features and needs in the ten priorities of the strategy and urges the Commission, in conjunction with their representative organisations, to submit to the Council and Parliament a specific programme for developing innovation in the broad sense of the term in such enterprises, whatever their field of activity;

Pararaph 3

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Rapporteur	-		Underlines the need to introduce into Member States’ education programmes activities aiming to further highlight the importance and role of inventors of innovative solutions, particularly ecological solutions;
39	Gierek	-		Underlines the need to introduce into Member States’ education programmes activities aiming to further highlight the importance and role of inventors of innovative (deletion), particularly ecological and interdisciplinary solutions;
40	Toia	+		Underlines the need to introduce into Member States’ education programmes activities and initiatives designed to foster greater interest on the part of young people in science and technology disciplines and encourage education and training syllabuses to adopt an open attitude to innovation and an approach conducive to research and change, while placing further emphasis on the importance and role of inventors of innovative solutions, particularly ecological solutions and energy;
41	Rübig	0		Underlines the need to introduce into Member States’ education programmes activities aiming to further highlight the importance and role of inventors of innovative solutions (deletion);

Rapporteur/41: sufficient EU competence to define what is taught in school? In Germany even the Federal government is not entitled to influence that.

Paragraph 3a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
42	del Castillo	0		Notes that, in order for Member States to create a European knowledge-based society that would benefit European innovation, they must increase the quantity and quality of lifelong learning courses across the EU and encourage the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT);
43	Riera Madurell	+		Calls on the Commission and Member States to draw up education and culture policies which include science, technology and innovation;

42 interferes into private consument preferences: "encourage the use"

Paragraph 4

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	+		Proposes installing the technological and scientific infrastructure needed for creating innovative solutions in existing educational establishments, to provide small research centres with development prospects;
44	Rübig	++		Proposes installing the technological and scientific infrastructure needed for creating innovative solutions in existing tertiary educational establishments, to provide (deletion) research centres with development prospects;

Paragraph 4a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
45	Hudacký	+		Invites the Member States to use the structural funds for building new and strengthening existing technical infrastructure for innovation development in the form of innovation centers, technical incubators and research-development centres in the regions endowed with sufficient innovative and knowledge potential;
46	Ransdorf	+		Considers that innovation that is based on computer science and adopts an interdisciplinary approach in a broad range of other sciences can accelerate a new era of "science-based innovation" and consequently a new wave of economic growth and environmental and social benefits;
47	Toia	+		Stresses the need to promote renewed efficiency through a substantial reduction in public sector bureaucracy as a fundamental means of improving the climate in which businesses and individuals operate and as a precondition for reducing the tax burden on business;

Paragraph 5

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		Invites the Member States to implement tax legislation that encourages enterprises to invest more in research, development and innovation;
48	Hudacký	+		Invites the Member States to consider using tax incentives for the purpose of encouraging enterprises to invest more in research, development and innovation;
49	Toia	0		Invites the Member States to implement tax legislation that encourages enterprises to invest more in research, development and innovation, including, if necessary, a structural review of existing mechanisms and incentives;
50	Bowles	0		Invites the Member States to implement tax incentives that encourage enterprises to invest more in research, development and innovation;

Paragraph 5a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
51	Hudacký	++		Invites the Member States to work together swiftly to complete the internal market and to seek political agreement on legislative and non-legislative measures in the areas where barriers still persist and hinder the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour, depriving businesses of capitalization of their investments in innovation;
52	Mann	--		Recommends that the Commission and the Member States evaluate the creation of a truly European system of further education, which would help to build a stronger European labour market;
53	Toia	+		Stresses that innovatory processes require adequate territorial organisation, with the creation of new models for relations between enterprises, research centres, universities (e.g. clusters, districts, platforms) and points to the positive effect innovation can have on organisational processes;

52: competence problems

Paragraph 6

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	-		Notes the existence of European technology platforms and the Council decision on European joint technology initiatives in key areas for European innovation, to take the form of public-private partnerships;
54	Janowski	0		Notes the positive effects of the existence of European technology platforms (ETP) and calls on the Member States to support these platforms and encourage the creation of ETP networks; also views as positive the Council decision on European joint technology initiatives in key areas for European innovation, to take the form of public-private partnerships;

Paragraph 6a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
55	Gierek	0		Takes notes of the setting up of the European Research Council and calls for innovation and the scope for practical implementation of chosen projects to be important criteria when selecting research topics;
56	Vlasto	0		Insists on the diversity of the forms of innovation developed by enterprises, in particular organisational, non-technological and service innovation; fully endorses the conclusions of the Competitiveness Council of 5 December 2006 calling on the Commission to draw up political guidelines concerning innovation relating to services and non-technological innovation and calls on the Commission to involve in particular organisations representing small enterprises and cottage industries in these deliberations;

Paragraph 7

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	-		Notes the existence of European technology platforms and the Council decision on European joint technology initiatives in key areas for European innovation, to take the form of public-private partnerships;
57	Janowski	0		Invites the Member States to identify on a scale of importance the areas that they consider most innovative, both for applied research and technology and for non- technological activities such as management theory or bureaucratic organisation;
58	Rübig	--		Invites the Member States to support, in addition to their own priorities, the priorities laid down by the European Technology Platforms in the area of innovation;

58: undermines democratic control by delegating fiscal priority decisions to EU agencies and private actors.

Paragraph 8a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
59	Hudacký	+		Calls on the Member States to use public funds, including the Structural Funds, to begin establishing risk capital funds in the form of public-private partnerships in regions and fields having innovative potential and a good knowledge base (innovative companies, universities, emerging and existing innovation centres, technological incubators, etc.);
60	Corbey	0		Takes the view that eco-innovation plays an important role in improving such things as energy efficiency, developing renewable energy sources and developing clean fossil energy. Eco-innovation can also play an important role in improving the EU’s competitive position. For these reasons eco-innovation must receive greater priority in the EU’s innovation policy. To this end the EU should also put the ‘top runner’ approach into practice;
61	Vlasto	0		Highlights, however, that the present venture-capital system does not meet the funding needs of innovation in small and micro-enterprises, particularly as regards non-technological innovation; urges the Commission, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund to determine ways of funding suitable for these enterprises and craft industries by adapting venture capital or, if necessary, designing innovative financial instruments;
62	Bowles	+		Emphasises that access to resources for smaller enterprises and individuals is crucial to raising R&D levels and developing new technologies; stresses that both early stage funding and ongoing finance of sufficiently long duration for getting products to market, must be fostered; points out that failure to do so should not be fatal to future attempts;

Paragraph 9

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		Invites Member States and local communities to adopt innovative and environmentally friendly solutions under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme and also draws attention to the option of using financial aid for SMEs under the JEREMIE programme;
63	Hudacký	0		Invites Member States and local communities to adopt innovative and environmentally friendly solutions under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme and also draws attention to the option of using structural funds to create risk capital funds under the JEREMIE program and generally encourage innovation activities in regions and SMEs;
64	van Nistelrooij	+		Invites Member States and the regional and local communities to adopt innovative and environmentally-friendly solutions under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme and also draws attention to the option of using financial aid for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), such as in the Jeremie Programme; encourages the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to make use of renewable sources of financial support for innovation-oriented research such as the ‘innovation voucher’ system;

Paragraph 9a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
65	van Nistelrooij	+		Draws the Commission’s and Member States’ attention to the fact that the future European Institute of Technology (EIT) also has the ambition of investing in the relationship between knowledge institutions and businesses, and must therefore focus primarily on technological innovation;
66	del Castillo	++		Urges the Member States to invest in the creation of innovative technologies that offer clean and secure energy supplies;

Paragraph 10

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		Points out that that urban centres can play an important part in devising an innovation strategy for a whole region and that they can perhaps take the initiative on some promising projects, e.g. using the potential of thermo-modernisation and combined heat and power, or taking other initiatives such as science and technology parks;
67	Rübig	+		deleted
68	Toia	0		Points out that that urban centres, by virtue of their ability to serve as a focal point for cooperation efforts, can play an important part in devising an innovation strategy for a whole region and that they can perhaps take the initiative on some promising projects, e.g. using the potential of thermo-modernisation and combined heat and power, or taking other initiatives such as science and technology parks;

Paragraph 10a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
69	Mann	++		Recommends a cautious approach to supporting artificial science and business clusters and technology parks, since sustainable scientific and economic success should be the first priority when public financial support is given;

Paragraph 11

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Reporteur	0		Notes that rural areas can welcome the development of new generation enterprises with a scientific research base in biotechnology;
70	Hammerstein	+		delete
71	Chatzimarkakis	-		Notes that rural areas can welcome the development of new generation enterprises with a scientific research base in biotechnology; considers that the involvement of the rural area support programmes must be an essential component of the European Investment Strategy;
72	Jankowski	-		Notes that agricultural has vast potential for innovation and rural areas can welcome the development of new generation enterprises with a scientific research base in biotechnology;

Paragraph 11a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
73	Riera Madurell	+		Stresses the need to strengthen the role of enterprises as a main driving force behind innovation, rather than simply the beneficiary of innovatory processes and mechanisms;

Paragraph 13

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	-		Calls on the Commission to create the conditions needed for the continued development of ‘EuroInfoCentres’ to encourage, in each EU region, the development of innovative solutions through better information flows;
74	van Nistelrooij	0		Calls on the Commission to create the conditions needed for the continued development of ‘EuroInfoCentres’ to encourage, in each EU region, the development of innovative solutions through better information flows; therefore encourages not only the local, regional and national authorities, but also sectoral organisations – such as chambers of commerce and other information centres – to set themselves up, in cooperation with the said EuroInfoCentres, as ‘one-stop information shops’; emphasises that this can be done without investing more resources by reforming the existing information networks accordingly; lastly points out that businesses and knowledge institutions can obtain information from a single address about the information network for innovation, research and regional development support at the local, regional, national and EU level;
75	Vlasto	0		Calls on the Commission to create the conditions needed for the continued development of ‘EuroInfoCentres’ to encourage, in each EU region, the development of innovative solutions through better information flows for all types of enterprise; highlights, furthermore, the importance of intermediary organisations representing small and micro-enterprises for the development of innovation in these enterprises; calls, therefore, on the Commission, actively to support this role by developing measures to support flanking and advisory mechanisms established by these organisations to this end;
76	Hudacký	0		Calls on the Commission to create the conditions needed for the continued development of ‘EuroInfoCentres’ to encourage, in each EU region, the development of innovative solutions through better information flows, the active exchange of best practices as well as raising awareness of proper techniques, which has proved inadequate;
77	Gierek	0		Calls on the Commission to create the conditions needed for the continued development of networks such as EuroInfoCentres and Innovation Relay Centres to encourage, in each EU region, the development of innovative solutions through better information flows;

Paragraph 13a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
78	Hudacký	-		Invites the Commission to encourage the use of reformed networks of EuroInfoCentres and Innovation Relay Centres for providing complex services (information, consultancy, financial, technology transfer, etc.) at regional level for all players involved in the innovation process and especially individual innovators and small innovative companies;
79	del Castillo	0		Urges the Member States to continue their efforts to reduce any regional disparities that hinder the creation of a European scientific and technological area;

Paragraph 13b (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
80	Hudacký	0		Believes that the European Technology Institute will, in addition to its coordination role within the innovation triangle, also help to boost competition in innovation fields;

Paragraph 14

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		Considers that public procurement plays a strategic role in promoting innovative products and services;
81	Bowles	+		Considers that public procurement plays a strategic role in promoting innovative products and services; believes that public procurement of innovative solutions should not be hampered by excessive risk aversion or solely cost-centred tendering; notes that modular solutions within the information technologies offer greater opportunity for smaller businesses and pilot projects;
82	Toia	0		Considers that public procurement plays a strategic role in promoting innovative products and services, provided it is geared to the creation of more efficient and effective products and the provision of rationally organised services offering better value for money;
83	Janowski	0		Given that public procurement plays an essential role in promoting innovative products and services, calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to take genuine innovation into account when selecting the best tenders;

Paragraph 14a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
84	Ransdorf	+		Calls on the Council and the Commission to improve legal standards linked to the economic aspects of research and innovation so as to provide better protection in the diffusion of processes, techniques or discoveries in a context of international openness;
85	Bowles	--		Notes that innovation in services plays a major part in the economy and that the protection of intellectual property relating to services is often restricted in Europe to trade secrets; is of the opinion that smaller businesses find it difficult and expensive to negotiate and enforce confidentiality agreements and that this can hinder cooperative ventures and the raising of finance;

Paragraph 22

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		Encourages the Member States to promote, in their countries, the creation of ‘knowledge regions’ and ‘clusters' and to ensure cooperation with experts from third countries;
119	van Nistelrooij	0	+	Encourages the Member States to promote, in their countries, the creation of ‘knowledge regions’ and ‘clusters’ and EU-wide and cross-border cooperation, and also to promote cooperation with experts from third countries, outside the EU;
120	Gierek	0		Encourages the Member States to promote (deletion) in their territories regional innovation clusters which cooperate with experts from third countries;

Paragraph 22a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
121	Toia	+	-	Calls on the Commission to promote exchanges of experience and skills in the context of its relations with third countries, but without jeopardising employment prospects for European research workers;
122	Ransdorf	-	+	Calls on the Commission to monitor the innovation processes in the regions and to develop common innovation indicators across the EU that will better demonstrate the eagerness of the Member States and regions to innovate;

122: too unspecific

Paragraph 24

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	--		Calls on the Member States to establish scientific career criteria to take account of candidates’ abilities in patents and innovation;
123	Hammerstein	++	+	delete
124	Rübig	++		deleted
125	Hudacký	---		Calls on the Member States to establish selection criteria for researchers that take account of candidates’ abilities in patents and innovation, such criteria to be used when awarding scholarships and financial grants;
126	Bowles, Manders	--		Calls on the Member States to establish scientific career criteria to take account of candidates’ abilities in patents and innovation, while ensuring the promotion of quality rather than quantity;
127	Toia	--		Calls on the Member States to establish scientific career criteria to take account of candidates’ abilities in patents and innovation and to encourage participation by women in innovatory processes;
128	Janowski	+	-	Calls on the Member States and regional authorities to take greater account in their national and regional development strategies of aspects relating to the utilisation of knowledge and the results of scientific research and to strive to ensure that the passage from an innovatory idea to its practical application is as short and simple as possible;

Rapporteur: Unconstitutional in Germany. Looks like usable for applied sciences only. 126: Unconstitutional in Germany. Looks like usable for applied sciences only. How to measure "quality"?

Paragraph 24a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
129	del Castillo	++		Urges the Member States to actively raise the profile of the scientific career path, promoting existing incentives and awards such as Descartes, Aristotle and the young scientist's awards and offering attractive conditions to draw the brightest and most innovative scientists to Europe;

Paragraph 25

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	--		Calls on the Member States to establish scientific career criteria to take account of candidates’ abilities in patents and innovation;
130	Janowski	0		Urges the Commission, the Member States and the regional authorities to introduce and promote national and European prizes for innovation;

Rapporteur: Unconstitutional in Germany. Looks like usable for applied science only. How to measure "innovation"?

Paragraph 25a (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
131	del Castillo	+		Notes that international partnerships with an active role played by States as well as the private and public sectors is of crucial importance to stimulating innovation processes and developing existing frameworks for better cooperation in this field world-wide;
132	Chatzimarkakis	-		Takes the view that the creation of a European Institute for Technology as the central agency for innovation in Europe could make a significant contribution to translating Europe’s potential for innovation into practice; therefore supports the creation of such an institute;
133	Chatzimarkakis	-		Considers that identifying and boosting "lead markets" is essential for a strategy which has to cope with limited resources; believes that within these lead markets, the EU should set international standards and be the sprearhead of innovation;
134	Chatzimarkakis	--		Takes the view that the use of and application for patents in the European Union must be promoted; considers that the EIF could make a contribution here, by including the application for patents in its financial support for small businesse;

132: No need for more agencies. 134: Patent use is a matter of market demand. It is not the role of state intervention to manipulate demand of market actors.

Recital Aa (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
4	Riera Madurell	+		whereas in order to achieve an advanced knowledge-based society in accordance with the Lisbon Strategy, not only must Europe display a strong capacity for generating, absorbing, assimilating and passing onto society and industry new knowledge and skills (R&D), but it must also make progress in terms of innovation, in other words, in its capacity to transform scientific and technological knowledge into wealth and social well-being,

Recital Ba (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
6	Hudacký	++		whereas the environment in the innovation support field is not competitive and lacks transparent and fair conditions for all players carrying on innovative activities, including small innovative companies and technological innovation centers,

Recital C

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	+		whereas the main objective of innovation is to boost the EU’s competitiveness and give its citizens a better quality of life,
7	Riera Madurell	+		whereas the main objective of innovation is to boost the EU’s competitiveness and give its citizens a better quality of life, while ensuring that economic growth is compatible with preservation of the environment and social cohesion,
8	Bowles	+		whereas (deletion) innovation is central to boosting the EU’s competitiveness, economic growth and giving its citizens a better quality of life,

Recital Ca (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
9	Gierek	+		whereas regions and local communities should set specific targets for the implementation of innovatory solutions in order to improve the quality of citizens' lives, given the added value provided by their precise knowledge of human and natural resources,
10	Hudacký	0		whereas the principle of excellence, which is appropriate mainly in the support of top priority scientific research, hinders healthy competition in the area of innovation support and prevents small players (innovative companies, technological and innovation centers, research centers) from accessing support programmes,
11	Riera Madurell	++	-	whereas a number of economic analyses have shown that there is a direct link between innovation and productivity,
12	Gierek	+	-	whereas it is recognised that innovation is one of the most progressive factors in social and economic development, particularly at local level,
13	Riera Madurell	0	-	whereas innovation makes it possible to maintain traditional sectors,

Recital D

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	+		having regard to the role of innovation in devising social models in EU Member States,
14	Riera Madurell	+		having regard to the role of innovation in devising social models in EU Member States and in particular its contribution to securing substantial improvements in working conditions,

Recital Da (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
15	Riera Madurell	+		whereas innovation can contribute to the integration of social groups such as the disabled,

Recital E

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		whereas services represent an underexploited innovation potential in the EU,
16	Hammerstein	++		delete
17	Rübig	+		whereas goods, services and processes represent an underexploited innovation potential in the EU,

Empty phrase

Recital F

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		whereas services represent an underexploited innovation potential in the EU,
18	Rübig	0		deleted

Recital Ia (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
24	Gierek	0	+	whereas innovation should be an integral part of education programmes at all levels of teaching,

Recital J

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
Original	Repporteur	0		whereas interdisciplinary teaching covering areas that overlap traditional subjects is a precondition for innovation,
25	Janowski	0	?	whereas education, including' interdisciplinary teaching covering areas that overlap traditional subjects is a precondition for innovation,

Recital Ka (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text'
26	Ransdorf	+		whereas knowledge, research and innovation are to help people to adapt to the changing world in the process of globalization that goes on throughout their lives,

Recital Ma (new)

Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
28	Ransdorf	0	-	whereas the earlier innovation is introduced into the production cycle, the greater the benefits for a knowledged-based economy, and the greater the social and environmental advantages,
29	Chatzimarkakis	--	+	whereas the definition of innovation in the OECD’s ‘Oslo Manual’ has received a broad interpretation and that definition is becoming the standard in the language used in the European institutions,
30	Chatzimarkakis	0	-	whereas the reduction of CO2 emissions in Europe is considered a priority and the innovation potentials at the root of this resolution must be fully exploited so as to compensate for the economic and social disadvantages of CO2 savings,

30: see Oslo Manual 2005, measures innovation but considers only patent quantity. The use of the phrase "Innovation" in EU document usually does not follow the OECD Oslo Manual definition. So the recital is factually wrong.

Provisions without proposed amendments

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Number	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
1	Rapporteur	+		Welcomes the Commission proposal to launch a new initiative for lead markets, aiming to facilitate the marketing of new, innovative products and services in areas where the EU can become the world leader;
8	Rapporteur	0		Notes the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, which provides for appropriate financial instruments, and the Commission communication entitled ‘Financing the growth of SMEs’, which sets out specific measures to increase risk capital investment;
12	Rapporteur	0		Notes the ‘Europe Innova’ initiative, which adopts a more dynamic approach to the creation and support of innovative enterprises in the services sector;
19	Rapporteur	+		Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European standards institutes, to adopt effective measures to strengthen institutional frameworks for adopting European standards;
23	Rapporteur	+		Notes the initiative of the Committee of the Regions to set up a network of regions within an interactive platform of local communities aiming to compare and exchange experience acquired while implementing the Lisbon Strategy;

Recitals

Letter	Submitter	Recommendation	Vote result	Text
A	Rapporteur	+		having regard to the state of progress of the Lisbon Strategy and consequently the importance of an even more extensive innovation strategy in view of global competition,
G	Rapporteur	+		having regard to the importance of institutional support for the process of innovation and copyright knowledge management,
I	Rapporteur	+		having regard to financing of innovation policy and the increasingly important role of public procurement and public-private partnerships,
K	Rapporteur	+		whereas lifelong learning can contribute to the development of knowledge about innovation, and promoting the information society helps to combat marginalisation on the job market,
M	Rapporteur	+		whereas the Seventh Framework Programme should facilitate the establishment of a stronger and more extensive European research area, focused on specific tasks,

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