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2023/0133(COD)COM(2023)232JURI

Standard essential patents

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

Stage
EP position adopted, reached 28 Feb 2024
Procedure
Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Marion Walsmann (EPP)
Lead DG
DG GROW
Commissioner
Stéphane Séjourné
Council configuration
Competitiveness Council
Last activity
6 Oct 2025
Legal basis
TFEU_2016 Art. 114; TFEU_2016 Art. 294
35 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Withdrawal by Commission, 6 Oct 2025.

Show the earlier record: 20 dates, 9 May 2022 to 27 Feb 2024
  1. 9 May 2022
    • Call for evidence closed: Standard Essential Patents, 157 responses · Commission
    • Public consultation closed: Standard Essential Patents, 75 responses · Commission
  2. 27 Apr 2023
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  3. 28 Apr 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 15 Jun 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
    • Referred to committee
  5. 21 Jun 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 14 Jul 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 10 Aug 2023
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Standard Essential Patents, 78 responses · Commission
  8. 11 Sept 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  9. 25 Sept 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 2 Oct 2023
    • Committee opinion tabled
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  11. 16 Oct 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 18 Oct 2023
    • Committee opinion tabled
  13. 31 Oct 2023
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  14. 7 Nov 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 28 Nov 2023
    • Committee opinion adopted
  16. 4 Dec 2023
    • Committee opinion adopted
  17. 24 Jan 2024
    • Committee report adopted
  18. 30 Jan 2024
    • Tabled for plenary
  19. 1 Feb 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  20. 27 Feb 2024
    • Debate in plenary
  1. 28 Feb 2024
    • EP position at first reading
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Plenary vote
  2. 3 Jul 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 11 Jul 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referred to committee
  5. 18 Dec 2024
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  6. 8 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  7. 22 May 2025
    • Deliberations in Council
  8. 6 Oct 2025
    • Withdrawal by Commission
17 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurMarion WalsmannEPPDEJURI
Shadow rapporteurAdrián Vázquez LázaraRenewESJURI
Shadow rapporteurEmmanuel MaurelThe LeftFRJURI
Shadow rapporteurGilles LebretonPfEFRJURI
Shadow rapporteurKosma ZłotowskiECRPLJURI
Shadow rapporteurPatrick BreyerGreens/EFADEJURI
Shadow rapporteurTiemo WölkenS&DDEJURI
Rapporteur for opinionDita CharanzováRenewCZIMCO
Rapporteur for opinionDanuta Maria HübnerEPPPLINTA
Shadow rapporteur for opinionBernd LangeS&DDE
Shadow rapporteur for opinionEmmanouil FragkosECREL
Shadow rapporteur for opinionEmmanuel MaurelThe LeftFR
Shadow rapporteur for opinionFrancisco GuerreiroGreens/EFAPT
Shadow rapporteur for opinionKosma ZłotowskiECRPL
Shadow rapporteur for opinionMaria da Graça CarvalhoEPPPT
Shadow rapporteur for opinionMaria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUESS&DPT
Shadow rapporteur for opinionReinhard BütikoferGreens/EFADE
662 amendments

Amendments

Tabled on 31 Oct 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • JURI662

By author

  • René Repasi139
  • Tiemo Wölken139
  • Bart Groothuis83
  • Adrián Vázquez Lázara58
  • Angelika Niebler12
  • Kosma Złotowski8
  • Marion Walsmann1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 301 of the 662 amendments.

By article

  • Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a5
  • Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b5
  • Article 1 – paragraph 45
  • Article 18 – paragraph 65
  • Article 34 – paragraph 45
  • Article 38 – paragraph 25
  • Article 38 – paragraph 3 – point a5
  • Article 55 – paragraph 25
  • Recital 45
  • Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part4
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point a4
  • Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a4
  • Article 27 – paragraph 34
  • Article 38 – paragraph 3 – point b4
  • Article 38 – paragraph 4 – introductory part4
  • Article 38 – paragraph 4 – point a4
  • Article 38 – paragraph 4 – point b4
  • Article 38 – paragraph 54
  • Article 39 – paragraph 14
  • Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c4
  • Article 42 – paragraph 24
  • Article 45 – paragraph 24
  • Article 45 – paragraph 34
  • Article 46 – paragraph 34
  • Article 47 – paragraph 24
  • Article 50 – paragraph 34
  • Article 55 – paragraph 14
  • Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b4
  • Recital 204
  • Recital 354

Covers 129 of the 662 amendments.

13 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.

ConsultationFeedback deadlineFeedback received
10 Aug 2023310

Summary

Generated

This proposal establishes a framework for licensing standard essential patents (SEPs) within the EU intellectual property system, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1001. It addresses harmonisation of technical specifications and patent licensing rules, affecting patent holders, implementers, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

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