Compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) 816/2006

Tabled by Helmut Scholz, Bernd Lange

(30) Customs authorities should Removed: ensure, through a risk analysis approach, Added: ensure that products manufactured under a Union compulsory license are not Removed: exported. Added: exported, except when allowed by relevant Union legislation or the flexibilities envisaged in the TRIPS Agreement. To identify such products, the Removed: main source of information to feed such customs risk-analysis should be Added: custom authorities should take into account the Union compulsory Removed: license itself. Added: license. Information on each implementing act granting or modifying a Union compulsory license … System (CRMS) referred to in Article 36 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) Removed: 2015/244710 . Added: 2015/244710. When customs authorities identify a product that is suspected not to comply with the export Removed: prohibition, they should suspend the export of that product and Added: restriction, they should notify the Commission immediately. The Commission should reach a conclusion on the compliance with the export Removed: prohibition Added: restriction within 10 working days, but should have the possibility of requiring the customs authorities to maintain the suspension where necessary. To help its Removed: assessment the Commission may Added: assessment, the Commission should be able to consult the relevant Removed: rights-holder. Added: rights-holder and other relevant stakeholders. Where the Commission concludes that a product does not comply with the export Removed: prohibition, Added: restriction, customs authorities should refuse its export. 10 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 …

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE760.448