Compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations

P10_TA(2025)0319

Committee on Legal Affairs

PE781.113

European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 December 2025 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 (10498/2/2025 – C10-0281/2025 – 2023/0129(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (10498/2/2025 – C100281/2025),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 September 2023,

– having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0224),

– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A10-0246/2025).

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

2. Takes note of the statement by the Commission annexed to this resolution, which will be published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union;

3. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

4. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

5. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

6. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Commission statement concerning Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 on the occasion of the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/2645 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) No 816/2006

The Commission commits to present a report to the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Economic and Social Committee on Regulation (EC) No 816/2006, in line with Article 19 of that Regulation.