Dear MEP,
VOTE, LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (JURI) ON TUESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER
HORIZON 2020 FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (BORYS OPINION)
PLEASE SUPPORT THE DRAFTSMAN’S (PIOTR BORYS) PROPOSED OPINION
I am writing to commend the
proposed Opinion report of Draftsman Piotr Borys which will by voted in
the Legal Affairs Committee(JURI) next Tuesday (18/9) on proposed
amendments to the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. In keeping with the
remit of the JURI Committee, the Opinion is confined to ethical and
legal issues. These have led him to propose the exclusion of research
on human embryos and human embryonic stem cells from funding under the
Horizon 2020 programme.
Since the last Framework
Programme for research funding (FPVII) was adopted there has been a
significant legal ruling from the European Court of Justice that has
ethical implications for this Programme. This landmark judgment in
October 2011[1]
ruled that any processes involving the use of embryonic stem cells
could not be patented in Europe because of both the Court’s
interpretation of the requirements of the relevant EU Directive[2]
and its judgment that such activity would be in breach of respect for
human dignity and therefore contrary to the EU Charter of Fundamental
Rights (see Borys’ Amendment 3 for more details). This would expose the
Programme if not amended to legal challenge after adoption in the view
of eminent legal experts (see below). We therefore request your SUPPORT for the Amendments (1-8) proposed by Draftsman Piotr Borys in his Opinion Report.
With regard to the other
tabled amendments, we would request your SUPPORT for AM 17 proposed by
Piotr Borys and that you consider VOTING AGAINST AMs 11-14 & 19
because they are incompatible with the purpose of amendments 2, 4 & 8
in the Opinion Report.
A fuller briefing giving 5
reasons why research which depends on the destruction of human embryos
should not be funded is attached, as well as the full text of the legal
opinions quoted below.
Yours sincerely,
DAVID FIELDSEND
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