We warmly welcome the announcement from the EU Commission that plants and
animals obtained by “essentially biological” breeding are non-patentable”.
“This is an important step towards plant and animal sovereignty”, said Tarry Bolger, Managing Director of BDA Certification, “The UK and International Biodynamic and Demeter organisations have been championing this issue for many years now and we look forward to the EU Parliament and Council taking this forward to ensure it becomes enshrined in law”.
http://www.ifoam-eu.org/en/news/2016/11/04/no-patents-seeds-press-release
EU Commission says plants and animals derived from conventional breeding should be regarded as non-patentable