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The Budget Committee is one of the three governing bodies of the UPC next to the Administrative Committee and the Advisory Committee.

The main tasks of the Budget Committee are in particular, 

  • to adopt the budget of the Court as proposed by the Presidium;
  • to approve the annual accounts and the annual report of the Court as submitted by the Presidium.

The Budget Committee comprises representatives from each state in which the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) is in force as well as observers. It is also possible for the Budget Committee to invite experts to its meetings.

A list of all the representatives can be found below.

Each state that is a member of the Committee has one vote. The Budget Committee adopts its decisions by a simple majority. However, a majority of three-quarters is needed for the adoption of the budget.

The Budget Committee elects a chairperson from amongst the members for a renewable term of three years. The Chairperson of the Budget Committee is currently Mr Bruno Leboullenger (FR), and the Deputy Chaiperson is Theis Bødker Jensen (DK).

The Budget Committee has its own Rules of Procedure.

COMPOSITION OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE

Chairperson:
Mr Bruno Leboullenger (FR)
Deputy Chairperson:
Mr Theis Bødker Jensen (DK)
  • AT: Austria
    Member:
    Mr Gerard Pilz
    Alternate member:
  • BE: Belgium
    Member:
    Mr Denis Mailleux
    Alternate member:
    Ben de Temmerman
  • BG: Bulgaria
    Member:
    Ms Olya Dimitrova
    Alternate member:
    Ms Maya Filipova-Demireva
  • DK: Denmark
    Member:
    Ms Laila Lindemark
    Alternate member:
    Joanna Lagermand
  • EE: Estonia
    Member:
    Ms Aasa Süld
  • FI: Finland
    Member:
    [active]
    Alternate member:
    [active]
  • FR: France
    Member:
    Mr Max Brunner
  • DE: Germany
    Member:
    Mr Christian Wichard
    Alternate member:
    Mr Johannes Karcher
  • IT: Italy
    Member:
    Mr Raffaele Farella
    Alternate member:
    Mr Vincenzo Rosa
  • LV: Latvia
    Member:
    Agris Batalauskis
  • LT: Lithuania
    Member:
    Rosita Pletienė
    Alternate member:
    Artūras Dembskis
  • LU: Luxembourg
    Member:
    Mr Jean Olinger
    Alternate member:
    Lisa Brouxel
  • MT: Malta
    Member:
    Vanessa Grech
    Alternate member:
    Eunice-Maria Fiorini
  • NL: Netherlands
    Member:
    Mr Thijs van den Heuvel
    Alternate member:
    Mr Paul van Beukering
  • PT: Portugal
    Member:
    Isabel Namora
    Alternate member:
    Jorge Tavares
  • SI: Slovenia
    Member:
    Ms Jana Lovšin
    Alternate member:
    Daša Vidmar Mikšić
  • SE: Sweden
    Member:
    Emilie Byfors
    Alternate member
    Anna Lindberg
  • RO: Romania
  • Czech Republic (CZ)
  • Hungary (HU)
  • Ireland (IE)
  • Poland (PL)
  • Slovakia (SK)
  • Spain (ES)

Unified Patent Court:

President of the Court of Appeal and President of the Court of First Instance, assisted by other members of the Presidium and by officials and staff of the Unified Patent Court.

Chairperson of the Administrative Committee: Mr Johannes Karcher (DE)

Chairperson of the Advisory Committee: Mr Willem Hoyng

  • European Commission;
  • European Patent Office – also acting as experts in the Budget Committee ;