Overview
The European Union supports the multilateral mechanism and the Cali Fund under Decision 16/2 as the globally relevant fund for DSI benefit-sharing, while maintaining that contributions should remain voluntary and that open access to DSI in public databases must be preserved. It has opposed user registration and other compliance requirements on DSI users, and supports the position that European companies should not be subject to mandatory contributions. The EU proposed naming the list as “list of sectors or subsectors that directly or indirectly benefit from the use of DSI in their commercial activities. The EU advocates an implementation-first approach, holding that the current modalities should be tested in practice before additional modalities are adopted, and calls for collective efforts to capitalise the Fund. It places particular emphasis on legal certainty, the practical value of Cali Fund certificates, and the avoidance of stacking of benefit-sharing obligations.
Goals
- Keep contributions voluntary, with no mandatory obligations on European companies
- Preserve open access to DSI in public databases, with no user registration or compliance requirements
- Test existing modalities in practice before adopting new ones
- Give Cali Fund certificates practical legal value and prevent stacking of obligations