BETA

28 Amendments of Agnès LE BRUN related to 2013/0137(COD)

Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) intended solely for, and maintained by, gene banks, officially recognised organisations and networks of conservation of genetic resources, or natural or legal persons belonging to those organisations or networks;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind between persons other than professional operators.final users;
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Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) ‘niche material’ means plant reproductive material producing varieties intended solely to be produced and made available on the local market and in limited quantities or intended for final users;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 5
(5) ‘making available on the market’ means the holding for the purpose of sale within the Union, including offering for sale or for any other form of transfer, and the sale, distribution, and import into, and export out of, the Union and other forms of transfer to other professional operators in the Union, whether free of charge or not;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 d (new)
(10d) ‘final users’ means final users as defined in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EU) No .../... on protective measures against pests of plants;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – point h
(h) make available to the competent authorities, on request, any contracts with third parties for the sale of reproductive material.
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Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Title shall apply to the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material belonging to genera and species which comply with one or more of the following criteria in one or more Member States, with the exception of material intended exclusively for ornamental use:
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to the purpose of ensuring food and feed security; andor
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The genera and species referred to in paragraph 2 are listed in Annex Ia.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species whose plant reproductive material may not be placed on the market as standard material, as referred to in paragraph 2 to amend Annex Ia in order to bring it into line with developments in technical knowledge, scientific knowledge and economic data.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) it is heterogeneous material in the meaning of point 2b of Article 14(3);3(1).
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) it is niche market material in the meaning of point 2a of Article 36(1).;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1(b) shall not apply to production requirements of plant reproductive material referred to in Article 14(3) and Article 36.deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, varieties intended exclusively for export or re-export to third countries shall be exempt from the requirement to belong to a variety included in a national variety register as referred to in Article 51 or in the Union variety register referred to in Article 52.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
[…]deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Derogations applicable to heterogeneous material 1. Article 13(1)(b) shall not apply to the requirements concerning the production of heterogeneous material. 2. Heterogeneous material shall be registered in the national variety register referred to in Article 51. However, its inclusion in the national register shall not prevent the subsequent registration of any uniform and stable variety, including those sharing common characteristics with the heterogeneous material in question. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 140 in order to determine: (a) by way of derogation from Article 14(1), the conditions under which the heterogeneous material may be produced and made available on the market without belonging to a variety registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51 or in the Union variety register referred to in Article 52, and without fulfilling the requirements relating to satisfactory value for cultivation and/or use or sustainable value for cultivation and/or use as set out in Articles 58 and 59; (b) the genera or species to which the provisions of this Article may apply; (c) the rules concerning the labelling and packaging of heterogeneous material; (d) the rules concerning the description of the material, including the breeding methods, the number of starting components of the same species, the parental material used, a description of the production system, the generation to be tested and the availability of standard samples; (e) the rules on traceability and lots; (f) the rules relating to information and samples of material which must be retained by professional operators and the maintenance of the material; (g) the establishment by the competent authorities of registers for heterogeneous material, the modalities for registration and the content of those registers; (h) the fees, and cost items for the calculation of those fees, concerning the registration of heterogeneous material referred to in point (d), in a manner ensuring that the fee does not constitute a barrier to the registration of the heterogeneous material concerned.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 b (new)
Article 14b Derogations applicable to niche material 1. Article 13(1)(b) shall not apply to the requirements concerning the production of niche material. 2. Niche material shall be registered free of charge in the national variety register referred to in Article 51 and labelled with the indication ‘niche material’. 3. The persons who produce niche market varieties shall keep records of the quantities of the material produced and made available on the market, for each genus, species or type of material. On request, they shall make those records available to the competent authorities. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 140 in order to determine: (a) by way of derogation from Article 14(1), the conditions under which the niche material may be produced and made available on the market without belonging to a variety registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51 or in the Union variety register referred to in Article 52; (b) the maximum size of packages, containers or bundles for the different genera or species concerned; (c) requirements concerning traceability, lots and labelling of the niche varieties concerned; (d) the modalities for making the material available on the market; (e) the rules concerning maintenance; (f) the rules concerning the local nature of the market.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
[ ]deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) they are not used as mere components for the creation or production of other varieties.
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Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) it is niche market material within the meaning of point 2a of Article 3(1);
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) it is heterogeneous material within the meaning of point 2b of Article 3(1).
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Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it is produced in the region(s) of origin;deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3
3. After the registration of a variety in a national variety register pursuant to paragraph 2(a), competent authorities may approve additional region(s) of origin for that variety.deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Descriptions of heterogeneous material or varieties intended for local markets or non-professional final users shall be supported by the results of previous official inspections or unofficial examinations or knowledge gained from practical experience during cultivation, reproduction and use. Their accuracy shall be supported by an appropriate technical examination carried out by the competent authority on the basis of a sample provided by the applicant.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, setting out specific rules concerning the suitability of variety denominations. Those rules may concern: (a) their relation to denominations of trade marks; (b) their relation to geographical indications or designations of origin for agricultural products; (c) written consents of holders of prior rights to remove impediments to the suitability of a denomination; (d) specific criteria to determine whether a denomination is misleading or confusing as referred to in paragraph 1(f); and (e) the use of a denomination in the form of a code.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 910 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) where applicable, a declaration that the variety has satisfactory value for cultivation and/or a use as referred to in Article 58(1) and/or sustainable value for cultivation and/or use as referred to in Article 59(1).
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1001 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authority may renew the registration of a variety in a national variety register, without an application for renewal being submitted pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2, where it considers that the renewal of that registration serves sustainable agricultural production and the preservation of genetic diversity, and that the conditions of paragraph 3 are fulfilled.deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I b (new)
ANNEX Ib GENERA AND SPECIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 12(3) THAT MAY BE PLACED ON THE MARKET ONLY IN CERTIFIED-SEED FORM Seed potato (Solanum tuberosum) Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Industrial chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) Distinction between industrial use and horticultural use CEREAL SPECIES Avena nuda L.: Small naked oat, Hulless oat Avena sativa L. (includes A. byzantina K. Koch): Oats and Red oat Avena strigosa Schreb.: Black oat, Bristle oat Hordeum vulgare L.: Barley Oryza sativa L.: Rice Phalaris canariensis L.: Canary grass Secale cereale L.: Rye Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench: Sorghum Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.: Sudan grass xTriticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus: Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale Triticum aestivum L.: Common wheat Triticum durum Desf.: Durum wheat Triticum spelta L.: Spelt wheat Zea mays L. (partim): Maize other than sweet corn and popcorn Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench × Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf.: Hybrids resulting from the crossing of Sorghum and Sudan grass Cereals by way of use (polygonaceae, thus not cereals) Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), certification compulsory in France, Germany and the Netherlands. FODDER PLANT SPECIES (a) Poaceae (Gramineae) Grasses Agrostis canina L. Velvet bent Agrostis gigantea Roth Redtop Agrostis stolonifera L. Creeping bent grass Agrostis capillaris L. Brown top Alopecurus pratensis L. Meadow foxtail Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl Tall oatgrass Bromus catharticus Vahl Rescue grass Bromus sitchensis Trin. Alaska brome- grass Dactylis glomerata L. Cocksfoot grass Festuca arundinacea Schreber Tall fescue Festuca filiformis Pourr. Fine-leaved sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina L. Sheep’s fescue Festuca pratensis Huds. Meadow fescue Festuca rubra L. Red fescue Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina Hard fescue Lolium multiflorum Lam. Italian ryegrass (including westerworlds) Lolium perenne L. Perennial ryegrass Lolium × boucheanum Kunth Hybrid ryegrass Phleum nodosum L. Small timothy Phleum pratense L. Timothy Poa nemoralis L. Wood meadowgrass Poa palustris L. Swamp meadowgrass Poa pratensis L. Smooth-stalked meadowgrass Poa trivialis L. Rough-stalked meadowgrass Trisetum flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. Golden oatgrass ×Festulolium Asch. & Graebn. Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Festuca and a species of the genus Lolium (b) Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Legumes Galega orientalis Lam. Fodder galega Lotus corniculatus L. Birdsfoot trefoil Lupinus albus L. White lupin Lupinus angustifolius L. Narrow-leaved lupin Lupinus luteus L. Yellow lupin Medicago lupulina L. Black medick Medicago sativa L. Lucerne Medicago × varia T. Martyn Sand lucerne Pisum sativum L. (partim) Field pea Trifolium alexandrinum L. Berseem/Egyptian clover Trifolium hybridum L. Alsike clover Trifolium incarnatum L. Crimson clover Trifolium pratense L. Red clover Trifolium repens L. White clover Trifolium resupinatum L. Persian clover Vicia faba L. (partim) Field beans Vicia sativa L. Common vetch Vicia villosa Roth Hairy vetch (c) Other species Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica (L.) Rchb. Swede Brassica oleracea L. convar acephala (DC) Alef. var. medullosa Thell. + var. viridis L. Fodder kale Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth. California bluebell Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers. Fodder radish OIL AND FIBRE PLANT SPECIES Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch Black mustard Brassica juncea (L.) Czern Brown mustard Brassica napus L. (partim) Swede rape Brassica rapa L. var. silvestris (Lam.) Briggs Turnip rape Cannabis sativa L. Hemp Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower Carum carvi L. Caraway Glycine max (L.) Merrill Soya bean Gossypium spp. Cotton Helianthus annuus L. Sunflower Linum usitatissimum L. (partim) Flax, linseed Papaver somniferum L. Poppy Sinapis Alba L. White mustard
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Committee: AGRI