7 Amendments of Norbert LINS related to 2023/0226(COD)
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Based on the current scientific and technical knowledge in particular on safety aspects, this Regulation should be limited to GMOs that are plants, i.e. organisms in the taxonomic groups Archaeplastida or Phaeophyceae, excluding microorganisms, fungi and animals for which the available knowledge is more limited. The available knowledge for other organisms, such as microorganisms, fungi and animals, will be reviewed in view of a future proposal. For the same reason, this Regulation should only cover plants obtained by certain NGTs: targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis (including intragenesis) (hereinafter ‘NGT plants’), but not by other new genomic techniques. Such NGT plants do not carry genetic material from non-crossable species. GMOs produced by other new genomic techniques that introduce into an organism genetic material from non- crossable species (transgenesis) should remain subject only to the Union GMO legislation, given that the resulting plants might bear specific risks associated to the transgene. Moreover, there is no indication that current requirements in the Union GMO legislation for GMOs obtained by transgenesis need adaptation at the present time.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Category 1 NGT plants and products should not be subject to the rules and requirements of the Union GMO legislation and to provisions in other Union legislation that apply to GMOs. For legal certainty for operators and transparency, a declaration of the category 1 NGT plant status should be obtained prior to deliberate release, including the placing on the market. NGT plants that could also occur naturally or be produced by conventional breeding techniques and their progeny obtained by conventional breeding techniques (‘category 1 NGT plants’) should be treated as plants that have occurred naturally or have been produced by conventional breeding techniques. The biological material of plant breeding, which may also occur in nature, must be widely available for plant breeding. Category 1 plants, their derived seed, their plant material, associated genetic material such as genes and gene sequences, and plant traits shall be excluded from patentability.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) For reasons of proportionality, after a first renewal of the authorisation, the authorisation should be valid for an unlimited period, unless decided differently at the time of that renewal based on the risk assessment and the available information on the NGT plant concerned, subject to reassessment when new information has become availableAfter successful authorisation of a NGT-plant based on scientific criteria, the authorisation should be valid for an unlimited period.
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Category 1 NGT plants are subject to the same legal framework as conventionally bred plants, in particular with regard to plant breeders’ rights and to self-propagation.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By way of derogation, category 1 plants and their derived seeds cannot be patented.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
(7) The other Member States and the Commission may make comments to the verification report within 20 working days from the date of receipt of that report.
Amendment 1061 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
Annex I – point 1
(1) substitution or insertion of no more than 20 nucleotides; Multiple repeats of the same nucleotide sequences are counted singularly and as one genetic modification;