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Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest
Amendments (12)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Reporting requirements play a key role in ensuring proper monitoring and correct enforcement of legislation. However, it is important to streamline those requirements and promote harmonised, standardised and digitalised procedures in order to ensure that they fulfil the purpose for which they were intended and to reduce bureaucracy while limiting the administrative and financial burden.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Enhanced clarity, transparency and coherence is needed to ensure the correct implementation of this Regulation as healthy plants are vital to sustainable agricultural and horticultural production and contribute to food security and food safety.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1 b) Adequate public funding should be ensured in order to successfully manage outbreaks of harmful pests and diseases for crop plants, as well as to stimulate research and innovation in this area. It is essential to tackle the links between plant, animal, ecosystems and public health from a One Health perspective. Thus, European plant health partnerships should be encouraged following the example of the European partnership on animal health and welfare funded through the Horizon Europe Framework Programme.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) As experience has shown during the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, it is more effective, for the purpose of co- ordination of phytosanitary policy at Union level, to notify the demarcated areas immediately after their establishment. Immediate notification of demarcated areas by a Member State to the other Member States, the Commission and the professional operators helps to become aware about the presence and spread of the pest concerned and to decide on next measures to be taken. Therefore, Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 should establish an obligation for Member States to notify the Commission and the other Member States of the demarcated areas immediately after their establishment, together with the pests concerned and the respective measures taken. Such obligation doesshould not add any new administrative or financial burden, because the immediate notification of demarcated areas is an existing obligation set out in Annex I, point 7.1, to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/171510 and is currently practised by all Member States. Setting out that obligation in Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 will further enhance clarity about the applicable rules concerning demarcated areas, while the respective obligation in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 should be removed to avoid overlaps of the respective provisions. __________________ 10 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components (the IMSOC Regulation) (OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, p. 37).
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) To adequately prepare for plant pests outbreaks and provide expert assistance to Member States for the implementation of swift efficient action against such outbreaks in their territories, a Union Plant Health Emergency Team (‘the team’) should be created. The purpose of this team should be to provide Member States, upon their request, with urgent assistance on the measures to be taken in order to protect the Union territory from possible outbreaks. The team could also provide third countries with urgent assistance, upon request of one or more Member States, concerning the outbreaks of Union quarantine pests in their territories or in third countries bordering the Union territory.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) During the implementation of that provision, certain Member States expressed their doubts concerning the precise scope of the term ‘measures’, and in particular whether it concerns actions taken in the context of imports or internal movement of goods, in order to prevent the entry and spread of the respective pest in the Union territory. Therefore, and for reasons of legal clarity and completeness, Article 30(1) should be amended to specifically indicate that those measures, which should be proportionate, may include the prohibition of the presence of the respective pest in the Union territory, and requirements concerning the introduction into, possession, multiplication, release and movement within, the Union of plants, plant products and other objects. This will ensure a coherent and uniform interpretation of the term "measures" in the context of the prevention and management of phytosanitary risks at European Union level.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) For purposes of clarity, consistency and transparency, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts providing for such derogations. For reasons of completeness, those acts should also set out the temporary and proportional measures [which are necessary to reduce the respective phytosanitary risk to an acceptable level and which allow the appropriate time for the full assessment of all pest risks, which are not yet fully assessed in relation to the particular plants, plant products or other objects. This will allow, once the respective assessment is completed, in accordance with the principles of Section 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, those plants, plant products or other objects to be kept in or removed from the list of commodities in accordance with Article 40(3) or Article 41(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should be empowered to adopt a delegated act, supplementing this Regulation by setting out procedures to be complied with for the listing of high risk plants, plant products and other objects. That procedure should include all of the following elements: the preparation, content and submission of the respective dossiers by the third countries concerned; the actions to be taken following the reception of those dossiers; the procedures on the performance of the respective risk assessment; the handling of dossiers concerning confidentiality and data protection. This is necessary because, experience has shown that a specified procedure in respect of listing high risk plants could guarantee transparency and consistency to Member States, third countries and the professional operators concerned, and, at the same time, creates a coherent and efficient system that not only responds to phytosanitary threats, but also facilitates international collaboration and promotes an ethical and transparent conduct in global risk management.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
(1 a) The following Article 19a is inserted after Article 19: ‘Article 19a Plant Health Emergency Team 1. A Union Plant Health Emergency Team (‘the team’) composed of experts shall be created with the purpose to provide Member States, upon their request, with urgent assistance on the measures to be taken pursuant to Articles 10 to 19, 27 and 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 concerning new outbreaks of Union quarantine pests and pests subject to the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30 of that Regulation. The team shall partake in EU-level simulation exercises pursuant to Article 26 of that Regulation. In well justified cases, the team may also provide urgent assistance to third countries bordering the Union territory or presenting an imminent phytosanitary risk for that territory, upon their request, where necessary, concerning the outbreaks in their territories of Union quarantine pests and pests subject to the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30 of that Regulation. For each case of assistance to a Member State or third country, the Commission shall appoint specific members of that team, on the basis of their expertise, and in consultation with that Member State or third country concerned. That assistance may include in particular: (a) scientific, technical and managerial on-the-spot or remote assistance as regards the eradication of the pests concerned, the prevention of their spread, and other measures, in close cooperation and collaboration with the competent authorities of the Member State or third country concerned by outbreaks of pests or suspicion thereof; (b) specific scientific advice on the suitable diagnostic methods in coordination with the relevant European Union reference laboratory referred to in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and with other reference laboratories, as appropriate; (c) specific assistance to support coordination among the competent authorities of the Member States or third countries and with those laboratories, as appropriate. The content, conditions planning and timing of that assistance shall be determined by the Commission in agreement with the Member State or third country concerned, and the respective Member State(s) delivering the expert(s). 2. Member States may submit to the Commission the list of experts they propose for designation as members of the team and keep it updated. On that occasion, Member States shall provide all relevant information on the professional profile and the field of expertise for each expert proposed. 3. Members of the team shall be entitled to an indemnity for their participation in the team’s on-the-spot activities, and where applicable, for serving as team leaders or rapporteurs on a specific mission question. That indemnity, reimbursement of travel and subsistence costs shall be paid by the Commission in accordance with the rules for the reimbursement of travel, subsistence and other expenses for experts.’
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4 a) In Article 26, the following paragraph is added: 4. Where appropiate, the Commission shall coordinate EU-level simulation exercises concerning the implementation of contingency plans for priority pests. Those exercises shall take place with regard to all priority pests concerned within a reasonable period of time and with the involvement of the Union Plant Health Emergency Team and relevant stakeholders. The Commission shall make available a report on the results of the EU-level simulation exercises to the Parliament.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
Article 103 – paragraph 1
Article 103 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall establish an easily accessible electronic system for the submission of notifications and reports by the Member States.;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 1, point (11) shall apply from … [612 months from the entry into force of this Regulation].