18 Amendments of Ondřej KNOTEK related to 2023/0226(COD)
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007(47 ) prohibits the use of GMOs and products from and by GMOs in organic production. It defines GMOs for the purposes of that Regulation by reference to Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding from the prohibition GMOs which have been obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex 1.B of Directive 2001/18/EC. As a result, category 2 NGT plants will be banned in organic production. However, it is necessary to clarify the status of category 1 NGT plants for the purposes of organic production. The use of new genomic techniques is currently incompatible with the concept of organic production in the Regulation (EC) 2018/848 and with consumers’ perception of organic products. The use of category 1 NGT plants should therefore be also prohibiAs category 1 NGT plants could also have been obtained with conventional breeding techniques, their use should be permitted in organic production. _________________ 47 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Plant varieties that may arise and occur naturally or may be produced by conventional breeding or are considered to be conventional plants (such NGT plants) should not be subject to Patent legislation but to Plant Variety Rights legislation, which allows the use of the so- called Plant breeders ‘exemption and Farm saved Seeds exemption‘.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Verification procedure of category 1 NGT plant status prior to the deliberate release for any other purpose than placing on the market
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. If the verification request is not deemed inadmissible in accordance with paragraph 5, the competent authority shall verify whether the NGT plant fulfils the criteria set out in Annex I and prepare a verification report within 30 working days from the date of receipt of a verification request. The competent authority shall make available the verification reportask the European Food Safety Authority ('the Authority') for scientific opinion on the verification report and shall make it available to the other Member States and to the Commission without undue delay.
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The other Member States and the Commission may make commentsreasoned comments together with scientific justification as regards the fulfilment of the criteria set out in Annex I, to the verification report within 20 days from the date of receipt of that report.
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission, after having consulted the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Acompetent authority’), shall prepare a draft decision declaring whether the NGT plant is a category 1 NGT plantadopts its decision based on EFSA's opinion within 4520 working days from the date of receipt of the comment(s), taking the latter into account. The decision shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(2)EFSA's opinion. The competent authority shall transmit the decision without undue delay to the requested, to other Member States and to the Commission.
Amendment 1052 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
A NGT plant prepared by new genomic techniques is considered equivalent to a conventional plants when if it differs from the recipient/parental plant by no more than 20only by genetic modifications of the types referred to in points 1 to 5, in any DNA sequence sharing sequence similarity with the targeted site that can be predicted by bioinformatic tools4 which can be combined with each other.
Amendment 1066 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Criteria specific for the use of targeted mutagenesis on the condition that the number of modifications per any gene cannot exceed 3;
Amendment 1067 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 b (new)
Annex I – point 1 b (new)
(1b) Criteria specific for the use of cisgenesis on the condition that only one modification can occur per one genome site;
Amendment 1074 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – introductory part
Annex I – point 3 – introductory part
(3) on the condition that the genetic modification does not interrupt an endogenous gene or that the resulting DNA sequences context in the recipient plant already occurs in a species from the breeders’ gene pool :
Amendment 1083 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point a
Annex I – point 3 – point a
(a) targeted insertion of a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;
Amendment 1089 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point b
Annex I – point 3 – point b
(b) targeted substitution of an endogenous DNA sequence with a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;
Amendment 1091 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point b a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) translocation of a continuous endogenous DNA sequence existing in the breeders’ gene pool;
Amendment 1097 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 5
Annex I – point 5