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117 Amendments of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2013/0137(COD)

Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
The Committee on environment, public health and food safety calls on the Committee on agriculture and rural development, as the committee responsible, to reject the Commission proposal.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL On the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law) (Text with EEA relevance)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Professional operators shall ensure that plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market under their control fulfils the requirements of this Regulation.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Specific responsibilities of professional operators producing plant reproductive material
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the production, with a view to making available on the market, of plant reproductive material; andeleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Professional operators producing plant reproductive material shall:
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Professional operators shall ensure that plant reproductive material is traceable at all stages of production andthe entry and exit of each operator's premises involved in its making available on the market.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
For the purpose of paragraph 1, professional operators, with the exception of farmers exchanging seeds from their own farm on their own behalf and for their own account, and operators whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million, shall keep information allowing them to identify the persons to whom they have supplied plant reproductive material and the material concerned, unless that material has been supplied in retail.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
This Part shall apply to the production, with a view to making available on the market, and to the making available on the market of plant reproductive material other than forest reproductive material.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – title II
Production and mMaking available on the market of plant reproductive material belonging to genera and species listed in Annex I
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 189 #
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:
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they represent a significant area of production, larger than 0,1% of the total agricultural area of the European Union;
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they represent a significant value of production, larger than 0,1% of the total value of agricultural production of the European Union;
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind betweenbetween persons other than professional operators, or between professional operators and persons other than professional operators.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) they are produced or made available on the market by a significant number of more than 100 professional operators in the Union;
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind between persons other than professional operators.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d f (new)
(df) that is intended for forestry purposes
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d g (new)
(dg) produced by farmers on their own farm, on their own behalf and on their own account.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Production and mMaking available on the market of pre- basic, basic, certified and standard material
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market shall comply with:
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) shall not apply to productionquality requirements of plant reproductive material referred to in Article 14(3) and Article 36.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Plant reproductive material may be produced and made available on the market only if it belongs 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.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Plant reproductive material shall be produced in accordance with the production requirements set out in Part A of Annex II anSeed and potato seed shall be made available on the market only if it fulfils the quality requirements set out in Part B of Annex II.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph - 1 (new)
(-1) This article applies to potatoes and to species which are grown on more than 5% of the total agricultural area in the Union. These species are listed in Annex Ia.
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Where the official labels are produced by the competent authorities, as referred to in point (b) of Article 22, the competent authorities shall carry out all necessary field inspections, sampling and testing in accordance with the certification schemes, adopted pursuant to Article 20(2), to confirm compliance with the production and quality requirements adopted pursuant to Article 16(2).
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Notification of the intended production and certificationcertification with official label of pre-basic, basic and certified material
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title
Post certification tests for pre-basic, basic and certified material with official label
2013/12/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. Where the post certification tests show that pre-basic, basic or certified material has not been produced or made available on the market in compliance with the production and quality requirements referred to in Article 16(2), and with the certification schemes referred to in Article 20(2), the competent authorities shall ensure that the professional operator concerned takes the necessary corrective actions. Those actions shall ensure that the material concerned either complies with those requirements or is withdrawn from the market.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. If it is repeatedly found, during the post certification tests, that a professional operator produces or makes available on the market plant reproductive material which does not comply with the quality requirements referred to in Article 16(2), or with the certification schemes referred to in Article 20, the provisions of Article 26(2) shall apply.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32a Mixtures Mixtures of varieties and/or genera and species may be made available on the market with the following restrictions: (a) An official label may only be affixed to the mixture if all the ingredients of the mixture have been certified with an official label before. All other mixtures, including those containing genera and species not listed in Annex I shall be made available on the market as standard material. (b) The label of the mixture has to contain an ingredients list with at least the common name and the weight percentage of each ingredient.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
[…]deleted
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Professional operators shall ensure that plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market under their control fulfils the requirements of this Regulation.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Specific responsibilities of professional operators producing plant reproductive material
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – introductory part
Professional operators producing plant reproductive material shall:
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Preservation mixtures 1. Preservation mixtures may only be made available on the market as standard material. 2. In the case it is not possible to make a preservation mixture available on the market as standard material, an indication of the natural environment where the preservation mixture has been harvested shall be provided. This information shall at least include: (a) the date and the place of harvest; and (b) which plant societies are concerned.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Professional operators shall ensure that plant reproductive material is traceable at all stages of production andthe entry and exit of each operator's premises involved in its making available on the market.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is made available on the marketproduced in small quantities by persons other than professional operators, or by professional operators employing no more than ten persons and whose annual turnover or balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million;
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
For the purpose of paragraph 1, professional operators, with the exception of farmers exchanging seeds from their own farm on their own behalf and for their own account, and operators whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million, shall keep information allowing them to identify the persons to whom they have supplied plant reproductive material and the material concerned, unless that material has been supplied in retail.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
This Part shall apply to the production, with a view to making available on the market, and to the making available on the market of plant reproductive material other than forest reproductive material.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
This Title shall apply to the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material belonging to genera and species other than the ones listed in Annex I and to provisions of article 14 (3) (heterogeneous material), article 36 (niche markets) and article 57 (registration under officially recognised description).
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) in the case of seeds, it shall have satisfactory germination, as appropriate for the genera and species concerned, to allow an appropriate number of plants per area after sowing, and to ensure the maximumsufficient yield and quality of the production;
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format of the national variety registers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(3).deleted
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II
Production and mMaking available on the market of plant reproductive material belonging to genera and species listed in Annex I
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 353 #
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:
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they bear a denomination deemed suitable pursuant to Article 64 and Article 78 (3);
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they represent a significant area of production, larger than 0,1% of the total agricultural area of the European Union;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they represent a significant value of production, larger than 0,1% of the total value of agricultural production of the European Union;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) they are produced or made available on the market by a significant number ofmore than 100 professional operators in the Union;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species with particular importance for the satisfactory development of agriculture in the Union. Those genera or species shall be listed in accordance with the criteria set out in Part A of Annex IV.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species with particular importance for the sustainable development of agriculture in the Union. Those genera or species shall be listed in accordance with the criteria set out in Part B of Annex IV.
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Production and mMaking available on the market of pre- basic, basic, certified and standard material
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market shall comply with:
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) shall not apply to productionquality requirements of plant reproductive material referred to in Article 14(3) and Article 36.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Plant reproductive material may be produced and made available on the market only if it belongs 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.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) it may commonly cause its users difficulties as regards recognition or reproduction;deleted
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) it is identical to, or may be confused with, a variety denomination under which another variety of the same or of a closely related species is entered in a national variety register or in the Union variety register, or under which material of another variety has been made available on the market in a Member State or in a Member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, unless that other variety no longer remains in existence and its denomination has acquired no special significance; or the name of that variety is known to exist in literature or is accessible as traditional knowledge of local communities within the Union;
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) it is liable to give offence in one of the Member States or is contrary to public order;
2014/02/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Plant reproductive materialSeed and potato seed shall be produced in accordance with the production requirements set out in Part A of Annex II and shall be made available on the market only if it fulfils the quality requirements set out in Part B of Annex II.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The renewal of the registration of a variety in a national variety register shall only be granted if the following conditions are met:variety continues complying with the requirements of Article 56, and, where applicable of Article 57
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the variety continues complying with the requirements of Article 56, and, where applicable of Article 57;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the competent authority determines that a person is responsible for maintaining the variety in accordance with the provisions of Article 86.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 495 #
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.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. This article applies to potatoes and to species which are grown on more than 5% of the total agricultural area in the Union. These species are listed in Annex Ia.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86
Article 86 Variety maintenance 1. Varieties registered in a national variety register shall be maintained by the applicant or by any other person acting in mutual agreement with the applicant. That other person shall be notified by the applicant to the competent authority. 2. Variety maintenance shall take place in accordance with accepted practices concerning, as appropriate, genera, species or types of varieties. 3. The persons referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep records concerning the maintenance of the variety. It shall at all times be possible for the competent authority to check the maintenance of the variety from those records. Those records shall also cover the production of pre- basic, basic, certified and standard material, and the stages of production prior to pre-basic material. 4. Varieties provided with an officially recognised description shall be maintained in their region(s) of origin. 5. The competent authority shall carry out controls on the manner in which variety maintenance is carried out and may, to this purpose, take samples of the varieties concerned. 6. Where a competent authority finds that the person responsible for variety maintenance does not comply with paragraphs 1 to 4, it shall give that person the opportunity to take corrective action. 7. Where variety maintenance takes place in a Member State other than the Member State in whose national variety register the variety has been registered, the competent authorities of the two Member States concerned shall assist each other in the controls on variety maintenance. 8. Where variety maintenance takes place in a third country, the competent authorities of the Member State in whose national variety register the variety has been registered concerned shall request the third country's authorities assistance in the controls on variety maintenance.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2
2. Applicants employing fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million shall be exempted from the payment of the fees provided for in Article 87 and Article 88.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1
1. Varieties and clones registered in the Union variety register shall be maintained by the applicant, or by any other person acting in mutual agreement with the applicant. The other person shall be notified to the Agency.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authority shall take appropriate measures to, on request, make available the information contained in the files of the national variety register to any person requesting access to this information. This provision shall not apply whereas long as the information must be treated as confidential pursuant to Article 75.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 1
1. The Aagency shall notify the competent authorities and the Commission of, on request, make available the information contained in the files of the national variety register to any person requesting access to theis information required to access the Union variety register. This provision shall not apply as long as the information must be treated as confidential pursuant to Article 75.
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25
Where the official labels are produced by the competent authorities, as referred to in point (b) of Article 22, the competent authorities shall carry out all necessary field inspections, sampling and testing in accordance with the certification schemes, adopted pursuant to Article 20(2), to confirm compliance with the production and quality requirements adopted pursuant to Article 16(2).
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Notification of the intended production and certificationcertification with official label of pre-basic, basic and certified material
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title
Post certification tests for pre-basic, basic and certified material with official label
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. Where the post certification tests show that pre-basic, basic or certified material has not been produced or made available on the market in compliance with the production and quality requirements referred to in Article 16(2), and with the certification schemes referred to in Article 20(2), the competent authorities shall ensure that the professional operator concerned takes the necessary corrective actions. Those actions shall ensure that the material concerned either complies with those requirements or is withdrawn from the market.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. If it is repeatedly found, during the post certification tests, that a professional operator produces or makes available on the market plant reproductive material which does not comply with the quality requirements referred to in Article 16(2), or with the certification schemes referred to in Article 20, the provisions of Article 26(2) shall apply.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a Mixtures Mixtures of varieties and/or genera and species may be made available on the market with the following restrictions: (a) An official label may only be affixed to the mixture if all the ingredients of the mixture have been certified with an official label before. All other mixtures, including those containing genera and species not listed in Annex I shall be made available on the market as standard material. (b) The label of the mixture has to contain an ingredient's list with at least the common name and the weight percentage of each ingredient.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
[ ]deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a Preservation mixtures 1. Preservation mixtures may only be made available on the market as standard material. 2. In the case it is not possible to make a preservation mixture available on the market as standard material, an indication of the natural environment where the preservation mixture has been harvested shall be provided. This information shall at least include: (a) the date and the place of harvest; and (b) which plant societies are concerned.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it is made available on the marketproduced in small quantities by persons other than professional operators, or by professional operators employing no more than ten persons and whose annual turnover or balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part D – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the specific uses of the genera, species, or types of plant reproductive material concerned;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part A – point l
(l) the indication, where appropriate, that the plant reproductive material belongs to a variety with officially recognised description only, and indication of the region of origin of that variety;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part A – point b
(b) they are of vital importance for food processing, feed processing or industrial processing;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43 Imports on the basis of Union equivalence Plant reproductive material may be imported from third countries only if it is established, pursuant to Article 44, that it fulfils requirements equivalent to those applicable to plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market in the Union.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 a (new)
Article 43a Import conditions Imports to the Union of Plant reproductive material shall not be prohibited or restricted, except in one of the following cases: (a) It is prohibited by an existing trade agreement. (b) Import is explicitly prohibited by another Union act. (c) A demonstrable risk exists from plant disease, invasive species or other phytosanitary risk not already present and established in the Union. (d) A demonstrable risk of consumer fraud exists. (e) Materials are being made available on the market at subsidized prices or at a price so low it constitutes dumping, and the total commercial value exceeds 1 million Euros. (f) The PRM to be imported or its lot do not comply with the quality requirements of this Regulation for the respective species and categories and types of material.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. Where the export of plant reproductive material to a third country is neither governed by an agreement with a third country nor by the rules of the third country into which that plant reproductive material is to be exported, the requirements for production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material within the Union territory, as set out in Articles 13 to 42, shall apply.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47
This Title shall apply to the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material belonging to genera and species other than the ones listed in Annex I and for provisions of article 14 (3) (heterogeneous material), article 36 (niche markets) and article 57 (registration under officially recognised description).
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) in the case of seeds, it shall have satisfactory germination, as appropriate for the genera and species concerned, to allow an appropriate number of plants per area after sowing, and to ensure the maximumsufficient yield and quality of the production;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
2. Compliance with the requirements of points (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of paragraph 1 shall be assessed in light of the applicable international standard recommendations: (a) the Seed Scheme Rules and Regulations of OECD; (b) the seed potato standards of UNECE; (c) the rules on sampling and testing of the International seed testing association ISTA for the genera or species concerned; (d) and the rules of EPPO.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 708 #
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format of the national variety registers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(3).deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they bear a denomination deemed suitable pursuant to Article 64; and article 78 (3);
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 782 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species with particular importance for the satisfactory development of agriculture in the Union. Those genera or species shall be listed in accordance with the criteria set out in Part A of Annex IV.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species with particular importance for the sustainable development of agriculture in the Union. Those genera or species shall be listed in accordance with the criteria set out in Part B of Annex IV.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) in case the variety had been previously not registered in a national variety register or in the Union variety register and plant reproductive material belonging to that variety has been made available on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 800 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in case the variety had been previously registered in any national variety register or in the Union variety register on the basis of a technical examination pursuant to Article 71, but has been deleted from those registers more than five years before the submission of the current application and would not fulfil the requirements laid down in Articles 60, 61 and 62 and, where applicable, Article 58(1) and Article 59(1).
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it is produced in the region(s) of origin;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) a description of that variety is known to exist in literature or is accessible as traditional knowledge of local communities within the Union
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 831 #
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
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) in the case of a newly bred variety, the description delivered by the applicant is examined for correctness according to the respective technical guidance by the competent authority.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57a Registration of varieties developed for growing under particular conditions 1. A variety, which is developed for growing under particular conditions but with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production, may be registered in a national variety register on the basis of an officially recognised description if the following conditions are complied with, if the variety: (a) has not previously been registered in a national variety register or in the union variety register or has been registered in such register before this regulation has entered into force as a variety developed for growing under particular conditions; (b) does not comply with the conditions set out in article 57.1 (b); (c) complies with article 57.2 (b) and (c); (d) complies with article 57.4 (b); (e) is considered as having been developed for growing under particular agro- technical, climatic or soil conditions. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, setting out, with regard to making available on the market, of varieties with no intrinsic value belonging to particular genera and species, the maximum size of the packages, containers or bundles;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) it may commonly cause its users difficulties as regards recognition or reproduction;deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 878 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) it is identical to, or may be confused with, a variety denomination under which another variety of the same or of a closely related species is entered in a national variety register or in the Union variety register, or under which material of another variety has been made available on the market in a Member State or in a Member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, unless that other variety no longer remains in existence and its denomination has acquired no special significance; or the name of that variety is known to exist in literature or is accessible as traditional knowledge of local communities within the Union;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 882 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) it is liable to give offence in one of the Member States or is contrary to public order;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The renewal of the registration of a variety in a national variety register shall only be granted if the following conditions are met:variety continues complying with the requirements of Article 56, and, where applicable of Article 57;
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the variety continues complying with the requirements of Article 56, and, where applicable of Article 57;deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1000 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the competent authority determines that a person is responsible for maintaining the variety in accordance with the provisions of Article 86.deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1002 #
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.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1011 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86
[...]deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1017 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities shallmay charge fees to recover the necessary costs incurred for the following actions:
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1040 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2
2. Applicants employing fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million shall be exempted from the payment of the fees provided for in Article 87 and Article 88.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1
1. Varieties and clones registered in the Union variety register shall be maintained by the applicant, or by any other person acting in mutual agreement with the applicant. The other person shall be notified to the Agency.deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authority shall take appropriate measures to, on request, make available the information contained in the files of the national variety register to any person requesting access to this information. This provision shall not apply whereas long as the information must be treated as confidential pursuant to Article 75.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1093 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 1
1. The Aagency shall notify the competent authorities and the Commission of, on request, to make available the information contained in the files of the national variety register to any person requesting access to theis information required to access the Union variety register. This provision shall not apply as long as the information must be treated as confidential pursuant to Article 75.
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV (articles 105 to 139)
[...]deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part D – point c
(c) the specific uses of the genera, species, or types of plant reproductive material concerned;deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – point l
(l) the indication, where appropriate, that the plant reproductive material belongs to a variety with officially recognised description only, and indication of the region of origin of that variety;deleted
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Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part A – point b
(b) they are of vital importance for food processing, feed processing or industrial processing;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XIII – point 5
5. Directive 1999/105/ECdeleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI