4 Amendments of Thomas ULMER related to 2012/0278(COD)
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
This Regulation does not apply to genetic resources for which access and benefit- sharing is governed by a specialised international instruments to which the Union is a Party.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Given the specific nature of biodiversity in the agricultural sphere, its characteristics and its problems, which call for specific solutions, this Regulation shall not apply to genetic resources for food and agriculture in so far as these fall within the scope of existing or future specialised instruments under Articles 4, 8c, 19 and 20 of the Nagoya Protocol.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The due diligence referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to subsequent uses of the product developed from the original resource (e.g. a plant variety) if the product is not a usable genetic resource.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Users shall declare to the competent authorities established under Article 6(1) that they exercised due diligence in accordance with Article 4 on the occasion of requesting market approval for a product developed on the basis of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with such resources, or at the time of commercialisation where a market approval is not required. This declaration shall not be required if the country of origin of the genetic resource used does not insist on Prior Informed Consent and Mutually Agreed Terms in accordance with Article 6 of the Nagoya Protocol.