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OPINION on the 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)
Amendments (235)
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
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)
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE 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) (This amendment applies throughout the whole text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout the text)
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82
Recital 82
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This RegulationDirective lays down rules on: (This amendment applies throughout the whole text.)
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
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.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) produced by farmers on their own farm, on their own behalf and on their own account.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘plant reproductive material’ means seed and other propagating material; (2a) 'seed' means seeds of plants intended for cultivation; (2b) 'other propagating material' means parts of plant(s) capable of, and intended for, producing entire plants;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘making available on the market’ means the holding for the purpose of sale within the Union, including offering for sale or for any other form of transfer, and the sale, distribution, import into, and export out of, the Union and other forms of transfer by a professional operator and aimed at commercial exploitation, whether free of charge or not;
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) ‘professional operator’ means any natural or legal person carrying out, as a profession, at least one of the following activities with regard to plant reproductive material aimed at commercial exploitation:
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘variety maintenance’ means the actions to ensure that a variety remains consistent with its descagronomically relevant characteripstioncs;
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(10a) 'heterogeneous material' means plant reproductive material that does not belong to a variety as defined in Article 10(1), and is not a mixture of varieties protected by any intellectual property right.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) they are produced or made available on the market by a significant number of professional operators in the Union;
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Plant reproductive material may only be produced andOperators take the decision to make available on the market plant reproductive material as standard material or as material undergoing certification. In the case of material undergoing certification, plant reproductive material shall be made available on the market, under one of the following categories:
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the registration requirements set out in Section 2, with the exception of standard material;
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 (a) and 1 (b) shall not apply to production requirements of plant reproductive material referred to in Article 14(3) and Article 36.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
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 or if a description of the plant reproductive material is available to the purchaser.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Making available on the market of heterogeneous material Plant reproductive material may be produced and made available on the market as heterogeneous material, registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51, on the basis of an officially recognised description. This includes inter alia : a) Landraces, conservation varieties or selections thereof which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 62 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, b) Multicomponent varieties derived from open pollination (polycross) of a defined set of parental lines which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 62 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, c) Open pollinated varieties and populations of completely or partially outcrossing species which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 61 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, d) Population crosses between open pollinated populations or open pollinated varieties with high level of heterogeneity, e) Composite cross populations derived from crosses of defined parental lines and evolved in a certain environment with a high level of heterogeneity and high plasticity needed for adaptation to changing environmental conditions. 2) Heterogeneous material is obtained through methods which respect natural crossing barriers. 3) The making available on the market of heterogeneous material shall comply with the provisions of Title III of Part III of this act.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a Making heterogeneous material available on the market 1. Plant reproductive material may be made available on the market as heterogeneous material, and registered in a national variety register as referred to in Article 51 on the basis of an officially recognised description. This includes inter alia a) Landraces, conservation varieties or selections thereof which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 62 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, b) multicomponent varieties derived from open pollination (polycross) of a defined set of parental lines which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 62 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, c) Open pollinated varieties and populations of completely or partially outcrossing species which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 61 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, d) Population crosses between open pollinated populations or open pollinated varieties with high level of heterogeneity, e) Composite cross populations derived from crosses of defined parental lines and evolved in a certain environment with a high level of heterogeneity and high plasticity needed for adaptation to changing environmental conditions. 2. Heterogeneous material is obtained through methods which respect natural crossing barriers. 3. The making available on the market of heterogeneous material shall comply with the provisions of Title III of this act.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
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 and shallundergoing official certification may be made available on the market only if it fulfils the quality requirements set out in Part B of Annex II.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. During processing, packaging, storage, transport or at delivery, lots of plant reproductive material may be split into two or more lots. In that case the professional operator shall keep records concerning the origin of the new lots except when there is no more than one intermediary between the producer and the user and all professional operators concerned supply the same local or regional markets.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Pre-basic, basic or certified material shallmay be certified and identified through an official label (‘official label’).
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) This article should under no circumstances prevent the use of national or private labels and certification schemes.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The official label and the operator's label shall contain the information set out in Part A of Annex III.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, setting out requirements, further to the requirements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, for official labels and operators' labels. Those requirements shall concern one or more of the following elements:
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 7
Article 21 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt the format(s) of the official label and operator's label. Those formats may be adopted per genera or species. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(3).
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Operators' labels shall be produced and affixed by the professional operator after verifying through its own inspections, sampling and testing, that the plant reproductive material complieis wfith the production and quality requirements as referred to in Article 16 for purpose and the properties of the plant reproductive material comply with the indications on the label.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. The official label and the operator's label shall be produced with reference to a lot. The operators' label shall be produced with reference to a lot only if the lot concerned is bigger than what is typically required to cultivate one hectare. They shall be affixed, where applicablenecessary, to individual plants or on the outside of packages, containers and bundles.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If a lot is split into more lots, a new official label or operator's label shall be issued for each lot. If several lots are merged into a new lot, a new official label or operator's label shall be issued for that new lot. These requirements shall not apply to local circulation of plant reproductive material.
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is made availables first placed on the market 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;using in a seasonal year an area for producing plant reproductive material not larger than the area defined in Art.8 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1765/9221c in its last day of validity, and not smaller than 5 ha; 21c OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 12–20
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3
Article 36 – paragraph 3
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 a (new)
Article 43 a (new)
Article 43 a 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 in relation to 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 that 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.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3
Article 48 – paragraph 3
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Where the plant reproductive material concerned is not more than what is typically required to cultivate one hectare, the plant reproductive material is exempted from labelling requirements provided for in this Article.
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50
Article 50
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the official description of the variety, or, where, applicable, the officially recognised description of the variety with an indication of the region(s) where the variety has historically been grown and to which it is naturally adapted (‘region(s) of origin’);
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) where applicable, the indication that the variety has been bred using non- traditional breeding methods, including an enumeration of all the methods used for obtaining that variety.
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) The genealogical components of the variety.
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54
Article 54
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) where applicable, the indication that the variety to which the clone belongs has been registered with an officially recognised description, including the region of origin of that variety;
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. VAn operator may decide to apply for an official or an officially recognised description. If so, varieties may be registered in a national variety register pursuant to Chapter IV, or in the Union variety register pursuant to Chapter V, only if they fulfil the following requirements:
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In order to be registered in a national variety register pursuant to Chapter IV, varieties shallmay fulfil, in addition to the requirements set out in paragraph 1, the following requirements:
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) in case they belong to genera or species with particular importance for the satisfactory development of agriculture in the Union, as referred to in paragraph 5, they havemay be tested for a satisfactory value for cultivation and/or use pursuant to Article 58;
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 56 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) in case they belong to genera or species with particular importance for the sustainable development of agriculture in the Union, as referred to in paragraph 6, they havemay be tested for a sustainable value for cultivation and/or use pursuant to Article 59;
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 5
Article 56 – paragraph 5
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 6
Article 56 – paragraph 6
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a
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;
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b
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).
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
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.
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3
Article 57 – paragraph 3
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
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.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The design, criteria and conditions of examination shall take into account the targeted use of the variety, in particular as regards climatic and environmental conditions and/or low input or organic farming conditions.
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Article 60 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the official description, referred to in point (a) of Article 56(2) and (3), a variety shall be deemed to be distinct, if it is clearly distinguishable, by reference to the expression of that least one characteristics that results from a particular genotype or combination of genotypes, from any other variety whose existence is commonly known on the date of the application determined pursuant to Article 70, whereas the variety type and mode of reproduction is recognised as a characteristic of distinctness.
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 60 – 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
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of the official description, referred to in point (a) of Article 56(2) and (3), a variety shall be deemed to be uniform if, subject to the variation that may be expected from the particular features of its reproduction and type, it is sufficiently uniform in the expression of those characteristics which are included innecessary to pass the examination for distinctness, as well as in the expression of any other characteristics used for its official description.
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The respective examination designs shall take into account that reference varieties must be equal to the tested variety regarding the particular features of its variety type and mode of reproduction.
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of the official description referred to in point (a) of Article 56(2) and (3), a variety shall be deemed to be stable if the expression of those characteristics which are included in the examination for distinctness, as well as any other characteristics used for the variety description, remains in principle unchanged after repeated reproduction or, in the case of cycles of reproduction, at the end of each such cycle. Variations that can be attributed to the particular features of its variety type, mode of reproduction or changed environmental conditions are to be accepted.
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4
Article 64 – paragraph 4
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – title IV – chapter III – section 2
Part III – title IV – chapter III – section 2
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) where applicable, the indication that the variety has been breed using non- traditional breeding methods, including an enumeration of all the methods used for obtaining that variety;
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3
Article 67 – paragraph 3
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. The description is adapted to the variety type and mode of reproduction. Where, as a result of the formal examination, the application is found to comply with the content requirements referred to in Article 67 and the format adopted pursuant to Article 68, a technical examination of the variety shall be carried out for the purpose of establishing an official description. The modes of technical examination and of establishing an official description shall take into account the variety type and mode of reproduction.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
On request submitted by the applicant to the competent authority, the technical examination shall be carried out under specific climatic conditions in the member state the competent authority is responsible for.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 5
Article 71 – paragraph 5
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73
Article 73
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74
Article 74
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 1
Article 75 – paragraph 1
1. Where, in the framework of the technical examination referred to in Article 71(1), an examination of the genealogical components is necessary, the results of that examination and the description of the genealogical components shall be treated as confidential, if the applicant so requests. The genealogical composition of the variety shall only be kept confidential until the variety is registered in the Union variety register or a national variety register.
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 2
Article 75 – paragraph 2
2. In the case of varieties of plant reproductive material intended exclusively for the production of agricultural raw materials for industrial purposes, and if so requested by the applicant, the results of the technical examination referred to in Article 71(1) and the intended uses of those varieties shall be treated as confidential. The result of the technical examination and the intended uses shall only be kept confidential until the variety is registered in the union variety register or a national variety register.
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The competent authority shall collect any complaint that a denomination has been misused. Once a complaint has been received, the competent authority shall assess if the denomination has been misused and the reasons that have oriented the choice of the applicant to misuse the denomination. (a) where the assessment reveals that the applicant involuntarily misused an existing denomination, the competent authority shall make this denomination unique and distinguishable from the misused one by changing or amending it. The applicant may suggest proposals for the changed or amended denomination; (b) where the assessment reveals that the applicant could not have been unaware that he misused an existing denomination, the competent authority shall adopt a decision deleting registration according to Article 85 (1) (a) or (g).
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On request by the applicant or a third party, the competent authority may allow a variety deleted from the national variety register in accordance to paragraph 1(b), 1(c), 1(d), 1(e), 1(f) or 1(h) to continue to be made available on the market until 30 June of the third year following the deletion from the register.
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3
Article 85 – paragraph 3
3. After a variety is deleted from the national variety register, the competent authority shall submit a sample of that variety, and its description, and in the case of a hybrid including its parent lines, to a gene bank dedicated to the conservation of genetic resources.
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
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. Any other person may notify the competent authority with reference to a registered variety that that person is acting as an additional maintainer.
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2
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 millionbeing microenterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC 21g shall be exempted from the payment of the fees provided for in Article 87 and Article 88. 21g OJ, L 124, 20.5.2003, p.36
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 4
Article 103 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authority shall, on request, take appropriate measures to make available the information contained in the files of the national variety register to any person requesting access to this information. This access has to be granted free of charge and by electronic means. This provision shall not apply whereas long as the information must be treated as confidential pursuant to Article 75.
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 4
Article 104 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency shall take appropriate measures to make available, on request, the information contained in the files of the Union variety register to any person requesting access to that information. This access has to be granted free of charge and by electronic means. This provision shall not apply whereas long as the information must be treated as confidential under Article 75.
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV
Part IV
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 146 – paragraph 1
Article 146 – paragraph 1
This RegulationDirective shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 146 – paragraph 3
Article 146 – paragraph 3
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in allDirective is addressed to the Member States.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 7
Annex 1 – point 7
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 8
Annex 1 – point 8
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 9
Annex 1 – point 9
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 10
Annex 1 – point 10
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 11
Annex 1 – point 11
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 12
Annex 1 – point 12
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 13
Annex 1 – point 13
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 14
Annex 1 – point 14
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 15
Annex 1 – point 15
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 19
Annex 1 – point 19
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 20
Annex 1 – point 20
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 21
Annex 1 – paragraph 21
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 23
Annex 1 – point 23
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 26
Annex 1 – point 26
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 27
Annex 1 – point 27
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 30
Annex 1 – point 30
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 31
Annex 1 – point 31
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 33
Annex 1 – point 33
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 34
Annex 1 – point 34
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 35
Annex 1 – point 35
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 36
Annex 1 – point 36
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 37
Annex 1 – point 37
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 38
Annex 1 – point 38
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 40
Annex 1 – point 40
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 42
Annex 1 – point 42
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 43
Annex 1 – point 43
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 46
Annex 1 – point 46
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 47
Annex 1 – point 47
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 48
Annex 1 – point 48
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 49
Annex 1 – point 49
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 50
Annex 1 – point 50
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 51
Annex 1 – point 51
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 52
Annex 1 – point 52
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 53
Annex 1 – point 53
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 54
Annex 1 – point 54
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 55
Annex 1 – point 55
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 56
Annex 1 – point 56
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 57
Annex 1 – point 57
Amendment 565 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 58
Annex 1 – point 58
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 60
Annex 1 – point 60
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 62
Annex 1 – point 62
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 63
Annex 1 – point 63
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 64
Annex 1 – point 64
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 66
Annex 1 – point 66
Amendment 571 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 67
Annex 1 – point 67
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 69
Annex 1 – point 69
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 71
Annex 1 – point 71
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 72
Annex 1 – point 72
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 75
Annex 1 – point 75
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 77
Annex 1 – point 77
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 78
Annex 1 – point 78
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 81
Annex 1 – point 81
Amendment 579 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 82
Annex 1 – point 82
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 83
Annex 1 – point 83
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 89
Annex 1 – point 89
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 90
Annex 1 – point 90
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 93
Annex 1 – point 93
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 94
Annex 1 – point 94
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 95
Annex 1 – point 95
Amendment 586 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 96
Annex 1 – point 96
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 97
Annex 1 – point 97
Amendment 588 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 98
Annex 1 – point 98
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 100
Annex 1 – point 100
Amendment 590 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 101
Annex 1 – point 101
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 102
Annex 1 – point 102
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 103
Annex 1 – point 103
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 104
Annex 1 – point 104
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 105
Annex 1 – point 105
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 107
Annex 1 – point 107
Amendment 596 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 108
Annex 1 – point 108
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 109
Annex 1 – point 109
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 110
Annex 1 – point 110
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 111
Annex 1 – point 111
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 126
Annex 1 – point 126
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 127
Annex 1 – point 127
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 128
Annex 1 – point 128
Amendment 603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 129
Annex 1 – point 129
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 130
Annex 1 – point 130
Amendment 605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 131
Annex 1 – point 131
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 134
Annex 1 – point 134
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 136
Annex 1 – point 136
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 137
Annex 1 – point 137
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 138
Annex 1 – point 138
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 139
Annex 1 – point 139
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 140
Annex 1 – point 140
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 141
Annex 1 – point 141
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 142
Annex 1 – point 142
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 143
Annex 1 – point 143
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 145
Annex 1 – point 145
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 146
Annex 1 – point 146
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 154
Annex 1 – point 154
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 155
Annex 1 – point 155
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 156
Annex 1 – point 156
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 158
Annex 1 – point 158
Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 159
Annex 1 – point 159
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 161
Annex 1 – point 161
Amendment 623 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 163
Annex 1 – point 163
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 164
Annex 1 – point 164
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 165
Annex 1 – point 165
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 167
Annex 1 – point 167
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 168
Annex 1 – point 168
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 169
Annex 1 – point 169
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 170
Annex 1 – point 170
Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 173
Annex 1 – point 173
Amendment 631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 174
Annex 1 – point 174
Amendment 632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 175
Annex 1 – point 175
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 178
Annex 1 – point 178
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 180
Annex 1 – point 180
Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 185
Annex 1 – point 185
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 186
Annex 1 – point 186
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 187
Annex 1 – point 187
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 188
Annex 1 – point 188
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 189
Annex 1 – point 189
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 190
Annex 1 – point 190
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 192
Annex 1 – point 192
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – paragraph 2 – point f
Annex II – part A – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part DA (new)
Annex II – part DA (new)
Points 2(a), 2(d), 2(g) of PART A, points (b), (c), (e), (h) of PART B and point (b) of PART D shall not apply to heterogeneous material, and plant reproductive material registered under officially recognised description and made available on the market as standard material
Amendment 651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part A – point k
Annex III – part A – point k
(k) where relevant, references to month and year of labelling or references to month and year of last sampling;
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part A – point l
Annex III – part A – point l
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part A – point n a (new)
Annex III – part A – point n a (new)
(na) the indication of all non-traditional breeding methods used for obtaining that plant reproductive material.
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part B – point l
Annex III – part B – point l
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V
Annex V
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI
Annex VI
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII
Annex VII
Amendment 663 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII
Annex VIII
Amendment 664 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IX
Annex IX
Amendment 665 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X
Annex X
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XI
Annex XI
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XII
Annex XII
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XIII – point 5
Annex XIII – point 5