21 Amendments of María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS related to 2023/0228(COD)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 requires relevant Union institutions and Member States to ensure continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change. One of the aims of the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change is therefore to accelerate the adaptative capacity of the Union to climate change, by amending the rules on FRM, amongst others. The Union legislation should encourage the Union wide production and marketing of FRM. To this end, the possibility for Member States to restrict the approval of certain basic material and to prohibit the marketing of certain FRM to final users, as it it set out in Directive 1999/105/EC, should be abolished.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 has as its key objectives effective afforestation, and forest preservation and restoration in the Union, to help increase the absorption of CO2, reduce the incidence and extent of forest fires, and promote the bio-economy, in full respect of ecological principles favourable to biodiversity. Ensuring forest restoration and reinforced sustainable forest management are essential for climate adaptation and forest resilience. In this regard, the new EU Forest Strategy states that in addition to adaptive restoration and ecosystem-based management practices of forests, adapting forests to climate change and restoring forests following climate damages will require also large quantities of appropriate FRM. This implies efforts to secure and sustainably use the forest genetic resources on which a more climate-proof forestry depends. Efforts are also needed to increase the production and availability of such FRM, to provide better information on its suitability for climatic and ecological conditions and to enhance its collaborative production and transfer across national borders within the Union. Professional operators should thus be required to provide beforehand information to the users about the suitability of FRM for climatic and ecological conditions.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Basic material that is intended for the production of FRM of the tested category should be subject to the most stringent possible requirements. Determining the superiority of FRM should be made by comparing it with one or preferably several approved or pre-chosen standards. The professional operator selects those standards on the basis of the purpose for which the FRM of the tested category will be used. In this regard, if the purpose of that FRM will be climate adaptation, thenFor all purposes the FRM will be compared with standards having a good performance as regards adaptation to the local climatic and ecological conditions (e.g. practical freedom from pests and their symptoms), as climate resilience is relevant for all purposes. Following the selection of the components of basic material, the professional operator should demonstrate the superiority of the FRM by comparative testing or estimate its superiority by evaluating the genetic components of that basic material. The competent authority should be involved in each step of this process. It should approve the experimental design and tests for the aproval of the basic material, verify the records provided by the professional operator and approve either the results of the tests concerning the superiority of the FRM or the genetic evaluation as appropriate. This is necessary, in order to align with the applicable international standards pursuant to the OECD Forest Seed and Plant Scheme and other applicable international standards, and to take into account the experience gained from Directive 1999/105/EC.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The assessment of basic material intended for the production of FRM of the tested category takes on average 10 years. In order to ensure faster market access of FRM of the tested category, while the assessment of the basic material is still ongoing, Member States should have the possibility to temporarily approve such basic material, for a maximum period of 10 years, in all or part of their territory pilot plot. That approval should be granted only if the provisional results of the genetic evaluation or comparative tests indicate that that basic material will satisfy the requirements of this Regulation when the tests will be completed. This early assessment should be re-examined at a maximum interval of ten years.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Genetically modified FRM may only be placed on the market if it is safe for human health and the environment and has been authorised for cultivation pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council27 or Regulation (EC) 1829/200328 and if that FRM belongs to the tested category. FRM obtained by certain new genomic techniques may only be placed on the market if it complies with the requirements of Regulation (EU) [Publications Office, please insert reference to Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed29 and if that FRM belongs to the tested category. _________________ 27 Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of gQuality of forest reproductive material complements measures for strengthening forest protection and restoration, including of all remaining old-growth and primary forest, for truly sustainable forest management, improved monitoring and effective decentralised planning on forests in the EU to ensure resilient forest ecosystems and enabling forests to deliver on their multifunctional role. In order to fully harness the strong adaptation potential of forests as natural ecosystems, and given the potenetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1). 28 Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 onlarge areal scope of use of the FRM in EU forest ecosystems for wide range of purposes, genetically modified foodFRM and feed (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1). 29 Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament anFRM obtained by new genomic techniques should not be placed ofn the Council …. (OJ …, p.)market.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For the same reason, the Commission should publish in electronic format a Union list of approved basic material for the production of FRM, on the basis of the national lists provided by each Member State. That Union list should contain information on basic material that contains or consists of a genetically modified organism or that has been produced by certain new genomic techniques.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Each Member State should draw up and keep up to date a contingency plan to ensure a sufficient supply of FRM, to complement natural regeneration, which should be prioritised in particular in protected areas and areas laid down in a national restoration plan, and to help reforest other areas affected by extreme weather events, wildfires, disease and pest outbreaks, disasters or any other event if necessary. Rules should be set out concerning the content of that plan, in order to ensure proactive and effective action against such risks, if they emerge. Member States should be allowed to adapt the content of that plan to the specific climatic and ecological conditions in their territories. This requirement also reflects the general preparedness actions that Member States should take on a voluntary basis under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism31 . _________________ 31 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 924).
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) help create resilient forests, conserve biodiversity and restore forest ecosystemsimprove resilience of afforested areas and facilitate restoration of forest ecosystems where natural regeneration is impracticable;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Those delegated acts shall add species and artificial hybrids to the list in Annex I, if such species and artificial hybrids fulfil at least onetwo of the following elements:
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
(c) restoration of forest ecosystems and other wooded land, where natural regeneration is impracticable;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point g – point i
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point g – point i
(i) indication whether the basic material is autochthonous/indigenous, non-autochthonous/non-indigenous or iautochthonous/indigenous basic material and indication of the origin is unknown;or
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point g – point ii
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point g – point ii
(ii) non-autochthonous/ non-indigenous basic material, and indication of the origin, if it is known;
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point i
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point i
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point k
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point k
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part B – point 4 – point a
Annex II – Part B – point 4 – point a
(a) The trees shall be part of a complex ecosystem, well-adapted to the climatic and ecological conditions including the biotic and abiotic factors prevailoccuring in the region of provenance. Stands shall not be even- aged monocultures of trees.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part B – point 6 – point a
Annex III – Part B – point 6 – point a
(a) Stands shall be complex ecosystems, well-adapted to the climatic and ecological conditions, including the biotic and abiotic factors prevailoccuring in the region of provenance. Stands shall not be even-aged monocultures of trees.