16 Amendments of Catherine GRISET related to 2023/0226(COD)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In this connection, it is necessary to step up support for public research both at Member State level concerning control over NGT plants, assessment of risks and effects on health and the environment and the discovery of solutions that reconcile an eco-friendly transition with food sovereignty.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) This legal framework ensures high standards of transparency and involves stakeholders in setting up and monitoring the impact of regulation.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) This legal framework provides guarantees of prudence because at this stage, based on the scientific knowledge available, the impact and effects of NGT plants are not known. It is particularly important to monitor the consequences of an accelerated modification of organisms in relation to their natural plant cycle on the balance and stability of the living world.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) This legal framework ensures systematic and permanent traceability so as to ensure transparency, freedom of choice and information for users and consumers.
Amendment 102 #
(8d) This legal framework provides protection for the living world and opposes its ‘privatisation’ through a possible extension of patents to living organisms that would go beyond the necessary protection of techniques and methods.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The potential risks of NGT plants must be measured regularly in order to analyse their capacity to meet the needs of society without minimising their impact on the health of the different populations concerned and on the environment. Biovigilance and sociovigilance networks shall be set up in each Member State to facilitate the assessment of the ex-ante and ex-post effects of NGT plants.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Given the novelty of the NGTs, it will be important to monitor closely the development and presence on the market of NGT plants and products and evaluate any accompanying impact on human and animal health, the environment and environmental, economic and social sustainability. Information should be collected regularly and within fivthree years after the adoption of the first decision allowing the deliberate release or the marketing of NGT plants or NGT products in the Union, the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation to measure the progress made towards the availability of NGT plants containing such characteristics or properties on the EU market.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) Consequently, all NGT plants and products imported into the EU should be subject to the same requirements as products originating in the Union and those requirements should be systematically incorporated in trade agreements (‘mirror clause’).
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Category 1 NGT plants shall be subject to a systematic ex-post health and environmental risk assessment through the implementation of regular reviews in order to adapt the authorisations in line with scientific developments and the effects observed by the biovigilance and sociovigilance networks. In the event of a negative assessment, the authorisation for release shall be suspended pending further analysis.
Amendment 717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This label shall ensure that sufficient and understandable information is provided to users and consumers. In particular, it shall specify the production process used, the changes made and their expected food and environmental benefits. The introduction of a QR code may complement the physical labelling, which must remain the norm.
Amendment 766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i (new)
(i) Category 2 NGT plants shall be subject to a systematic health and environmental risk assessment, including ‘off-target’ or unintended modifications and those related to the adventitious and persistent presence of residual DNA from the transformation vector.
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii (new)
Amendment 922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This label shall ensure that sufficient and understandable information is provided to users and consumers. In particular, it shall specify the production process used, the changes made and their expected food and environmental benefits. The introduction of a QR code may complement the physical labelling, which must remain the norm.
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. No soonlater than three years after the first decision is adopted in accordance with Article 6(8) or (10) or Article 7(6) or in accordance with Sections 2 or 3 of Chapter III, whichever is the earliest, and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a report on the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 1006 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The competent authorities of the Member States shall set up biovigilance and sociovigilance networks to facilitate the collection of indicators and the measurement of environmental and health impacts.
Amendment 1019 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31a The Commission shall ensure that all NGT plants and products imported into the EU are subject to the same obligations as those originating in the Union and are systematically enshrined in trade agreements (‘mirror clause’). This shall concern, in particular, the inclusion of traceability and labelling clauses and the provision of all data and information required under this legislation.