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51 Amendments of Peter JAHR related to 2013/0137(COD)

Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79
(79) Implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of this Regulation concerning the following: (a) authorisation of Member States to adopt more stringent requirements than those adopted pursuant to this Regulation concerning plant reproductive material of listed genera or species and forest reproductive material of listed species and artificial hybrids, (b) adoption of emergency measures, (c) authorisation of Member States to permit, for a maximum period of one year, the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material belonging to a variety of listed genera or species not yet included in a national variety register or in the Union register, (d) authorisation of Member States to permit, for a maximum period of one year, the making available on the market of plant reproductive material of listed genera or species complying with lower requirements that those adopted pursuant to this Regulation, (e) the organisation of temporary experiments, (f) the format of the national variety registers and the Union variety register, (g) the format for the application for the registration of varieties, (h) modalities concerning the submission of notifications concerning the registration of varieties, (i) the form of national lists concerning forest reproductive material, (j) the format of the notification of inclusion of forest reproductive material in the national list, and (k) the format of master certificates for forest reproductive material.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 2
(2) 'plant reproductive material' means plant(s) capable of, and intended for, producing entire plants for commercial purposes;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) 'professional operator' means any natural or legal person carrying out, as a profession and commercially, at least one of the following activities with regard to plant reproductive material: Or. de (Clarification of the definition of ‘professional operator’)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 6 – point f
(f) making available on the market. (Clarification that the definit in accordance with the provisions of ‘professional operator’ also covers fulfilmentthis article. Or. de criteria under Article 3(5) on ‘making available ofn the market’)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Professional operators shall ensure that plant reproductive material is traceable at allthe stages of produentry and exit of goods in connection andwith making available on the market.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In the case of plant reproductive material, other than forest reproductive material, professional operators shall keep records of the plant reproductive material referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 for three years after that material has been respectively supplied to or by them.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In the case of forest reproductive material, the respective period shall be ten years.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. This Title shall not apply if the genera and species listed in Annex I are produced and made available on the market for ornamental use.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Plant reproductive material may not be produced and made available on the market as standard material, if it belongs to genera or species for which the costs and certification activities necessary to produce and make available on the market plant reproductive material as pre- basic, basic and certified material are proportionate: (a) to the purpose of ensuring food and feed security; and (b) to the higher level of identity, health and quality of the plant reproductive material which result from the fulfilment of the requirements for pre-basic, basic and certified material compared to those for standard material. deleted Or. de (Simplification of the rules)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species whose plant reproductive material may not be placed on the market as standard material, as referred to in paragraph 2.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 407 #
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 478 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Plant reproductive material shall be producedwhich has been officially registered and which is undergoing certification shall be made available on the market 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 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. During processing, packaging, storage, transport or at delivery, lots of plant reproductive material of different origins may be merged into a new lot. In that case the professional operator shall keep records including data about the origin of the individual components of the new lot.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
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. (In some cases labelling is not possible, for example because the plant concerned is too small.)In duly substantiated cases the information may be contained in an accompanying document (e.g. delivery slip) provided by the operator. Or. de
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, setting out rules for the post certification tests of plant reproductive material belonging to particular genera or species. Those rules shall take into account the development of scientific and technical knowledge. They may concern the following:
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the proportion of samples per genera and species and categories submitted to tests;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the testing procedure.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 559 #
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it is made available on the local 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; (A quantitative restriction for niche market varieties would be more appropriate and more effective.)limited quantities; Or. de
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) criteria to be used to define the local market and modalities of making available on theat market.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) criteria to be used to determine the maximum amount of produced and marketed reproductive material which may be sold as a niche market variety;
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – title III
Production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material not belonging to genera or species listed in Annex I or for use only as decorative plants
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 692 #
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 or for use only as decorative plants.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a regulation
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");
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 781 #
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 817 #
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 829 #
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 860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61
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 or to variation within the variety, it is sufficiently uniform in the expression of those characteristics which are included in the examination for distinctness, as well as in the expression of any other characteristics used for its official description.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 863 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62
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 fundamentally unchanged after repeated reproduction or, in the case of cycles of reproduction, at the end of each such cycle. Variations within a variety which constitute adaptations to changed environmental conditions shall be accepted in the official examination.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 897 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species, the clones of which have a particular value for particular market sectors.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 905 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the geographic origin of the variety;deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) where applicable, a declaration that the variety has satisfactory value for cultivation and/or a use as referred to in Article 58(1) and/or sustainable value for cultivation and/or use as referred to in Article 59(1).deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 913 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, setting out additional items to be included in the application for particular genera or species, in relation with the particular features of the varieties belonging to those genera or species.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68
Article 68 Application format The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, thedeleted Or. de (It is not necessary to lay down a uniform format of thefor application referred to in Article 66. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 141(3). s and, with a view to simplifying the regulation, this provision should be deleted.)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68
Article 68 Application format The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format of the application referred to in Article 66. 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 919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authority shall register each application for registration in the national variety register it receives, and shall carry out the formal examination of that application. The formal examination of the application shall examine whether the application complies with: meets the content requirements laid down in Article 67. Or. de (Follow-up amendment in line with the deletion of Article 68)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the content requirements laid down in Article 67; and deleted Or. de (Follow-up amendment in line with the deletion of Article 68)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the format adopted pursuant todeleted Or. de (Follow-up amendment in line with the deletion of Article 68. )
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 924 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the format adopted pursuant to Article 68.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 926 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2
2. If the application does not comply with the requirements laid down in Article 67 or the format adopted pursuant to Article 68, the competent authority shall give the applicant the possibility to make its application compliant within a given time.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – title
Date of application (Does not affect the English version) Or. deJustification(Does not affect the English version)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 970 #
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1037 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 89 – paragraph 2
2. AFor 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 shall be reduced or not charged at all.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1098 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV (Articles 105 to 139)
[...]deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV (Articles 105 to 139)
[...]deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – Title
Content of official label and operator's label and accompanying document as referred to in article 21(1) (In some cases identification by means of labelling is not possible, for example because theOr. de plant concerned is too small. In this case an accompanying document is required.)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – introductory part
The official label and the operator's label and accompanying document shall contain the following: (In some cases identification by means of labelling is not possible, for example because theOr. de plant concerned is too small. In this case an accompanying document is necessary.)
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – point n a (new)
(na) details of the origin of the basic type
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part A – point n f (new)
(nf) details of the breeding method
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI