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Activities of Britta REIMERS related to 2013/0137(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law) (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0137(COD)

Amendments (47)

Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 – point e
(e) Council Directive 1999/105/EC of 22 December 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive material6 ; __________________ 6 OJ L 11, 15.1.2000, p. 17.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(dd) produced by a farmer on their own farm, under their own name and at their own expense.
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 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Professional operators shall ensure that plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market under their control fulfils the requirements of this Regulation.
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 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(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
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 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
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.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15 Requirement to belong to registered clones Plant reproductive material belonging to a clone may be produced and made available on the market only if that clone is registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51 or in the Union variety register referred to in Article 52.deleted
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
Production and qQuality requirements for plant reproductive material
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 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This certification and identification shall apply to those varieties which are entered in the European variety register. National trademarks or certification systems shall continue to be admissible.
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 537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Notification of the intended production and certification of pre-basic, basic and certified material
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Professional operators shall inform the competent authorities in due time about their intention to produchave pre-basic, basic and certified material plant reproductive material, and to carry out the certification referred to in certified in accordance with Article 19(1). That notification shall state the plant species and categories concerned.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
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 complies with the production and quality requirements as referred to in Article 16.
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 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 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 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. These provisions shall not apply to small undertakings and farms which supply local markets.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Plant reproductive material may be imported from third countries only if it is established, pursuant to Article 44, that ithat fulfils requirements equivalent to those applicable to plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market in the Union.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Imports to the Union of Plant reproductive material shall not be prohibited or restricted, except in one of the following cases: (a)The PRM to be imported or it's lot do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation for the respective species and categories and types of material. (b) It is prohibited by an existing trade agreement. (c) Import is explicitly prohibited by another Union act. (d) A demonstrable risk exists from plant disease, invasive species or other phytosanitary risk not already present and established in the Union. (e) A demonstrable risk exists of consumer fraud. (f) Materials are being made available on the market at subsidized or at a price so low it constitutes dumping, and the total commercial value exceeds 1 million Euros.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commissionuncil and Parliament may decide, by means of implementing actsthe ordinary legislative procedure, whether plant reproductive material of specific genera, species οr categories produced in a third country, or particular areas of a third country, fulfils requirements equivalent with those applicable to plant reproductive material produced and made available on the market in the Union, on the basis of:
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 785 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, listing the genera or species with particular importance for the sustainable development of agriculture in the Union. Those genera or species shall be listed in accordance with the criteria set out in Part B of Annex IV.
2013/12/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
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;,
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 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 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 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 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 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