Activities of Britta REIMERS related to 2013/0141(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants
Amendments (13)
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
At annual intervals or at the request of an EU Member State, Union quarantine pests shall be reassessed on the basis of a risk analysis. Where the results of an assessment show that a Union quarantine pest fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 1, or a pest no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions, the Commission shall, within three months, amend the implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph by adding the pest concerned to, or removing it from, that list.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Competent authorities may decide to abolish a restricted area and terminate the respective eradication measures, provided that during the surveys referred to in paragraph 1 no presence of the pest concerned has been found in that restricted area for a sufficiently long period to verify the pest free status.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 98, amending Section 1 of Annex IV on measures to manage the risks of quarantine pests, as regards the measures targeting prevention and elimination of infestation of cultivated and wild plants, measures targeting consignments of plants, plant products and other objects, measures targeting other pathways for quarantine pests, and amending Section 2 of that Annex on principles for the management of the risks of pests, as regards principles for the management of the risks of pests, taking into account the developments of technical and scientific knowledge as well as International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), agreed under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall conduct surveys based on apparent risks, over specific periods of time, checking for the presence of any Union quarantine pest, and signs or symptoms of any pest provisionally qualifying as Union quarantine pest, pursuant to Section 3 of Annex II, in all areas where that pest was not known to be present.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall communicate their contingency plans to the Commission and to the, to other Member States and to concerned professional operators on request.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47
Article 47
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Plant health certificates may also be used in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 338/97 31b or (EC) 865/200631c . __________________ 31b OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p.1 31c OJ L 166, 19.6.2006, p.1
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1
A plant passport with an accompanying delivery note shall be an official label for movement of plants, plant products and other objects within the Union territory and, where applicable, into and within protected zones, which certifies compliance with all requirements set out in Article 80 and, for movement into protected zones, Article 81, and has the content and format set out in Article 78.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 74 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) all plants forhost plantings, other than seeds;
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2
Article 84 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 98, setting out qQualification requirements to be fulfilled by the professional operators in order for them to comply with the conditions of paragraph 1(a) shall be established through the ordinary legislative procedure under Article 294 TFEU.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall amend the implementing act referred to in paragraph 2, where an assessment shows that a pest not listed in that act fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 36, a pest listed in that implementing act no longer fulfils one or more of those conditions or where amendments to that list are necessary, as regards categories referred to in paragraph 4 or thresholds referred to in paragraph 5. Stakeholders shall be involved in the process of establishing this list.