Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness

Tabled by Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, György Hölvényi, András László, Pál Szekeres, Annamária Vicsek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Hermann Tertsch, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Jorge Martín Frías, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Rachel Blom, Ton Diepeveen, Marieke Ehlers, Sebastian Kruis, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Elisabeth Dieringer, Gerald Hauser, Petra Steger, Harald Vilimsky, Georg Mayer, Roman Haider, Filip Turek, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Nikola Bartůšek, Anders Vistisen, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Julien Sanchez, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck, Csaba Dömötör, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Roberto Vannacci

… self-sufficiency in key feedstocks, raw materials and components; recalls the precautionary principle Removed: laid down in Article 191 TFEU; Removed: urges the Commission Added: stresses, however, that an approach disproportionately focused on environmental impact, without taking into account economic and social factors, has already caused harm in other industrial sectors; calls on the Commission to carry out a well-designed impact assessment to ensure that the new biotechnology strategy is a driver of growth and innovation, rather than a generator of unnecessary obstacles; urges the Commission, furthermore, to share with Parliament the preliminary findings of its study on regulatory Removed: burden, in this regard, Added: burden and the potential need to review legislation related to biotechnology and biomanufacturing; … access, while maintaining a risk- and science-based approach and avoiding regulatory uncertainty; Added: stresses, nevertheless, that such regulatory simplification must under no circumstances come at the expense of the Member States’ bioethics rules;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE773.999v01-00