Production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material)

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 105Rejected

   Article 7

   Tabled by Luke Ming Flanagan · The Left

   Removed: Article 7 Temporary authorisation of marketing of FRM derived from basic material not meeting the category requirements 1. Competent authorities may temporarily authorise the marketing of FRM derived from approved basic material which does not meet all the requirements of the appropriate category referred to in Article 5(1), following the adoption of the delegated act referred to in paragraph 2. The competent authorities of the respective Member State shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of those temporary authorisations and of the respective reasons justifying their approval. 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 26, supplementing this Article, by setting out the conditions for the granting of the temporary authorisation to the Member State concerned. Those conditions shall include: (a) the justification for granting that authorisation to ensure achievement of the objectives of this Regulation; (b) the maximum duration of the authorisation; (c) obligations as regards official controls on the professional operators applying that authorisation; (d) the content and form of the notification referred to in paragraph 1. Added: deleted

2. Amendment 137Rejected

   Article 22 a (new)

   Tabled by Martin Häusling · Verts/ALE

   Added: Article 22a Prohibition of specified reproductive material by Member States 1. Upon its application, a Member State may be authorised to prohibit the marketing to the end user with a view to seeding or planting in all or part of its territory of specified forest reproductive material. 2. Such authorisation shall be granted only where there is reason to believe: (a) that the use of the said reproductive material would, on account of its phenotypic or genetic characteristics, have an adverse effect on forestry, environment, genetic resources or biodiversity in all or part of that Member State on the basis of: — evidence relating to the region of provenance or the origin of the material, or — results of trials or scientific research carried out in appropriate locations, either within or outside the Community. (b) on the basis of known results of trials, scientific research, or the results obtained from forestry practice concerning survival and development of planting stock in relation to morphological and physiological characteristics that the use of the said reproductive material would, on account of its characteristics have an adverse effect on forestry, environment, genetic resources or biodiversity in all or part of that Member State. 3. Detailed rules for the application of paragraph 2 shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(3).