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

… biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector and the need for the EU to remain Removed: world-leading in this field; Added: world leading in these fields; underlines the commitment to the principles of better regulation and lawmaking, simplification and administrative burden reduction; underlines Removed: that the simplification of EU legislation must not endanger any of Added: the importance of always protecting the fundamental rights of citizens, workers and Removed: businesses or risk regulatory uncertainty; believes that any simplification proposal should not be rushed and proposed without proper consideration, consultation and impact assessments; Added: businesses; therefore asks the Commission, if Removed: it proposes a new EU-wide regulation in the form of an EU Removed: biotech act, Added: Biotech Act is proposed, to address concrete gaps and shortcomings in current legislation and implementation, and to present legislation that can be revised, simplified, streamlined, repealed Removed: and which reduces bureaucratic burdens, Added: or by which bureaucratic burden can be reduced, focusing on the specificities of the industry and maintaining relevant safety and security Removed: standards; Added: standards of quality and safety, while also being consistent with bioethics and human dignity; asks that an EU Removed: biotech act Added: Biotech Act adopt a comprehensive cross-sectoral scope and that it be accompanied by an … scale-ups, as well as the interaction with other relevant legislative and non-legislative Removed: initiatives, Added: initiatives including proposals currently undergoing the co-legislative procedure; Added: calls, in any case, on the Commission to review EU legislation that may affect the sector in order to identify potential barriers to the industry and to carry out the necessary amendments to or repeals of EU legislation, including those stemming from the European Green Deal;

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