Amen­de­menten Hazekamp over planten verkregen met bepaalde nieuwe geno­mi­ca­tech­nieken en de levens­mid­delen en dier­voeders daarvan, en tot wijziging van Veror­dening (EU) 2017/625

Proposal for a regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Amendment 8
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37

Text proposed by the Commission

(37) In order to enable NGT plants to contribute to the sustainability objectives of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, cultivation of NGT plants in the Union should be facilitated. This requires predictability for breeders and farmers as regards the possibility to cultivate such plants in the Union. Therefore, the possibility for Member States to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the cultivation of category 2 NGT plants in all or part of their territory, set out in Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC would undermine those goals.

Amendment

deleted

Amendment 9
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38

Text proposed by the Commission

(38) The special rules laid down in this Regulation concerning the authorisation procedure for category 2 NGT plants are expected to result in more cultivation in the Union of category 2 NGT plants compared to the situation so far under the current Union GMO legislation. That renders necessary for Member States’ public authorities to define coexistence measures to balance the interests of producers of conventional, organic and GM plants and thereby allow producers a choice between different types of production, in line with the Farm to Fork Strategy’s target of 25 % of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030.

Amendment

(38) The special rules laid down in this Regulation concerning the authorisation procedure for NGT plants are expected to result in more cultivation in the Union of NGT plants compared to the situation so far under the current Union GMO legislation. That renders necessary for Member States’ public authorities to define coexistence measures to protect the interests of producers of conventional and
organic plants and thereby allow producers a choice between different types of production, in line with the Farm to Fork Strategy’s target of 25 % of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. Organic and conventional operators should have the right and freedom not to use NGTs in their production process and throughout their supply chain. This Regulation should lay out adequate provisions to ensure the freedom of choice for operators not to use NGT plants and seeds in their production processes. Any additional financial or legal burden to ensure the GMO-free and NGT-free status of production should not fall on farmers and operators who do not wish to use NGTs. Economic losses incurred due to the adventitious presence of GMOs should not fall on NGT-free conventional and organic operators. In most cases of adventitious presence, it is impossible to establish the causes, faults, and therefore responsibilities. To achieve the goal of ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market, and in order to ensure that the coexistence measures are consistent, EU-wide legally binding coexistence measures for cultivation of NGTs should be adopted. Thus, this Regulation should establish coexistence measures, laying the basis for national liability provisions and compensation funds. The Commission should be empowered to draw up delegated acts to cover, in particular, the width of buffer strips between conventional plants and NGT plants, for each type of crop.

Amendment 10
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

This Regulation lays down specific rules for the deliberate release into the environment for any other purpose than placing on the market of plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (‘NGT plants’) and for the placing on the market of food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from such plants, and of products, other than food or feed, containing or consisting of such plants.

Amendment

This Regulation, in accordance with the precautionary principle, lays down specific rules for the deliberate release into the environment for any other purpose than placing on the market of annual arable plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (‘NGT plants’) and for the placing on the market of food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from such plants, and of products, other than food or feed, containing or consisting of such plants, ensuring a high level of protection of human and animal health and the environment .

Amendment 11
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 - paragraph 1 - point 1

Text proposed by the Commission

(1) NGT plants;

Amendment

(1) NGT plants in their use as annual arable crops;

Amendment 12
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point 6

Text proposed by the Commission

(6) ‘breeders’ gene pool’ means the total genetic information available in one species and other taxonomic species with which it can be cross-bred, including by using advanced techniques such as embryo rescue, induced polyploidy and bridge crosses;

Amendment

(6) ‘gene pool for conventional breeding purposes’ means the total genetic information available in one species and other taxonomic species with which it can be cross-bred, including by using advanced techniques such as embryo rescue, induced polyploidy and bridge crosses. Transgenes shall not be part of the plant’s gene pool ;

Amendment 13
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point 15 a (new)

Amendment

(15 a) 'polluter pays principle’ means a principle according to which polluters should bear the costs of their pollution or environmental damage, including the cost of measures taken to prevent, control and remedy pollution, as well as the costs the polluters impose on society.

Amendment 14
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - point 15 b (new)

Amendment

(15 b) ‘extended producer responsibility (EPR)’ means an environmental policy approach in which a producer's responsibility, physical and/or financial, for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product's life-cycle.

Amendment 15
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 - paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Member States shall take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of category 2 NGT plants in products not subject to Directive 2001/18 or Regulation 1829/2003.

Amendment

1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of NGT plants and parts or residues thereof in other crops and products. To that effect, Member States shall develop crop specific and adapted mandatory measures, including buffer strips between NGT crops and non NGT crops, detailed binding measures to avoid cross contamination in the food chain, a system of information for organic and conventional growers with field plots next to those where NGT plants are grown, as well as an enforcement plan and appropriately dissuasive penalties. These measures must be based on the latest scientific and experimental knowledge.

2. Before the entry into force of the Regulation, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 26 to define minimum crop-specific rules to avoid the unintended presence of NGT plants, including minimal width of buffer strips.

3. The Commission shall gather information and coordinate the exchange of information based on the studies at Union and national level, monitor the developments regarding coexistence in the Member States and, on the basis of this information and observations, develop further guidelines for the coexistence of NGT, conventional and organic crops, if needed.

Amendment 16
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)

Amendment

Article 24a

Liability schemes

Member States shall instate a liability scheme and a compensation fund based on an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme to compensate operators in the event of contamination in neighbouring fields as well as contamination caused by joint use of machineries, storages and processing entities in accordance with the polluter pays principle and the One Health approach.

Amendment 17
Christophe Clergeau
on behalf of the S&D Group
Martin Häusling
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 - paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC shall not apply to category 2 NGT plants.

Amendment

Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC shall apply to NGT plants.