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Added3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex III in order to adapt the list of marine species referred to in Article 5 to technical and scientific progress.

Added4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex IV, in order to adapt the description, unit and methodology of indicators for agricultural ecosystems to technical and scientific progress.

Added5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex V in order to adapt the list of species used for the common farmland bird index in the Member States to technical and scientific progress.

Added6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex VI in order to adapt the description, unit and methodology of indicators for forest ecosystems to technical and scientific progress.

Added7. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend Annex VII in order to adapt the list of examples of restoration measures to technical and scientific progress and to take into account the experience gained from the application of this Regulation.

AddedArticle 20 Exercise of the delegation

Added1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

Added2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 19 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 5 years from [OP please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

Added3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 19 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

Added4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

Added5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Added6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 19 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

AddedArticle 21 Committee procedure

Added1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

Added2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

AddedCHAPTER VI FINAL PROVISIONS

AddedArticle 21a Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2022/869

AddedArticle 7(8), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2022/869 is replaced by the following:

Added“With regard to the environmental impacts addressed in Article 6(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC, Article 4(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC and Articles 4(8) and (8a) and Article 5(8) and (8a) of [the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nature restoration], provided that all the conditions set out in those Directives are fulfilled, projects on the Union list shall be considered as being of public interest from an energy policy perspective, and may be considered as having an overriding public interest.”

AddedArticle 22 Review

Added1. The Commission shall evaluate ▌ this Regulation by 31 December 2030 and every two years thereafter to assess the impact of this Regulation, in particular on the agricultural sector and the supply of safe and secure food, as well as the socio-economic impacts of this Regulation, especially in rural areas. [Am. 45]

Added2. The Commission shall present a report on the main findings of the evaluation to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of Regions. Where the Commission finds it appropriate, the report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal for amendment of relevant provisions of this Regulation, taking into account the need to establish additional restoration targets, including on updated targets for 2040 and 2050 based on common methods for assessing the condition of ecosystems not covered by Articles 4 and 5, the evaluation as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, and the most recent scientific evidence. [Am. 17]

AddedArticle 22a

AddedPostponement of targets under this Regulation in the event of exceptional socioeconomic consequences

Added1. By … [1 year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and every year thereafter, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union concerning whether one or more of the following conditions apply:

Added(a) the permitting procedures in one or more Member States fall behind due to constraints from Union nature legislation regarding the following fields:

Added(i) building and transforming of houses, in particular the social housing sector;

Added(ii) rollout of renewable energy projects in relation to achieving the objectives laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 [European Climate Law];

Added(b) the average food price has gone up by 10% over the period of 1 year;

Added(c) the total production of food in the Union has reduced by 5% over a period of 1 year.

Added2. Where one or more of the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 apply, the targets under this Regulation shall be postponed until all the conditions referred to in that paragraph no longer apply. [Am. 131]

AddedArticle 23 Entry into force

AddedThis Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

AddedIt shall apply from the date where the Commission has provided robust and scientific data to the European Parliament and to the Council on the necessary conditions to guarantee long term food security, thereby respecting the need of arable land under conventional and ecological agriculture, the impact of nature restoration on food production, food availability and food prices. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union indicating the date from which this Regulation applies. [Am. 135]

AddedIt shall apply from the date where the condition set out in Article 11(2a) is met. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union indicating the date from which this Regulation applies. [Am. 136]

AddedThis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

AddedDone at Brussels,

AddedFor the European Parliament For the Council

AddedThe President The President

AddedANNEX I TERRESTRIAL, COASTAL AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS – HABITAT TYPES AND GROUPS OF HABITAT TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(1) AND 4(2)

AddedThe list below includes all terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitat types listed in Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC referred to in Article 4(1) and 4(2), as well as six groups of those habitat types, namely 1) Wetlands (coastal and inland), 2) Grasslands and other pastoral habitats, 3) River, lake, alluvial and riparian habitats, 4) Forests, 5) Steppe, heath and scrub habitats and 6) Rocky and dune habitats.

Added1. GROUP 1: Wetlands (coastal & inland)

Added2. GROUP 2: Grasslands and other pastoral habitats

Added3. GROUP 3: River, lake, alluvial and riparian habitats

Added4. GROUP 4: Forests

Added5. GROUP 5: Steppe, heath and scrub habitats

Added6. GROUP 6: Rocky and dune habitats

AddedANNEX II MARINE ECOSYSTEMS – HABITAT TYPES AND GROUPS OF HABITAT TYPES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5(1) AND 5(2)

AddedThe list below includes the marine habitat types referred to in Article 5(1) and 5(2), as well as seven groups of those habitat types, namely 1) Seagrass beds, 2) Macroalgal forests, 3) Shellfish beds, 4) Maerl beds, 5) Sponge, coral and coralligenous beds, 6) Vents and seeps and 7) Soft sediments (above 1000 meters of depth). The relation with the habitat types listed in Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC is also presented.

AddedThe classification of marine habitat types used, differentiated by marine biogeographical regions, is made according to the European nature information system (EUNIS), as revised for the marine habitats typology in 2022 by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The information on the related habitats listed in Annex I of Council Directive 92/43/EEC is based on the crosswalk published by the EEA in 2021.

Added1. Group 1: Seagrass beds

Added2. Group 2: Macroalgal forests

Added3. Group 3: Shellfish beds

Added4. Group 4: Maerl beds

Added5. Group 5: Sponge, coral and coralligenous beds

Added6. Group 6: Vents and seeps

Added7. Group 7: Soft sediments (above 1000 meters of depth)

AddedANNEX III MARINE SPECIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5(3)

Added▌

Added(2) dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata);