Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to report parliamentary committee draft

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Changedon the proposalCouncil forposition at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625

Changed(COM(2023)0411(17037/1/2025 – C90238/2023C10-0102/2026 – 2023/0226(COD))

Changed(Ordinary legislative procedure: firstsecond reading)

The European Parliament,

Changed– having regard to the CommissionCouncil proposalposition toat Parliamentfirst andreading the(17037/25 Council– (COM(2023)0411),C10-0102/2026),

Removed– having regard to Article 43(2), Article 114 and Article 168(4)(b)of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C90238/2023),

Added– having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Cypriot Parliament and the Hungarian Parliament, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

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Change 1

Removed– having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A90000/2023),

Added– having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

Removed1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

Added– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A100000/2026),

Removed2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

Added1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

Added2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

Added3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Added4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Change 2

RemovedRecital 11: (11) This Regulation constitutes lex specialis with regard to the Union GMO legislation. It introduces specific provisions for NGT plants and NGT products. However, where there are no specific rules in this Regulation, NGT plants and products obtained from them should remain subject to the requirements of the Union GMO legislation and the rules on GMOs in sectoral legislation, such as Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls or the legislation on certain products like plant and forest reproductive material.