Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2021/0019(COD)
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Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The National Plant Certificate and the resulting Community protection is a mechanism that has largely established evidence of its effectiveness. It strikes the right balance between the protection of the breeder's work and the farmer's freedom of work, thus encouraging plant research efforts. This is why it differs from the patent, to which it must not be assimilated under any circumstances. Plant research is essential in a context of climate change that continues to adversely impact farmers' incomes. Improving the knowledge of plants and living organisms, as well as strengthening the means of combating the enemies of crops, is necessary to pursue the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to also create a legal environment conducive to the creation of businesses and the maintenance of existing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of plant research, it is necessary to call for a real work of reflection on the means available to them. It must be noted that today, plant research is mainly carried out by industrial companies (such as the applicants for this extension), the only ones able to cope with the considerable costs of developing new varieties. Directing public funding to local-based SMEs would be a way of bringing the agricultural research sector closer to the farmers who benefit from it.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In accordance with Article 39TFUE, the objective of ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural population must first and foremost be considered before the legislative framework for plant property is changed. The worrying lack of an impact study of this Regulation is an example of what not to do. The economic consequences of this five-year extension, the magnitude of which unfortunately we do not know, could have a lasting impact on farmers' work, both in access to seeds and in the price imposed on them.