Activities of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2023/0226(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘NGT plant’ means a genetically modified plant obtained by targeted mutagenesis or cisgenesis, or a combination thereof, on the condition that it does not contain any genetic material originating from outside the breeders’ gene pool that temporarily may have been inserted during the development of the NGT plant;
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘targeted mutagenesis’ means mutagenesis techniques resulting in modification(s) of the DNA sequence at precisedetermined locations in the genome of an organism;
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Verification procedure of category 1 NGT plant status prior to the deliberate release for any other purpose than placing on the market
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. To obtain the declaration of category 1 NGT plant status referred to in Article 4(1), point (a), before undertaking a deliberate release of ar placing an NGT plant for any other purpose than placingplant product on the market, the person intending to undertake the deliberate release shall submit a request to verify whether the criteria set out in Annex I are met (‘verification request’) to thea competent authority designated in accordance with Article 4(4) of Directive 2001/18/EC of the Member State within whose territory the release is to take place in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 and the implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 27, point (b).
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The other Member States and the Commission may make commentreasoned objections to the verification report within 20 days from the date of receipt of that report.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. In the absence of any commentreasoned objections from a Member State or the Commission, within 10 working days from the expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph 7, the competent authority that prepared the verification report shall adopt a decision declaring whether the NGT plant is a category 1 NGT plant. It shall transmit the decision without undue delay to the requester, the other Member States and to the Commission.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. In cases where a commentreasoned objection is made by another Member State or by the Commission by the deadline referred to in paragraph 7, the competent authority that prepared the verification report shall forward the the commentreasoned objection(s) to the Commission without undue delay.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission, after having consulted the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’), shall prepare a draft decision declaring whether the NGT plant is a category 1 NGT plant within 45 working days from the date of receipt of the commentreasoned objection(s), taking the latter into account. The decision shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a A plant that is the result of a conventional cross between two verified category 1 NGT plants and in which the introduced modifications are maintained is not considered a new NGT plant and automatically maintains category 1 NGT status.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point a
Annex I – point 3 – point a
(a) targeted insertion of a contiguous DNA sequence other than the ones mentioned under (1) existing in the breeder’s gene pool;
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point b
Annex I – point 3 – point b
(b) targeted substitution of an endogenous DNA sequence with a contiguous DNA sequence other than the ones mentioned under (1) existing in the breeder’s gene pool;