16 Amendments of Angelo CIOCCA related to 2023/0226(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The legal framework for NGT plants should share the objectives of the Union GMO legislation to ensure a high level of protection of human and animal health and of the environment and the good functioning of the internal market for the concerned plants and products, while addressing the specificity of NGT plants. This legal framework should enable theallow for flexibility and adaptation to ensure the continued yet monitored development and placing on the market of plants, food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from NGT plants and other products containing or consisting of NGT plants (‘NGT products’) so as to contribute to the innovation and sustainability objectives of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork, Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation strategies and to enhance the competitiveness ofand profitability of companies especially small and medium- sized enterprises in the Union agri-food sector at Union and world level.
Amendment 199 #
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 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘cisgenesis’ means techniques ofa genetic modification resulting in the insertion, in the genome of an organism, of genetic materialinvolving genetic material obtained from the breeders’ gene pool and transferred to the host using various delivery strategies; the incorporated sequences contain an exact copy of a sequence already present in the breeders’ gene pool;
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) 'Intragenesis': a genetic modification involving genetic material obtained from the breeders’ gene pool and transferred to the host using various delivery strategies; the incorporated sequences contain a re-arranged copy of a sequence already present in the breeders’ gene pool (adopted from EFSA GMO Panel, 2022).
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘breeders’ gene poolgene pool for 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;
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Status of category 1 NGT plants and category 1 NGT products
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The other Member States and the Commission may make commentsreasoned scientific opinion to the verification report within 20 days from the date of receipt of that report.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. In the absence of any comments from a Member State or the Commissionreasoned objections from the Commission or Member States, 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 345 #
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 comment(s) to the Commissionupon request make the reasoned objections available to the other Member States without undue delay.
Amendment 362 #
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 comment(s)reasoned objections, taking the latter into account. The decision shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1
A NGT plant is considered equivalent to conventional plants when it contains only genetic modifications referred to in points 1 to 5 and when it differs from the recipient/parental plant by no more than 20 genetic modifications, excluded off target modifications, of the types referred to in points 1 to 54, in any DNA sequence sharing sequence similarity with the targeted site that can be predicted by bioinformatic toolsthe targeted site or sites in the monoploid genome.
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
Annex I – point 1
(1) targeted substitution or insertion of no more than 20 nucleotides;
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2
Annex I – point 2
(2) targeted deletion of any number of nucleotides;
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point a
Annex I – point 3 – point a
(a) targeted insertion of a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;
Amendment 541 #
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 existing in the breeder’s gene pool;
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 5
Annex I – point 5
(5) any other targeted modification of any size, on the condition that the resulting DNA sequences already occur (possibly with modifications as accepted under points (1) and/or (2)) in a species from the breeders’ gene pool on the condition that the genetic modification does not interrupt an endogenous gene.