5 Amendments of Mathilde ANDROUËT related to 2023/0227(COD)
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 9 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, signed by all Member States, stipulates, inter alia, that farmers have the right ‘to save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seed/propagating material, subject to national law and as appropriate’.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to ensure equal conditions for the competition of the professional operators across the Union and the functioning of the internal market in PRM;, while preserving small structures that offer seeds adapted to the specificities of each growing condition as well as local or national food and cultural particularities.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) to contribute to conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources and agro-biodiversity;, in particular by prohibiting the use of new GMOs (NGTs) whose studies highlight the dangers to bio-diversity, including cultivated bio- diversity.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) to contribute to sustainable agricultural production, adapted to current and future projected climatic conditions;, in particular by promoting the self- generation of farmer‑saved seeds.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) to contribute to food security, building in particular on Article 9 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which recognises, on the one hand, ‘the enormous contribution that the local and indigenous communities and farmers of all regions of the world have made and will continue to make for the conservation and development of plant genetic resources’ and, on the other hand, the right of farmers ‘to save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seed/propagating material, subject to national law and as appropriate’.