10 Amendments of Linda McAVAN related to 2013/0137(COD)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 0
Title 0
The Committee on environment, public health and food safety calls on the Committee on agriculture and rural development, as the committee responsible, to reject the Commission proposal.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Private gardeners and farmers, who use seeds and plants and produce them for their own consumption, are not covered by this Regulation. The rules laid down in this Regulation shall only apply to the marketing of plant reproductive material aimed at commercial exploitation.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Certain genera and species of plant reproductive material, with the exception of those marketed exclusively for ornamental use and those intended for sale to home gardeners, should be subject to enhanced requirements concerning their production and making available on the market due to their increased economic, health or environmental importance. That importance should be determined through the area or value of production of those genera or species, the number of professional operators or the content of substances which present a potential risk for health or the environment. The majority of those genera and species is currently regulated by the above Directives. Those genera and species should be inserted in a specific list (hereinafter: ‘listed genera and species’).
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Basic requirements should be set for plant reproductive material not belonging to listed genera or species, to ensure minimum quality and identification standards for their production and making available on the market. Those requirements should also apply to plant reproductive material marketed for ornamental purposes and to propagating material intended for sale to home gardeners.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10a) 'home gardener' means a private person using plant reproductive material in the garden associated with their home or in an allotment garden or equivalent.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) This Title shall not apply to propagating material of genera and species listed in Annex I, when the material: - is intended for ornamental use, or - is marketed for home gardeners. That material will be covered by Title III provisions.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Title shall also apply to propagating material of genera and species listed in Annex I, when the material: - is marketed for ornamental purposes, or - is intended for sale to home gardeners
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the variety has been enterprofessional operator provides sufficient assurance of the identity and denomination of the variety through information provided ion any other public or private list with an official or officially recognised description and a denominand traceability of previous cycles of multiplication.;
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the variety concerned is commonly known to consumers from information available in the public domain.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where the variety is not protected by a plant variety right or registered pursuant to Title IV, as referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, but has been entered in a public or private list with an official or officially recognised description and a denomination as referred to in points (b) and (c) of that paragraph, the professional operator may request the advice of the Agency concerning the suitability of the denomination pursuant to the provisions of Article 64. Following that request, the Agency shall submit to the applicant a recommendation on the suitability of the variety denomination, as requested by the applicant, taking into account the requirements set out in Article 64.