Activities of Lorenzo FONTANA related to 2010/0208(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs (A8-0038/2014 - Frédérique Ries) IT
Amendments (4)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In this context, it appears appropriate to grant to Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, more freedom to decide whether or not they wish to cultivate GMO crops on their territory without changing the system of Union authorisations of GMOs and independently of the measures that Member States are entitledhave to take by application of Article 26a of Directive 2001/18/EC to avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a
Amendment 56 #
Council position
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Once a GMO is authorised for cultivation purposes in accordance with the Union legal framework on GMOs and complies, as regards the variety that is to be placed on the market, with the requirements of Union law on the marketing of seed and plant propagating material, Member States are notmay nonetheless authorised tohe prohibit,ion or restrict the use thereof, or impede its free circulation within their territory, except under the conditions defined by Union law.
Amendment 124 #
Council position
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The restrictions or the prohibitions adopted pursuant to this Directive should refer to the cultivation, and not tomay, at the discretion of the Member State, include the free circulation and import, of genetically modified seeds and plant propagating material as, or in, products and of the products of their harvest, and should furthermore be in conformity with the Treaties, in particular as regards the principle of non- discrimination between national and non- national products, the principle of proportionality and Article 34, Article 36 and Article 216(2) TFEU.