5 Amendments of Lena DÜPONT related to 2023/0226(COD)
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Category 1 NGT plants and products should not be subject to the rules and requirements of the Union GMO legislation and to provisions in other Union legislation that apply to GMOs. For legal certainty for operators and transparency, a declaration of the category 1 NGT plant status should be obtained prior to deliberate release, including the placing on the market. NGT plants that could also occur naturally or be produced by conventional breeding techniques and their progeny obtained by conventional breeding techniques (‘category 1 NGT plants’) should be treated as plants that have occurred naturally or have been produced by conventional breeding techniques. The biological material of plant breeding, which may also occur in nature, must be widely available for plant breeding. Category 1 plants, their derived seed, their plant material, associated genetic material such as genes and gene sequences, and plant traits should be excluded from patentability.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) For reasons of proportionality, after a first renewal of the authorisation, the authorisation should be valid for an unlimited period, unless decided differently at the time of that renewal based on the risk assessment and the available information on the NGT plant concerned, subject to reassessment when new information has become availableAfter successful authorisation of a NGT-plant based on scientific criteria, the authorisation should be valid for an unlimited period.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Category 1 NGT plants are subject to the same legal framework as conventionally bred plants, in particular with regard to plant breeders’ rights and to self-propagation;
Amendment 289 #
3 a. By way of derogation, category 1 plants and their derived seeds cannot be patented.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10