On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (FRM Regulation)

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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (FRM Regulation)

(17102/1/2025 – C100103/2026 – 2023/0228(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (17102/1/2025 – C100103/2026),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 13 December 2023,

– having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0415),

– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A10-0136/2026),

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

SHORT JUSTIFICATION

The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage.

ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT

Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that he included in his report input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that he received, in the preparation of the report, prior to the adoption thereof in committee, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:

1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register

UCFF - Union des Coopératives Forestières Françaises

France Bois Forêt

Office National des Fôrets

Euraf - European Agroforestry Federation

Université de Picardie

2. Representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies

None

The list above is drawn up under the exclusive responsibility of the rapporteur.

Where natural persons are identified in the list by their name, by their function or by both, the rapporteur declares that he has submitted to the natural persons concerned the European Parliament's Data Protection Notice No 484 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/data-protect/index.do), which sets out the conditions applicable to the processing of their personal data and the rights linked to that processing.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title

Production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material)

References

17102/1/2025 – C10-0103/2026 – 2023/0228(COD)

Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number

24.4.2024 T9-0342/2024

Draft act considered at first reading

COM(2023)0415 - C9-0237/2023

Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary

30.4.2026

Committee(s) responsible

Date announced in plenary

AGRI

30.4.2026

Rapporteurs

Date appointed

Herbert Dorfmann

27.6.2025

Discussed in committee

12.1.2026

Date adopted

5.5.2026

Result of final vote

+:

–:

0:

33

2

7

Date tabled

8.5.2026

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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