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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 plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Jessica Polfjärd
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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 plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625
(17037/1/2025 – C10-0102/2026 – 2023/0226(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
– having regard to the Council position at first reading (17037/25 – C10-0102/2026),
– having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Cypriot Parliament and the Hungarian Parliament, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,
– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 October 2023,
– having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 17 April 2024,
– having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0411),
– 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 the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A10-0175/2026),
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
The rapporteur declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not include in her report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.
PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
Title
Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625
References
17037/1/2025 – C10-0102/2026 – 2023/0226(COD)
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number
24.4.2024 T9-0325/2024
Draft act considered at first reading
COM(2023)0411 - C9-0238/2023
Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary
30.4.2026
Committee(s) responsible
Date announced in plenary
ENVI
30.4.2026
Rapporteurs
Date appointed
Jessica Polfjärd
24.7.2024
Discussed in committee
12.5.2025
3.7.2025
20.10.2025
3.12.2025
11.12.2025
Date adopted
15.6.2026
Result of final vote
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56
32
1
Date tabled
15.6.2026
FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
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