On the proposal for 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 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material)
AGRI-PR-756013
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development · Rapporteur: Herbert Dorfmann
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The draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's proposal for a regulation on forest reproductive material (FRM), covering production, marketing, labelling, and official controls.¶¶ It clarifies definitions, adjusts labelling rules to allow professional operators to issue labels under supervision, and requires notification rather than Commission approval for derogations.¶¶¶ It also refines requirements for collection, testing, and selection of basic material, and excludes FRM used for non-forest purposes from the regulation's scope.¶¶¶
Committee position. The rapporteur broadly agrees with the Commission proposal and suggests amendments to clarify definitions, adjust labelling procedures, and refine testing and selection requirements.¶¶¶
Key points
- The regulation should not apply to FRM used for non-forest purposes.¶
- The definition of 'production' is expanded to include parts of plants and whole plants.¶
- Units of approval and notification may consist of individuals as well as areas of basic material.¶¶
- Seed lot is defined as a set of extracted or cleaned seeds from approved basic material, processed uniformly.¶
- Plant lot is defined as a set of plants grown from a single seed lot or vegetatively propagated plants raised in a delineable area.¶
- The term 'lot number' is replaced with 'lot code' to reflect alphanumeric identification.¶
- FRM shall be collected from a maximum number of individuals of notified basic material, considering natural conditions and capacities.¶
- The requirement for an official label for every lot is deleted; instead, professional operators may issue labels after authorisation, with a derogation for competent authority issuance.¶¶¶
- Authorisation for derogations from the regulation shall be notified to the Commission, not subject to its approval.¶
- Selection of component clones or families and parents shall be done by the relevant bodies, not necessarily the professional operator.¶¶
- Professional operators shall report test material, methods, and results to the competent authority, and results shall be analysed according to internationally recognised procedures.¶¶¶
- Each sample of FRM shall be raised, planted, and managed identically; each experiment shall be established in a valid statistical design; data shall be analysed using internationally recognised methods.¶¶¶
Who is affected
- Professional operators producing or marketing forest reproductive material: they may issue official labels after authorisation and must report test results to competent authorities.¶¶
- Competent authorities: they supervise label issuance and receive notifications of derogations instead of approving them.¶
- Users of FRM for non-forest purposes: such material is excluded from the regulation's scope.¶
Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶