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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (D109632/01 – 2025/2895(RSP))

On the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified oilseed rape MON 88302, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

B-10-2025-0490

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Biljana Borzan, Martin Häusling, Anja Hazekamp

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Parliament objects to the draft Commission decision renewing authorisation for genetically modified oilseed rape MON 88302, citing risks to health and environment, and calls on the Commission to withdraw it and not renew the authorisation. It also urges the Commission to reform the EU decision-making procedure on GMOs and to respect international obligations.

Key points

  1. Considers that the draft Commission implementing decision exceeds the implementing powers provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
  2. Considers the draft decision inconsistent with Union law, as it conflicts with the aim of ensuring a high level of protection of human, animal and environmental health and consumer interests, and with the precautionary principle.
  3. Calls on the Commission to withdraw its draft implementing decision.
  4. Calls on the Commission not to renew the authorisation of the GM oilseed rape due to concerns about gene flow, environmental persistence, herbicide use, and insufficient long-term evidence, in line with the One Health approach.
  5. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal to reform the GMO decision-making procedure, responding to Parliament's objections and the lack of qualified majority support among Member States.
  6. Urges the Commission to take into account the Union's obligations under international agreements such as the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Who is affected

  • The Commission, which is called on to withdraw the draft decision and not renew the authorisation.
  • Bayer Agriculture B.V. and Bayer CropScience LP, the applicants for renewal, whose product would not be re-authorised if Parliament's calls are heeded.

Legal basis: Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (precautionary principle)