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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (D109634/01 – 2025/2897(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 maize MON 87427, pursuant to Regulation No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

B-10-2025-0491

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

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Parliament objects to the Commission's draft decision renewing authorisation for genetically modified maize MON 87427, citing risks from glyphosate use and insufficient long-term evidence. It calls on the Commission to withdraw the draft decision, not renew the authorisation, and propose a legislative reform of the GMO decision-making procedure.

Key points

  1. Considers that the draft Commission implementing decision exceeds the implementing powers provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
  2. Considers that the draft decision is inconsistent with Union law, as it is incompatible with the aim of ensuring a high level of protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, and environmental and consumer interests, in line 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 maize due to risks associated with glyphosate use, resistant weeds, biodiversity loss 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 decision-making procedure on GMOs to respond to Parliament's objections and 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 authorisation would not be renewed.

Legal basis: Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union