On the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94313 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Plenary sitting · Rapporteur: Sirpa Pietikäinen, Biljana Borzan, Martin Häusling, Anja Hazekamp

✦ In short · AI summary of this text, generated 16 Sept 2026

Parliament's resolution opposes the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94313.¶¶ It considers that the draft decision exceeds the Commission's implementing powers and is incompatible with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.¶¶ It calls on the Commission to withdraw the draft decision and not to authorise the GM soybean, citing insufficient evidence on long-term impacts on biodiversity, food safety, farmers' livelihoods and animal health.¶¶ It also asks the Commission to propose a reform of the GMO decision-making procedure, and says authorising imports of GM plants tolerant to herbicides banned in the Union is inconsistent with international commitments.¶¶

Key points

Parliament considers that the draft Commission implementing decision exceeds the implementing powers provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.¶
It considers the draft decision incompatible with the aim of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, which is to ensure a high level of protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, and environmental and consumer interests.¶
It calls on the Commission to withdraw its draft implementing decision.¶
It calls on the Commission not to authorise the GM soybean because of insufficient evidence on long-term impacts on biodiversity, food safety, farmers' livelihoods and animal health, in line with the One Health approach.¶
It calls on the Commission to submit without delay 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.¶
It says authorising imports of any GM plant made tolerant to herbicides banned in the Union, such as glufosinate, is inconsistent with the Union's international commitments and creates an uneven playing field for Union farmers.¶

Who is affected

The Commission, which is asked to withdraw the draft decision, not authorise the GM soybean and propose a reform of the GMO decision-making procedure.¶¶¶
Union farmers, who the resolution says would face an uneven playing field and a competitive disadvantage from imports not meeting Union standards.¶¶
Member states, whose governments and parliaments are to receive the resolution.¶

Figures and deadlines

10 June 2026: date of the vote of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, at which no opinion was delivered.¶
10 December 2025: date the European Food Safety Authority adopted its opinion on the GM soybean.¶
21 January 2026: date the European Food Safety Authority opinion was published and the date it issued a favourable scientific opinion.¶¶
16 September 2022: date Bayer Agriculture BV submitted the application for the placing on the market of the GM soybean.¶
31 July 2018: date the approval of glufosinate for use in the Union expired.¶

Legal basis: Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, cited for the precautionary principle.¶

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