What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Added:(d) concerning planting stock of the species and artificial hybrids listed in Annex I as regards quality in relation to general characteristics, health, vitality and physiological quality;

Added:(e) concerning planting stock to be marketed to users in regions having a Mediterranean climate as regards defects, size and age of the plants and, where appropriate, size of the container.

Added:That delegated act shall be based on the experience gained by the application of the requirements as appropriate for each type, species or category of FRM as regards the provisions for inspections, sampling and testing, and isolation distances. It shall adapt those requirements based on the development of the respective international standards, the technical and scientific developments, or the climatic and ecological developments.

Added:Article 9 Contingency plan and national register

Added:1. Each Member State shall draw up one or more contingency plan to ensure a sufficient supply of FRM to reforest areas affected by extreme weather events, wildfires, disease and pest outbreaks, disasters or any other event, as relevant and identified in the national risk assessments develop in accordance with Article 6(1) of Decision No 1313/2013/EU. The Commission shall, at the request of the Member State, make available technical support for the drawing-up of the contingency plan. [Am. 44]

Added:That contingency plan shall be prepared for those tree species and artificial hybrids thereof listed in Annex I, that are deemed suitable for theby Member States for their current and projected future climatic and ecological conditions of the Member State concerned. [Am. 45]

Added:The contingency plan shall take into account the projected future distribution of the relevant tree species and artificial hybrids thereof, on the basis of national and/or regional climate model simulations for the Member State concerned.

Added:The contingency plan shall take into account the potential emergence of affected areas beyond national borders and the Member State concerned shall work with other Member States to ensure a sufficient preventive supply of FRM for cross-border affected areas. [Am. 46]

Added:2. Member States shall, at an appropriate stage, consult all relevant stakeholders in the process of drawing up and keeping up to date such contingency plans.

Added:3. Each contingency plan shall include the following:

Added:(a) the roles and responsibilities of the bodies involved in the execution of the contingency plan in case of any event causing a major shortage of FRM, as well as the chain of command and procedures for the coordination of actions to be taken by competent authorities, other public authorities, delegated bodies or natural persons involved, laboratories and professional operators, including the coordination with neighbouring Member States and neighbouring third countries, where appropriate;

Added:(aa) identification of the vulnerabilities and preventive measures, such as making seed storage sites and nurseries more secure, and increasing the number of storage sites and nurseries; [Am. 47]

Added:(b) access of competent authorities to supplies of FRM that have been maintained for the purpose of contingency planning, premises of professional operators, in particular forest nurseries and laboratories producing FRM, other relevant operators and natural persons;

Added:(c) access of competent authorities, where necessary, to equipment, personnel, external expertise and resources necessary for the rapid and effective activation of the contingency plan;

Added:(d) measures concerning the submission of information to the Commission, the other Member States, the professional operators concerned and the public, as regards the major FRM shortage, and the measures taken against it in the event of an officially confirmed or suspected major FRM shortage;

Added:(e) arrangements for recording findings of the presence of any major FRM shortage;

Added:(f) the available assessments of the Member State as regards the risk of a major FRM shortage for its territory and its potential impact on human, animal and plant health, and the environment;

Added:(g) principles for the geographical demarcation of the area(s) where a major FRM shortage has occurred;

Added:(h) principles concerning the training of personnel of the competent authorities and, where available and appropriate, the bodies, public authorities, laboratories, professional operators and other persons referred to in point (a). [Am. 48]

Added:Member States shall regularly review and, where appropriate, update their contingency plans to take account of the technical and scientific developments in relation to climate model simulations addressing the projected future distribution of the relevant tree species and artificial hybrids thereof.

Added:4. Member States shall establish a national register referred to in Article 12 that: [Am. 49]

Added:(a) contains the tree species and artificial hybrids listed in Annex I, which are relevant for the current climatic and ecological conditions of the Member State concerned;

Added:(b) takes account of the projected future distribution of those tree species and artificial hybrids thereof.

Added:Within 4 years from the date of establishment of their national registers, Member States shall establish contingency plans for the species and artificial hybrids included in their registers.

Added:5. Member States shall collaborate with each other and with all relevant stakeholders for the establishment of their contingency plans, on the basis of an exchange of best practices and experience gained with the establishment of those plans.

Added:6. Member States shall make their contingency plans available to the Commission, the other Member States and all relevant professional operators through publication in FOREMATIS.

Added:CHAPTER III REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL OPERATORS AND BASIC MATERIAL, AND DEMARCATION OF REGIONS OF PROVENANCE

Added:Article 10 Obligations for professional operators

Added:1. Professional operators shall be registered in a register provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, in accordance with Article 66 of that Regulation.

Added:They shall be established in the UnionMember State concerned and authorised by the competent authority. [Am. 50]

Added:2. Professional operators shall make available to the competent authority and the users of their FRM allthe necessary information about the identity of FRM as well as information concerning its suitability for current and projected future climatic and ecological conditions based on available knowledge and data. That information shall, prior to the transfer of the FRM concerned, be, in compliance with competent authority's guidelines, provided to the potential purchaser through websites, planters’ guides and other appropriate means prior to the transfer of the FRM concerned. [Am. 51]

Added:Article 11 Demarcation of regions of provenance for certain categories

Added:Member States shall, for the relevant species of basic material intended for the production of FRM of the ‘source-identified’ and ‘selected’ categories, demarcate the regions of provenance.

Added:The competent authorities shall draw up and publish on their website maps showing the demarcations of the regions of provenance. They shall make those maps available to the Commission and other Member States through FOREMATIS.

Added:Article 12 National register and national lists of basic material

Added:1. Each Member State shall establish, publish and keep updated, in electronic format, a national register of the basic material of the various species approved on its territory pursuant to Articles 4 and 19 and notified pursuant to Article 18.

Added:That register shall contain full details of each unit of approved basic material, together with its unique register reference.

Added:By way of derogation from Article 4, the competent authorities shall immediately register in their national registers the basic material included, before … [OJ, please, insert the date of the of this Regulation], in their respective national registers referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 1999/105/EC, without applying the registration procedure set out in that Article.

Added:2. Each Member State shall establish, publish and keep updated a national list of basic material, which shall be presented as a summary of the national register. It shall make that list available in electronic format to the Commission and the other Member States through FOREMATIS.

Added:3. Member States shall present the national list in a common form for each unit of approval of basic material. For the categories ‘source-identified’ and ‘selected’, it may contain only a summary description of the basic material, on the basis of regions of provenance.

Added:The national list shall provide in particular the following details:

Added:(a) botanical name;

Added:(b) category;

Added:(c) type of basic material; [Am. 52]

Added:(d) register reference or, where appropriate, summary thereof, or identity code for region of provenance;

Added:(e) location of basic material: a short name, if appropriate, and one of the following sets of particulars:

Added:(i) for the ‘source-identified’ category, region of provenance and the latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal range;

Added:(ii) for the ‘selected’ category, region of provenance and the geographical position defined by latitude, longitude and altitude or the latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal range;

Added:(iii) for the ‘qualified’ category, the exact geographical position(s) defined by latitude, longitude and altitude, where the basic material is maintained;

Added:(iv) for the ‘tested’ category, the exact geographical position(s) defined by latitude, and longitude and altitude, where the basic material is maintained;

Added:(f) area: the size of a seed source(s), stand(s) or seed orchard(s);

Added:(g) origin:

Added:(i) indication whether the basic material is autochthonous/indigenous, non-autochthonous/non-indigenous or if the origin is unknown;

Added:(ii) non-autochthonous/ non-indigenous basic material, an indication of the origin, if it is known;

Added:(h) purpose of use of FRM;

Added:(i) in the case of FRM of the ‘tested’ category, an indication whether it is:

Added:(i) genetically modified; or

Added:(ii) an NGT plant;

Added:(j) in the case of qualified and tested categories, information about the place ofharvest area used for the production of clone(s) or clonal mixture(s), where appropriate; [Am. 53]

Added:(ja) any additional information, if available; [Am. 54]