What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

Added:Annex II – Part C – paragraph 1 – point B – point e: (e) The respective mother plants shall be maintained in all phases of cultivation, under conditions to enable the production of PRM, and to permit their identification and verification of compliance with the official description or the officially recognised description of their variety. In the case of mother plants not belonging to a variety, that verification of compliance with the official description or the officially recognised description shall concern the species to which those mother plants belong.

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Added:Annex II – Part D – title: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF PRE-BASIC, BASIC AND CERTIFIED SEED OF FRUIT PLANTS, VINE AND POTATOES

Added:Annex II – Part D – paragraph 1 – introductory part: Requirements for the production of pre-basic, basic and certified seed of fruit plants, vine and potatoes

Added:Annex III – Part A – paragraph 1 – point B – point d: (d) The mother plants shall, where applicable, be maintained in all phases of production, under conditions to enable the production of seeds, and permitting their identification and verification of compliance with the official description of their variety.

Added:Annex III – Part B – title: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF STANDARD MATERIAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND VEGETABLE SPECIES, FRUIT PLANTS AND VINE

Added:Annex III – Part B – paragraph 1: Part A of Annex III shall apply accordingly for the production and marketing of standard material, including for conservation varieties placed on the market in accordance with Article 26.

Added:Annex III – Part B – paragraph 1 a (new): Vine rootstocks may not be marketed as standard material.

Added:Annex III – Part C – title: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF POLYCLONAL PRM AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9 (1)

Added:Annex III – Part C – paragraph 1: 1. Planting / Part C, point 1 of Annex II shall apply accordingly to the planting of polyclonal PRM.

Added:Annex III – Part C – paragraph 2: 2. Field cultivation: / (a) During all stages of cultivation, propagating and planting material shall be kept separate from each other. / (b) Off-types and deformed or damaged plants shall be disposed of at all stages of cultivation in order to ensure varietal identity and purity, or, in the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, trueness to the identity of the species, as well as deformed or damaged plants and for efficient production. / (c) The respective mother plants shall be excluded as a source of PRM in the case of defects. / (d) The respective mother plants shall be maintained in all phases of cultivation, under conditions to enable the production of PRM, and to permit their identification and verification of compliance with the official description or the officially recognised description of their variety. / (e) Mother plants shall be inspected visually at their relevant growth stage(s), at the relevant frequency and with the relevant methods as appropriate for the genera or species concerned.

Added:Annex III – Part C – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Requirements for the marketing of polyclonal PRM / The material shall fulfil all of the following requirements, depending on the characteristics of each genus or species concerned: / (a) have minimum vigour, defined dimension, and, where applicable, specific grading, to ensure the appropriateness of the material and sufficient homogeneity of the lot for planting; / (b) be practically free from specific defects; / (c) the mixture of genotypes constituting the polyclonal PRM shall be made before the final packaging of that PRM and shall include identical proportions of all genotypes that constitute the polyclonal PRM; however, a tolerance is admissible, the frequency of any single genotype shall never exceed twice that of the least frequent genotype.

Added:Annex III – Part D – title: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF STANDARD SEED OF FRUIT PLANTS, VINE AND POTATOES

Added:Annex III – Part D – paragraph 1: Part D of Annex II shall apply accordingly for the production and marketing of standard seed of fruit plants, vine and potatoes.

Added:Annex V – subheading 1: 1. Region of origin

Added:Annex V – subheading 1 – paragraph 1: Competent authorities may designate specific regions of origin for the preservation mixtures, with which such mixtures are naturally associated. For that purpose, they shall take into account information from plant genetic resource authorities or organisations recognised for this purpose by the Member States.

Added:Annex V – subheading 1 – paragraph 2: Where the region of origin is located in more than one Member State, it shall be identified by a common agreement of all Member States concerned.

Added:Annex V – subheading 2 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) typical for the habitat type of the region of origin;

Added:Annex V – subheading 2 – paragraph 1 – point c: (c) adequate for the purpose of recreating the habitat type of the region of origin.

Added:Annex V – subheading 2 – paragraph 3: The maximum content of Rumex spp., other than Rumex acetosella and Rumex maritimus, Rumex acetosa, R. thyrsiflorus and R. sanguineus shall not exceed 0,05 % by weight.

Added:Annex V – subheading 3 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) components as species and, where relevant, subspecies of the preservation mixture; which are typical for the habitat type of the region of origin and which are, as components of the mixture, of importance for the preservation of the natural environment in the context of the conservation of genetic resources;

Added:Annex V – subheading 3 – paragraph 2 – point d: deleted

Added:Annex V – subheading 3 – paragraph 2 – point e: (e) region of origin of the mixture;

Added:Annex V – subheading 3 – paragraph 2 – point g: (g) habitat type of the region of origin of the mixture; and

Added:Annex V – subheading 3 – paragraph 3: The application shall be accompanied by the information necessary to verify compliance with requirements set out in paragraph 4 in the case of directly harvested preservation mixtures, or paragraph 5 in the case of multiplied preservation mixtures.

Added:Annex V – subheading 3 – paragraph 5: Professional operators at the end of each calendar or fiscal year, as appropriate, shall notify the quantity of authorised preservation mixtures to the competent authority.

Added:Annex V – subheading 4 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) a seed mixture that has been collected at the region of origin (‘directly harvested preservation mixture’) shall be collected at a site which has not been sown in the 40 years previous to the date of the authorisation;

Added:Annex V – subheading 5 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) seed of individual species is taken at the region of origin, or is a directly harvested preservation mixtures purchased to other operator;

Added:Annex V – subheading 5 – paragraph 1 – point b: deleted

Added:Annex V – subheading 5 – paragraph 1 – point d: deleted

Added:Annex V – subheading 5 – paragraph 1 – point h: (h) the maximum content of species and, where relevant, subspecies which do not comply with point (f) shall not exceed 1 % by weight;

Added:Annex VI – point A – paragraph 2: The notification shall be sent by registered letter or by any other means of communication accepted by the competent authorities with confirmation of receipt requested. Three months after the date shown on the return receipt provided that no additional information was requested or that non formal refusal for reasons of incompleteness of the notification was communicated to the supplier, the competent authority shall be deemed to have acknowledged the notification and its content, and the heterogeneous material shall be included in the heterogeneous material register. That register shall remain free of charge to the official operator.

Added:Annex VI – point B – point 2 – introductory part: 2. The heterogeneous material may originate from one of the following techniques:

Added:Annex VI – point D – point 1 – paragraph 1: PRM of heterogeneous material shall comply with requirements equal to those set for the lowest category for the respective species including requierments set for the species listed in Annex IV for the analytical purity and germination requirements for seed and the quality requirements for other material.

Added:Annex VII – paragraph 1 – point g: (g) in the case of conservation, an officially recognised description and, if appropriate, an indication of the region(s), where the variety has traditionally been grown and, in the case of newly-bred conservation varieties, to which local growing conditions it is adapted;

Added:Annex VII – paragraph 1 – point t: (t) where applicable, indication that the variety has certain characteristics that may lead to undesirable agronomic effects and indication of the applicable cultivation conditions;

Added:Annex VII – paragraph 1 – point t a (new): (ta) where applicable, the respective intellectual property rights covering the variety, its components, characteristics and development process, including, where applicable and appropriate, the number of any relevant granted or pending patent(s) which the competent authority needs to provide and update;

Added:Annex VII – paragraph 1 – point t b (new): (tb) where applicable, a description of which breeding techniques have been applied for the development of the variety.