What changed between the draft committee report of 10 Nov 2023 and the draft committee report of 22 Apr 2026

Added:SHORT JUSTIFICATION

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new): (da) FRM used for non-forest purposes.

Added:The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage.

Removed:There are FRM which are not used for forest purposes and this should not be covered by this regulation.

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7: (7) ‘production’ means all stages in the generation of the seed, parts of plants and whole plants, the conversion from seed unit to seed, and the raising of plants from a planting stock, with a view for the respective FRM to be marketed;

Removed:This shall be included in FRM's category.

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15: (15) ‘unit of approval’ means the entire area or individuals of basic material for the production of FRM that has been authorised by the competent authorities;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16: (16) ‘unit of notification’ means the entire area or individuals of basic material for the production of FRM intended for the purpose of the conservation and sustainable use of forest genetic resources that has been notified to the competent authorities;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 17: (17) ‘seed lot’ means a set of extracted or cleaned seeds from approved basic material and processed uniformly;

Removed:The definition of seed lot should be related to the concept of marketable set of seeds, which can be sold to nurseries or deliberate seeding in forests.

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18: (18) ‘plant lot’ means a set of plants that have been grown from a single seed lot or vegetatively propagated plants which have been raised in a delineable area and processed uniformly;

Removed:The definition shall be adjusted according to the OECD rules (point (1)).

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19: (19) ‘lot code’ means the identification code of the seed lot or plant lot, as appropriate;

Removed:The lots are identified by alphanumeric code, not a number.

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c: (c) FRM shall be collected from a maximum number of individuals of the notified basic material, taking into account natural conditions and organisational and financial capacities.

Removed:The number of individuals should be collected from a maximum and targeted number of individuals.

Removed:Article 16 – paragraph 1: deleted

Removed:It is not practically possible for a competent authority to issue a label for each lot.

Removed:Article 16 – paragraph 2: 2. Competent authorities shall authorise the professional operator to issue the official label after the competent authority has attested compliance of that FRM with the requirements referred to in Article 5. The professional operator is authorised to issue that label, if, on the basis of an audit, the competent authority has concluded that the operator possesses the infrastructure and resources to issue the official label.

Removed:The official label shall be issued by an authorized operator under the supervision of the competent authority.

Removed:Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, an official label shall be issued by the competent authority for every lot of FRM attesting compliance of that FRM with the requirements referred to in Article 5.

Removed:Article 19 – paragraph 2: That authorisation shall be notified to the Commission.

Removed:A notification is sufficient in order to maintain the standards of security and quality of the FRM.

Removed:Annex IV – point 1 – point b: (b) The component clones or families shall be selected for their outstanding characteristics and due weight shall be given to the requirements set out in points 4 and 6 to 9 of Section B of Annex III, taking into account the specific purpose for which the resulting FRM will be used.

Removed:In the FRM field there are many different categories of "operators" (for example research and forest institutes) which are responsible for the selection process.

Removed:Annex IV – point 2 – point a: (a) The parents shall be selected for their outstanding characteristics or for their combining ability. In the case of a selection based on outstanding characteristics, due weight shall be given to the requirements set out in points 4 and 6 to 9 of Section B of Annex III, taking into account the specific purpose for which the resulting FRM will be used.

Removed:For FRM there are many different "operators" (research institute for example) responsible for the selection, not only professional operator.

Removed:Annex V – point 1 – point a – paragraph 2: The professional operators shall report the material, methods and results of tests to the competent authority responsible for the approval of the basic material. The results presented shall be analysed in accordance with the internationally recognised procedures. In comparative tests, one or preferably several approved or pre-chosen standards as described in point 3(b) shall be used.

Removed:The professional operator followings strictly the indications of the local authority.

Removed:Annex V – point 1 – point b – point i: (i) The professional operator shall provide the test results to assess the relevant characteristics specified in point (ii) and that professional operator shall indicate those results for each test in the test records.

Removed:Annex V – point 1 – point c – paragraph 1: The professional operator shall provide all information necessary for evaluation test results, including the location, climate, soil, past use, establishment, management and any damage due to abiotic/biotic factors, to the competent authority. The competent authority shall record the age of the basic material and the FRM and the results at the time of the evaluation.

Removed:The professional operator followings strictly the indications of the local authority.

Removed:Annex V – point 1 – point d – point i: (i) Each sample of FRM shall be raised, planted and managed in an identical way as far as the types of plant material permit.

Removed:Annex V – point 1 – point d – point ii: (ii) Each experiment shall be established in a valid statistical design, in order that the individual characteristics of each component under examination can be evaluated.

Removed:Annex V – point 1 – point e – point i: (i) The data from the experiments shall be analysed using internationally recognised statistical methods and the results shall be presented for each characteristic examined.