What changed between the adopted text of 24 Apr 2024 and the adopted text of 19 May 2026

Removed:(a) Sampling of the FRM

Removed:(i) The sample of the FRM for comparative testing shall be truly representative of the FRM derived from the basic material to be approved.

Removed:(ii) Sexually produced FRM for comparative testing shall be:

Removed:- harvested in years of good flowering and good fruit/seed production, and

Removed:- harvested by methods that ensure that the samples obtained are representative.

Removed:Artificial pollination may be utilised for the production of such FRM.

Removed:(b) Standards

Removed:(i) The performance of standards used for comparative purposes in the tests shall, if possible, be known over a sufficiently long period in the region in which the test is to be carried out. The standards represent, in principle, basic material that has been shown to be useful for the intended purpose for forestry at the time that the test starts, and in ecological conditions for which it is proposed to certify the FRM. The standards used for comparative purposes in the tests shall be, as far as possible:

Removed:- stands selected according to the criteria in Annex III; or

Removed:- basic material officially approved for the production of FRM of the tested category.

Removed:(ii) For comparative testing of artificial hybrids, both parent tree species shall, if possible, be included among the standards.

Removed:(iii) Several standards shall be used whenever possible. When justified, standards may be replaced by the most suitable of the FRM under test or the mean of the components of the test.

Removed:(iv) The same standards shall be used in all tests over as wide a range of site conditions as possible.

Removed:(c) Interpretation

Removed:(i) A statistically significant superiority as compared with the standards shall be demonstrated for at least one important characteristic.

Removed:(ii) The professional operatorIt shall reportbe reported if there are any characteristics of economic or environmental importance which show significantly inferior results to the standards, and their effects shall be compensated for by favourable characteristics. [Am. 101]

Removed:4. PROVISIONAL APPROVAL

Removed:Preliminary assessment of young trials may be the basis for provisional approval. Claims of superiority based on an early assessment shall be re-examined at a maximum interval of ten years.

Removed:5. EARLY TESTS

Removed:Nursery, greenhouse and laboratory tests may be accepted by the competent authority for provisional approval or for final approval, if it can be shown that there is a close correlation between the measured characteristic and the characteristics normally assessed in forest stage tests. Other characteristics to be tested shall meet the requirements set out in point 3.

Removed:Annex VI

Removed:CATEGORIES UNDER WHICH FRM FROM THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BASIC MATERIAL MAY BE MARKETED

Removed:Annex VII

Removed:Amendment of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031

Removed:In Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, the following parts are added:

Removed:‘PART G

Removed:Plant passports for movement within the Union territory, combined with the official label, as referred to in Article 83(5), second subparagraph

Removed:(1) The plant passport for movement within the Union territory, combined in a joint label with the official label referred to in Article 83(5), shall contain the following elements:

Removed:(a) the words ‘Plant Passport’ in the upper right-hand corner of the joint label, in one of the official languages of the Union and in English, if different, separated by a slash;

Removed:(b) the flag of the Union in the upper left-hand corner of the joint label printed in colour or in black and white. The plant passport shall be positioned in the joint label immediately above the official label and have the same width as that official label.

Removed:(2) Point (2) of Part A shall apply accordingly.

Removed:PART H

Removed:Plant passports for introduction into and movement within protected zones, combined with the official label, as referred to in Article 83(5), third subparagraph

Removed:(1) The plant passport for introduction into and movement within protected zones, combined in a joint label with the official label for FRM referred to in Article 83(5), shall contain the following elements:

Removed:(a) the words ‘Plant Passport — PZ’ in the upper right-hand corner of the joint label in one of the official languages of the Union and in English, if different, separated by a slash;

Removed:(b) immediately underneath those words, the scientific name(s) or code(s) of the protected zone quarantine pest(s) concerned;

Removed:(c) the flag of the Union in the upper left-hand corner of the joint label printed in colour or in black and white.

Removed:The plant passport shall be positioned in the joint label immediately above the official label and have the same width [as that official label.

Removed:(2) Point (2) of Part B shall apply accordingly.’

Removed:Annex VIII

Removed:Correlation table