Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0227(COD)
Production and marketing of plant reproductive material in the Union, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031, 2017/625 and 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/53/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC (Regulation on plant reproductive material)
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Negotiations with the Council
Parliament’s committee approved the deal reached with the Council on 14 July 2026; the plenary vote on it is still to come.
- Referred to committee(done) 19 October 2023
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 19 March 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 22 March 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 24 April 2024
- Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 14 July 2026
- Published as law(to come)
No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Herbert Dorfmann (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Mep #199996 (S&D), André Franqueira Rodrigues (S&D), Mep #197547 (Renew), Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR), Martin Häusling (Greens), Emma Wiesner (Renew), Ivan David (ID), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 24 Apr 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material (PRM) in the Union. It replaces ten existing Directives with a single regulation, sets rules on categories, certification, labelling, imports, variety registration and derogations, and amends Regulations (EU) 2016/2031, 2017/625 and 2018/848.
Tabled for plenary· 22 Mar 2024
Committee draft· 10 Nov 2023
AI summary:The rapporteur's draft report sets out Parliament's amendments to the proposed regulation on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material (PRM) in the Union, which would replace ten existing directives with a single regulation.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (ENVI), Opinion (ENVI)
Timeline
Newest first.
Negotiations with the Council 1 step
14 July 2026
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
Plenary stage 3 steps
24 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 24 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0341/2024Report A9-0149/2024
23 April 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 23 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0236/2023Council / Commission text C9-0237/2023Report A9-0142/2024Report A9-0149/2024
22 March 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
19 March 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
11 March 2024
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
5 December 2023
Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
Amendments in committee (AGRI)Amendments in committee (AGRI)Amendments in committee (AGRI)
10 November 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
19 October 2023
Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0227(COD)