Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0214(COD)
Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category, its labelling and the names of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production
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
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 23 December 2024 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 25 November 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 December 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 4 December 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 17 December 2024
- Negotiations with the Council(done)
- Published as law(done) 23 December 2024
Decided in plenary
17 December 2024 · decision 4
Agriculture, food & fisheries, New EU law
Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category
Passed 499 for · 131 against · 27 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The law updates EU rules on importing forest reproductive material, adding the 'tested' category to the existing equivalence regime for third countries.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the committee report is replaced by the final act as adopted, including the full legislative text and references.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The new version contains the complete final text of the Decision, including the extension of equivalence to the 'tested' category and the application date of 1 January 2025. The other changes are formal: the recital is replaced by the enacted text with standard provisions.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Veronika Vrecionová (ECR)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Elsi Katainen (Renew)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 17 Dec 2024
AI summary:Parliament's position on the amended proposal to amend Council Decision 2008/971/EC concerning forest reproductive material of the 'tested' category, its labelling, and the authorities responsible for approval and control.
Tabled for plenary· 4 Dec 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed decision amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC extends the equivalence regime for importing forest reproductive material to the 'tested' category, updates authority names, and requires labelling on genetic modification.
Committee draft· 22 Nov 2024
AI summary:The draft report concerns an amended proposal to amend Council Decision 2008/971/EC on forest reproductive material of the 'tested' category, its labelling, and the authorities responsible for approval and control of production. Parliament's position adopts the proposal with amendments.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
23 December 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
19 December 2024
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 3 steps
17 December 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 17 Dec 2024 Adopted text TA10-0061/2024Report A10-0022/2024
11 December – 13 December 2024
2 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
4 December 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
3 December 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
26 November 2024
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) proposed changes to the draft.
25 November 2024
Referred to the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.
22 November 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0214(COD)