Plenary report, 15 June 2026
On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625
Report A-10-2026-0175 · (17037/1/2025 – C10-0102/2026 – 2023/0226(COD))
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Jessica Polfjärd
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AI:In short
Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Position. The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety recommends that Parliament approve the Council position at first reading without amendment.
Key points
- Parliament approves the Council position at first reading, noting that the act is adopted in accordance with that position.
- Parliament instructs its President and Secretary-General to sign the act and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal.
- Parliament instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
Legal basis. Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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Full text
Draft european parliament legislative resolution 17 paragraphs
(17037/1/2025 – C10-0102/2026 – 2023/0226(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
–having regard to the Council position at first reading (17037/25 – C10-0102/2026),
–having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Cypriot Parliament and the Hungarian Parliament, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,
–having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 October 2023,
–having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 17 April 2024,
–having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0411),
–having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
–having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,
–having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,
–having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A10-0175/2026),
Read the rest (5 paragraphs)
1.Approves the Council position at first reading;
2.Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;
3.Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
4.Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;
5.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
Short justification 1 paragraph
The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage.
Annex: declaration of input 1 paragraph
The rapporteur declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not include in her report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.
Procedure pages
How the committees handled the text, and how their members voted on it.
Procedure – committee responsible 1 paragraph
| Title | Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 | |||
| References | 17037/1/2025 – C10-0102/2026 – 2023/0226(COD) | |||
| Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number | 24.4.2024 T9-0325/2024 | |||
| Draft act considered at first reading | COM(2023)0411 - C9-0238/2023 | |||
| Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary | 30.4.2026 | |||
| Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary | ENVI 30.4.2026 | |||
| Rapporteurs Date appointed | Jessica Polfjärd 24.7.2024 | |||
| Discussed in committee | 12.5.2025 | 3.7.2025 | 20.10.2025 | 3.12.2025 |
| 11.12.2025 | ||||
| Date adopted | 15.6.2026 | |||
| Result of final vote | +: –: 0: | 56 32 1 | ||
| Date tabled | 15.6.2026 |
Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 paragraphs
56 · For
- ECR
- Paolo Inselvini, Ondřej Krutílek, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Beatrice Timgren, Aurelijus Veryga, Alexandr Vondra
- ESN
- Volker Schnurrbusch
- EPP
- Peter Agius, Bartosz Arłukowicz, Wouter Beke, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Herbert Dorfmann, Marco Falcone, Borja Giménez Larraz, Niels Flemming Hansen, Esther Herranz García, Seán Kelly, Peter Liese, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Gabriel Mato, Fernando Navarrete Rojas, Jessica Polfjärd, Dennis Radtke, Massimiliano Salini, Susana Solís Pérez, Liesbet Sommen, Hélder Sousa Silva, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Andrea Wechsler
- Patriots
- Barbara Bonte, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Susanna Ceccardi, Valérie Deloge, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Ondřej Knotek, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Silvia Sardone
- Renew
- Grégory Allione, Stine Bosse, Pascal Canfin, Jérémy Decerle, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Svenja Hahn, Ana Vasconcelos, Emma Wiesner
- S&D
- Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Thomas Bajada, Heléne Fritzon, Sandra Gómez López, Pierfrancesco Maran, Elena Sancho Murillo, Kristian Vigenin
32 · Against
- ECR
- Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nora Junco García, Michele Picaro
- ESN
- Ivan David
- No group
- Ondřej Dostál, Fernand Kartheiser
- Patriots
- Roman Haider
- Renew
- Martin Hojsík, Michal Wiezik
- S&D
- Delara Burkhardt, Mohammed Chahim, Christophe Clergeau, Annalisa Corrado, Alessandra Moretti, Maria Noichl, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, Günther Sidl, Marta Temido
- The Left
- Per Clausen, Sebastian Everding, Emma Fourreau, Martin Günther, Anja Hazekamp, Catarina Martins
- Greens
- David Cormand, Martin Häusling, Pär Holmgren, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Tilly Metz, Lena Schilling, Thomas Waitz
1 · Abstained
- ESN
- Marc Jongen