On the motion for a resolution · the text as a wholeAdopted
467 for · 156 against · 18 abst
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The draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 95275 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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Summary
In this non-legislative resolution, Parliament objects to the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 95275 under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. It states that the maize produces two insecticidal proteins and expresses a DvSnf7 dsRNA targeting western corn rootworm, and it argues that EFSA's favourable opinion provides insufficient data on unintended genetic effects, off-target impacts on non-target organisms, and cumulative toxicity. Parliament considers that the draft decision exceeds the Commission's implementing powers and is not consistent with Union law, and it calls on the Commission to withdraw the draft, to submit a new one, and not to authorise the GM crops in line with the One Health approach. The resolution also calls on the Commission to ensure convergence of standards with partners in free trade agreement negotiations and notes concern that the EU-Mercosur agreement would increase imports of GM products.
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Voted 12 Feb 2025
Full session brief →Other votes on this text · 4 votes
- ✕On amendment 3 · text to be inserted after paragraph 4256 / 321 / 70↗
- ✕On amendment 5 · text to be inserted after paragraph 5209 / 408 / 33↗
- ✕On amendment 4 · text to be inserted after recital J209 / 407 / 32↗
- ✓On amendment 2 · text to be inserted after recital M293 / 250 / 107↗
Plenary amendments5 tabled on this text
Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.
- Amendment 1The LeftMotion for a resolution · Citation 8 a (new)Amendment
having regard to the Commission’s announcement on 6 December 2024 of the conclusion of the negotiations for a trade and political agreement between the European Union and Mercosur countries,
- Amendment 2The LeftMotion for a resolution · Recital M a (new)Amendment
Ma. whereas the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur will incentivise imports to the Union of food and animal feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified organisms, whereas Brazil and Argentina are among the world’s top GMO producers and pesticide users, including GMOs and pesticides banned in the Union for health or environmental reasons;
- Amendment 3The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)Amendment
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to definitively abandon the signing of the EU-Mercosur agreement as it poses significant risks to health and the environment, undermines the Union’s agricultural sovereignty and is detrimental to farmers;
- Amendment 4ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital J a (new)Amendment
Ja. whereas by authorising the import of products whose cultivation is prohibited within the Union, in particular genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the Commission is contributing to the creation of conditions of unfair competition; whereas this creates a competitive imbalance that penalises European farmers and undermines the Union’s food sovereignty;
- Amendment 5ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 5 a (new)Amendment
5a. Calls on the Commission to listen to farmers’ demands, particularly those made during the demonstrations in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and to ban the import of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the cultivation of which is itself banned within the Union;
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