P9_TA(2024)0346 – Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants – European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 April 2024 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest (COM(2023)0661 – C9-0391/2023 – 2023/0378(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Date: 2024-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: disclosure of information, exchange of information, health certificate, import (EU), import restriction, marketing standard, pest, plant health control, plant health treatment, surveillance concerning imports




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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3772


17.9.2025






P9_TA(2024)0346

Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants


European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 April 2024 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest (COM(2023)0661 – C9-0391/2023 – 2023/0378(COD))


(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(C/2025/3772)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0661),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0391/2023),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 13 December 2023
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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 13 March 2024 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A9-0035/2024),










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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;










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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;










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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.







(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/1588, 5.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1588/oj.






P9_TC1-COD(2023)0378


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 24 April 2024 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high-risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high-risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates and the use of plant passports, and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pests and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards certain notifications of non-compliance



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2024/3115.)




ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3772/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)