Chapter IV, Article 32 · Regulation (EU) 2026/1388

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Article 32Monitoring, reporting and evaluation#

1.No sooner than three years and no later than seven years after the first decision is adopted in accordance with Article 6(12) or (14) or Article 7(10) or in accordance with Section 2 or 3 of Chapter III, whichever is the earliest, and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a report on the implementation of this Regulation. The report shall also address any ethical issues that have arisen with the application of this Regulation.

2.For the purposes of the reporting referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, by 17 July 2028 and after consulting the competent authorities of the Member States referred to in Directive 2001/18/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, establish a detailed programme for monitoring the impact of this Regulation, based on indicators. It shall specify the action to be taken by the Commission and by the Member States in collecting and analysing the relevant data and other evidence.

3.No sooner than two years and no later than three years after the publication of the first report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the implementation of this Regulation and its impact on human and animal health, the environment, consumer information, the functioning of the internal market, SMEs, the breeding sector, the organic sector, and economic, environmental and social sustainability.The Commission’s evaluation shall also assess the impact of the application of this Regulation and, in particular, of Article 5(2) on the organic sector, including the perception thereof of organic operators and consumers.The evaluation shall also examine whether the implementation of this Regulation creates any administrative, economic, or practical burdens for organic operators, including any effects on their ability to rely on existing compliance assurance mechanisms.On the basis of the evaluation, the Commission shall submit, where appropriate, a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council.

4.The Commission shall present a report on the main findings of the evaluation referred to in paragraph 3 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

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category 1 NGT plant
means an NGT plant that:
category 1 NGT product
means an NGT product where the NGT plant it contains, consists of or is produced from is a category 1 NGT plant;
category 2 NGT plant
means an NGT plant other than a category 1 NGT plant;
category 2 NGT product
means an NGT product where the NGT plant it contains, consists of or is produced from is a category 2 NGT plant;
chimeric protein
means a protein created through the joining of two or more genes or parts of genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
cisgenesis
means techniques of genetic modification resulting in the insertion, into the genome of an organism, of genetic material already present in the gene pool for conventional breeding purposes;
deliberate release
means deliberate release as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Directive 2001/18/EC;
feed
means feed as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
food
means food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
gene pool for conventional breeding purposes
means the total genetic information available in one species and in other taxonomic species with which that species can be crossed, including by using advanced techniques such as embryo rescue, induced polyploidy and bridge crosses;
GMO
means a genetically modified organism as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding organisms obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex I B to Directive 2001/18/EC;
organism
means an organism as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2001/18/EC;
placing on the market
means placing on the market as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Directive 2001/18/EC;
plant
means a plant as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
plant reproductive material
means plants capable of, and intended for, producing entire plants;
produced from NGT plants
means derived, in whole or in part, from NGT plants, but not containing or consisting of NGT plants;
SME
means an SME within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;
targeted mutagenesis
means mutagenesis techniques resulting in one or more modifications of the DNA sequence at targeted locations in the genome of an organism;