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Written by Nikolina Šajn (3rd edition, updated on 06.03.2026).
On 8 December 2025, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the 2023 Commission proposal for a regulation on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material (FRM). The new regulation would replace the current FRM Council Directive and widen its scope to include not only FRM for forestry purposes but also the FRM for conservation of forest genetic resources.
The proposal would introduce a requirement for the basic material harvested for FRM production to be assessed for sustainability and to be well-adapted to the climatic and ecological conditions. Member States would be able to draw up contingency plans to ensure a sufficient supply of FRM in cases of extreme weather events, wildfires, disease and pest outbreaks, disasters or any other event. There would be specific, less strict, requirements for the basic material harvested for the production of FRM used for the conservation of forest genetic resources.
Complete version
- March 2026: ‘Forest reproductive material‘ (3rd edition)
| Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material) | ||
| Committee responsible: | Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) | COM(2023) 415 5.7.2023 |
| Rapporteur: | Herbert Dorfmann (EPP, Italy) | 2023/0228(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | André Franqueira Rodrigues (S&D, Portugal) Emma Wiesner (Renew, Sweden) Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR, Netherlands) Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left, Ireland) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Next steps expected: | Trilogue | |
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