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)

Proposed Replacement EU Act

This law is a proposed replacement EU law: Article 13(3a) applies and the Stormont Brake could be used under certain circumstances. Read more about the procedure for new and amending/replacement EU laws and how they apply in Northern Ireland.

The table below sets out the main procedural steps and the Assembly’s scrutiny of this proposed act.

Category	Proposed Replacement EU Act
Procedure	Article 13(3)
Proposed EU law	Proposal for a Regulation 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) [EXTERNAL LINK]
UK Government assessment and further information	Information considered by the Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC)
Date of notification of proposed EU Act to the Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC)	The DSC was not notified of the proposed EU act. The proposed act was identified during the Committee's forward work planning exercise on 11 September 2025, when it considered proposed EU acts which had started their legislative passage before the Committee was established.
Consideration by the DSC of the proposed EU act	The DSC considered an initial assessment of impact on the proposal
Date of publication in Official Journal of the EU 2-month scrutiny period starts	N/A
Date of notification of published EU act to the DSC	N/A
Deadline for DSC decision on an inquiry	N/A
Decision to hold an inquiry	N/A
Deadline for publication of DSC Report	N/A
DSC report	N/A
Stormont Brake notification deadline	N/A
Stormont Brake notification	N/A
Consideration by UK Government (UKG)	N/A
UKG notification to European Commission	N/A
End of two-month scrutiny period	N/A