Plant reproduction is a very important issue for both farmers and citizens, and must be carefully regulated. The agricultural committee voted in favour of rejecting the Commission's proposal and decided to table an oral question to the Commission. MEPs took this decision for several reasons: due to concerns about replacing 12 existing directives with one; because it fails to address major issues surrounding plant genetic resources and agricultural biodiversity; and due to concerns about rushing through a complex legislative issue before the imminent 2014 European elections.