Activities of Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF related to 2008/0050(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
The placing on the market and use of feed for animals (debate)
The placing on the market and use of feed for animals (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed PDF (366 KB) DOC (500 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In certain areas where the producer is not obliged to label particulars, the customer should have the possibility to request additional information. Nonetheless, the indication of the feed materials incorporated in compound feed in descending order of weight, already provides important information on compositional data. Taking into account the recent developments in Community legislation which give higher guarantees as regards in particular HACCP, traceability, strict hygiene rules and the development of Community guides to good practice for hygiene, the manufacturer should be allowed to rejeclimit the request if he considersto feed materials which individually account for over 2% by weight of the compound feed if he can prove that the requested disclosure to infringes his intellectual property rights. This would not affect the food and feed safety, since the competent authorities always have the right to get the exact percentages of all feed materials. and the competent authorities also pass this information on to consumers if there are justified grounds for suspecting that breaches of the legislation in question have occurred.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The competent authorities may pass on to consumers information forwarded to them pursuant to paragraph 2 where they consider, after weighing up the respective legitimate interests of manufacturers and consumers, that such a step is justified. Where appropriate, the authorities shall make the passing on of information contingent on the signing of a confidentiality declaration.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Establishment of limit values for impurities Notwithstanding the provisions of Directive 2002/32/EC, the Commission may set limit values for impurities resulting from the production procedure. In that connection, it shall take account of the latest scientific findings, technical progress, reports under the early warning system for foodstuffs and feed and the results of official checks conducted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. These measures to amend non-essential provisions of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 29(4).
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8
Without prejudice to the conditions of use provided for in the Regulation authorising the respective feed additive, complementary feed shall not contain feed additives incorporated at levels more than 1050 times the relevant fixed maximum content in complete feed or five times in case of coccidiostats and histomonostats. Complementary feeds containing more than 50 and less than 100 times the relevant fixed maximum proportion of feed additives may be used in individual cases following consultation of a veterinarian.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the person responsible for the labelling provides on request of the competent authority a scientific substantiation of the truthfulness of the claim, either via publicly available scientific evidence or through documented company research. The scientific substantiation shall be available at the time the feed is placed on the market. Thereafter, consumers shall have the right to receive from the competent authority a summary of the scientific substantiation or, where there are justified grounds for suspecting that a misleading claim has been made, to ask the competent authority to have such a substantiation provided by the manufacturer.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) if the percentages of weight for the feed materials incorporated in compound feed for food producing animals are not indicated on the label, the manufacturer shall make available to the purchaser on request information on the exact quantitative composition data in a range of +/- 15% of the value according to the feed formulation, unless heaccording to the actual feed formulation. This provision shall not apply to feed materials which account for 2% or less by weight of the compound feed if the manufacturer considers this information to be commercially sensitive and can prove that the disclosure cwould infringe his intellectual property rights;
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In response to a duly substantiated request, the competent authorities may pass on to consumers the information about the quantitative composition of the feed provided pursuant to paragraph 2(b) if, after weighing up the legitimate respective interests of manufacturers and consumers, they take the view that such a step is justified. If appropriate, the competent authorities shall make the passing on of the information contingent on the signing of a declaration of confidentiality.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) A manufacturer who uses a feed material not yet listed in the Catalogue must first apply to have that feed material included in the Catalogue, pursuant to Article 27(1).
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 –– paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 27 –– paragraph 2 – introductory part
The Commission shall approvedrafters referred to in paragraph 1 shall notify the Commission and the committee referred to in Article 29(1) of the Catalogue, draftthe Codes and draft amendments thereto i. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 29(2) provided thatregulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 29(4), the Commission may reject the Catalogue, the Code and amendments thereto if, inter alia, the following conditions are not met:
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
Annex I – point 1
1. Feed materials must, as according to the good manufacturing practices as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 183/2005, be free from chemical impurities resulting from their manufacturing process and from processing aids, unless a specific maximum content is fixed in the Catalogue referred to in Article 25.