14 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2013/2091(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of swiftly re- establishing European consumers’ confidence in EU policy on the management of health risks and on consumer information;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to accord food fraud the full attention it warrants, given the impact it can have on consumer confidence, food security and the functioning of the food chain, and its consequences in terms of demand and price stability; asks the Commission to outline all the measures necessary for making the prevention and combating of food fraud a distinct aspect of efforts to ensure a high level of food security in the EU;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to give food fraud the full attention it warrants, given its potential impact on consumer confidence, food safety, the functioning of the food chain and the stability of agricultural prices; calls on the Commission to consider all the steps required to make the prevention and combating of food fraud an integral part of the strategy to guarantee a high level of food safety in the European Union;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises the importance of quickly restoring European consumers’ confidence in European policies in the areas of health-risk management and consumer information;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that EU law does not currently provide a definition of food fraud and that Member States adopt different approaches; considers a uniform definition to be essential for developing a European approach to combating food fraud; stresses the need rapidly to adopt a harmonised definition at EU level, including elements such as 1) non-compliance with food law and/or misleading the consumer, 2) intent and 3) potential financial gain and/or competitive advantage;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Insists that, pursuant to Article 26(2) of Regulation No 1169/2011, the Commission adopt the requisite provisions on mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of pig, sheep, goat and poultry meat before 13 December 2013;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Opposes any attempt by the Commission to have set aside the existing provisions of Regulation No 1760/2000 on animal health concerning indications of origin and provenance of beef, which have proved their worth since the mad cow disease crisis;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary steps to bring about the full and effective registration and identification of all horses as soon as possible, and also asks it to adopt rules on indicating the origin and provenance of horse meat;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the position of certain somewhat unscrupulous and entirely profit-oriented ‘traders’, not part of any of the traditional links in the food chain whether in production, processing or distribution, in order to make them subject to all the requirements of EU food law as well as any anti-fraud rules that may be introduced;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that mandatory origin labelling, combined with a range of other measures, can contribute to combatting food fraud by fostering a better-informed and more transparent food supply chain;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for an anti-food fraud network to be set up as a means of improving coordination among the competent European bodies (Europol, Eurojust, FVO) and thus preventing and detecting food fraud more effectively;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points out that rules on the indication of the origin of meat play a vital role in reassuring consumers about the products they purchase, making producers live up to their responsibilities more effectively and improving traceability, and therefore calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative text which makes the indication of the origin of meat used as an ingredient mandatory;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to lay down labelling rules concerning the country of origin of non- processed pigmeat, horsemeat, sheepmeat, goatmeat and poultrymeat which take account of the decisive factors in an animal’s life, i.e. the places where it is born, reared and slaughtered;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to extend the scope of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2008 to cover the fight against fraud, as suggested when the 2012 annual report on the system was published on 10 June 2013; takes the view that this would make it possible to remedy the shortcomings identified following the horsemeat scandal;