Activities of Angélique DELAHAYE related to 2018/0088(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain (debate) FR
Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain (debate) FR
Amendments (13)
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(- 1a) the following recital is inserted after recital (2): “Food products are directly linked to public health on the one hand and to the food self-sufficiency of the European Union on the other. It is therefore necessary to apply the principle of Community preference, defined as preferential treatment for goods produced in the European Union, encouraging a Member State to purchase from its partners rather than on the world market in the context of trade negotiations.”
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(- 1a) the following recital is inserted after recital (4): “On signing trade agreements, the European Union must ensure that the food legislation of third-country partners is at least as protective of food safety as EU law, so as to guarantee consumer safety and prevent unfair competition with European products.”
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph – point -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
(-1a) Article 1(2) is amended as follows: 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, this Regulation lays down the general principles governing food and feed in general, and food and feed safety in particular, at Community and national level, as well as at international level regarding trade agreements signed between the European Union and third countries.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph – point -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Article 28 – paragraph 5
5. The members of the Scientific Committee who are not members of Scientific Panels and the additional members referred to in paragraph 5bmembers of the Scientific Panels shall be appointed by the Management Board, acting upon a proposal from the Executive Director, for a five year term of office, which may be renewable, following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, in relevant leading scientific publications and on the Authority’s website of a call for expressions of interest. The Authority shall issue the call for interest after consultation with its Management Board regarding criteria and areas of expertise.”,
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point a
(a) The Executive Director, after consulting the Management Board, shall send to the Member States the request for shall draw up a draft reserve list of suitable candidates containing least twice the number necessary to fill the Scientific Panels. The Executive Director shall forward the draft reserve list to the Management Board, indicating the specific multidisciplinary expertise needed in each Scientific Panel and shall indicate the number of experts to be nominated by the Member States. The Executive Director shall inform the Member Statesanagement Board of the Authority’s independence policy and implementing rules applicable to Scientific Panels’ members. Member States shall launch a call for interest as a basis for their nominations. The Executive Director shall inform the Management Board of the requests sent to the Member States.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point b
(b) Member States shall nominate experts wiNo later than three months a view to collectively reach the number indicated by the Executive Director. Each Member State shall nominate at least 12 scientific experts. Member States may nominate nationals of other Member Statesfter receipt of the draft reserve list, the Management Board shall give its opinion regarding the candidates selected by the Executive Director.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point c
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point c
(c) On the basis of the nominations made by Member Statespreferences submitted by the Management Board, the Executive Director shall draw for each Scientific Panel a list of expertreserve list of candidates larger than the number of members to be appointed. Under this procedure, the Executive Director shall take into account the opinions submitted by the Board of Directors. The Executive Director may not draw up such a list where he/she can justify that the nominations received do not allow it, given the criteria for selection set up in point d) of this paragraph, to draw up a larger list. The Executive Director shall submit the list to the Management Board for appointment.
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – point d
(d) The nominapreselections by the Member StateExecutive Director, the preferences expressed by the Board of Directors, the selection by the Executive Director and the appointments by the Management Board shall be made on the basis of the following criteria:
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32 d
Article 32 d
The Commission experts shall perform controls, including audits, to obtain assurance that testing facilities established in the Union or in a third country comply with relevant standards for carrying out tests and studies submitted to the Authority as part of an application for an authorisation under Union food law. Theose controls shall be organised in cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States and the third countries in which the facilities concerned are established.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32 e
Article 32 e
Without prejudice to the obligation of applicants for authorisations under food law to demonstrate the safety of a subject matter submitted to a system of authorisation, the Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States, in exceptional circumstances, may request the Authority to commission scientific studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in its risk assessment process. The studies commissioned may have a wider scope than the evidence subject to verification.”; Where it considers necessary, the Authority may also order verification studies after consulting its Management Board. A quadripartite selection panel comprising the Commission, the Member States, the EFSA and the European Parliament shall be set up. Its mission shall be to identify and prioritise requests for verification studies.
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 61 – paragraph 2
Article 61 – paragraph 2
2. Not later than five years after the date referred to in Article [entry into force of the Regulation amending the GFL], and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall assess the Authority’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate, tasks, procedures and location, in accordance with Commission guidelines. Theat evaluation shall address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Authority, especially when it comes to coordinating and dovetailing the Agency’s activities more closely with those of the competent bodies in the Member States and other Union agencies and the financial implications of any such modification.