16 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2013/0435(COD)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, as well as benefitting their social and economic interests. Differences between national laws concerning the safety assessment and authorisation of novel foods may hinder the free movement of such food, thereby creating unfair conditions of competition including for agri-food industry and in particular for SMEs.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) A high level of protection of human health and of consumers’ interests and the effective functioning of the internal market should be assured in the pursuit of Union food policies, whilst ensuring transparency and stimulating innovation and creativity within the agri-food SMEs and applying the standards laid down in Union legislation to all food, including those imported from third countries.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Novel foods should be authorised and used only if they fulfil the criteria laid down in this Regulation. Novel foods should be safe and their use should not mislead the consumer. Therefore, where a novel food is intended to replace another food, it should not differ from that food in a way that would be nutritionally less advantageous for the consumer. When a novel food comes from third countries, the scope of its use and its composition should not pose a safety risk to human health when exposed to a different climatic conditions and environment.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Novel foods are subject to the general labelling requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers and other relevant labelling requirements in Union food law. In certain cases it may bet is necessary to provide for additional labelling information, in particular regarding the description of the food, its source and origin or its conditions of use to ensure that consumers are sufficiently informed of the nature of the novel food, including those coming from third countries.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and should take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and should help to ensure a level playing field.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘traditional food from a third country’ means novel food, other than the novel food as referred to in point (a)(i) to (iii), which is derived from primary production and processed derivatives as defined in Regulation 178/2002, with a history of safe food use and significant consumption in a third country;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) ‘history of safe food use in a third country’ means that the safety of the food in question has been confirmed with compositional data and from experience of continued use and significant consumption for at least 25 years in the customary diet of a large part of the population of a third country, prior to a notification referred to in Article 13;
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) ‘the applicant’ means the Member State, the third country, or the interested party, who may represent several interested parties, or an SME, who has submitted an application in accordance with Article 9 or 15 or a notification in accordance with Article 13 to the Commission;
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish and update a Union list of novel foods, which shall include a list of novel food from third countries, authorised to be placed on the market within the Union in accordance with Articles 6, 7 and 8 (‘the Union list’).
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Union list shall be made public.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) documented data demonstrating the history of safe food use and significant consumption in a third country;
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) where applicable, the conditions of use and specific labelling requirements, which do not mislead the consumer.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Where no reasoned safety objections are made in accordance with paragraph 2 within the time-limit laid down in that paragraph, the Commission shall authorise the placing on the market within the Union of the traditional food concerned and update without delay the list of traditional food from third countries included in the Union list.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall ensure a level playing field. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by …26 at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them. __________________ 26 Publications Office: please insert date: 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Reporting Five years after entry into force and in the light of experience gained, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the implementation of this regulation and, in particular, of article 3 and 8, accompanied, where appropriate, by any proposal.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 b (new)
Article 29 b (new)
Article 29b The report shall be made public.