7 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2013/0435(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) A high level of protection of human health and of, consumers’ interests, the environment and animal health and the effective functioning of the internal market should be assured in the pursuit of Union food policies, whilst ensuring transparency.
Amendment 73 #
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 consumers should be informed about the content of novel foods, the ingredients and the technologies used in the manufacture thereof. Similarly, 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.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Under specific circumstances, in order to stimulate research and development within the agri-food industry, and thus innovation, it is appropriate to protect the investment made by innovators in gathering the information and data provided in support of an application for a novel food made in accordance with this Regulation. The newly developed scientific evidence and proprietary data provided in support of an application for inclusion of a novel food in the Union list should be protected. However, the protection of scientific data should not allow concealment of the content of novel foods or the technological process used. Those data and information should, for a limited period of time, not be used to the benefit of a subsequent applicant, without the agreement of the prior applicant. The protection of scientific data provided by one applicant should not prevent other applicants from seeking the inclusion in the Union list on the basis of their own scientific data or by referring to the protected data with the agreement of the prior applicant. However, the overall five year period of data protection which has been granted to the prior applicant should not be extended due to the granting of data protection to subsequent applicants.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) a specification of the novel food and technological process;
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Applicants may request confidential treatment of certain information submitted under this Regulation where disclosure of such information may significantly harm their competitive position. However, applicants may not request confidential treatment of certain information submitted under this Regulation where this might result in unfair competition on the Union market.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission, the Member States and EFSA shall take the necessary measures to ensure appropriate confidentiality of the information received by them under this Regulation in accordance with paragraph 4, except for information which is required to be made public in order to protect human health, the environment and animal health.