11 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2014/0032(COD)
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In addition, experience has shown that in order to facilitate the application of the rules provided for in those Directives a number of the provisions require more precise wording and consistent terminology that is standard across all Member States. In the interests of clarity and consistency of Union legislation, it is also appropriate to provide for more definitions.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to ensure a harmonised approach to trade in breeding animals and their germinal products and their imports into the Union, with an eye to the degree to which livestock breeders form associations, the capital levels of those associations and the effectiveness of breeding programmes, and to the official controls necessary to be performed on breeding programmes carried out by breed societies and breeding operations, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States at national level and can therefore, by reason of its effect, complexity, trans- border and international character, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as referred to in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. Since the scope of this Regulation is limited to what is necessary in order to achieve its objectives, it also respects the principle of proportionality as referred to in Article 5(4) of that Treaty.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Breed societies and breeding operations recognised in one Member State should have the possibility to implement their approved breeding programme in one or more other Member States in order to ensure the best possible utilisation of breeding animals of high genetic value as an important production factor within the Union. To this end certification arrangements should be introduced for those societies to guarantee the quality of their breeding programmes, while a simple notification procedure should ensure that the competent authority in the other Member State is aware of the intended activity.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) The import of breeding animals and their germinal products is essential for the European agriculture. Imports of breeding animals and their germinal products should therefore be carried out under conditions closely in line with those rules applicable to trade between Member States and should comply with all the standards relating to the quality of imported material. However, breeding animals and their germinal products should only be entitled for entry in the main section of a breeding book or breed register in the Union, if the level of official controls carried out in the exporting third country ensures the same certainty of pedigree details and the results of performance testing and genetic evaluation as in the Union. In addition, breeding bodies in third countries should accept as a matter of reciprocity breeding animals and their germinal products from the respective breed society or breeding operation recognised in the Union.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) With a view to establishing the lists of third countries from where imports into the Union of breeding animals and their semen, oocytes and embryos should be allowed, and to drawing up the conditions for such imports, it is necessary to obtaining information relating toon their traceability in the form of zootechnical certificates attesting to their origin and on the functioning of bilateral agreements and, where any serious infringement of the conditions for such imports laid down in this Regulation so warrants, the Commission should be empowered to carry out controls in third countries on behalf of the Union, as appropriate.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) "breed society" means any breeding organisation or, breeders' association or state- run public body which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(2) for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes;
Amendment 203 #
(ga) ensuring the quality of breeding programmes;
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) “breeding book” means any herd-book, flock-book, stud-book, file or data medium which is maintained by a breed society or public body in the Member State, in which purebred breeding animals are entered or registered for entry with mention of details of their ascendants and where applicable their merits, to be subject of a breeding programme;
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) meets the criteria for listing breeding bodies provided for in Article 37 and all European quality standards;
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Article 59 – paragraph 2
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take. These penalties shall be the same throughout the European Union and all measures necessary shall be taken to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.