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12 Amendments of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2014/0255(COD)

Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to ensure the safe use of medicated feed, its supply and use should be subject to presentation of a valid veterinary prescription which has been issued after examination of the animals to be treated. However, the possibility to manufacture medicated feed before a prescription is presented to the manufacturer should not be excluded.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Taking into account the serious public health risk posed by resistance to antimicrobials, it is appropriate to limit the use of medicated feed containing antimicrobials for food-producing animals. Preventive use orMedicated feed containing antimicrobials should not be used to enhance the performance of food-producing animals should in particular not be allowedprevent diseases in food-producing animals unless such use is permitted under Regulation (EU) 2015/... (Veterinary Medicinal Products). The ban on the use of antibiotics as growth-promoting agents as provided by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 should be strictly complied with.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Feed business operators manufacturing, storing, transporting and placing on the market medicated feed and intermediate products shall apply measures in accordance with Article 3 and 4 to avoid carry-over or restrict the levels determined by the European Food Safety Authority.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 concerning the establishment of specific carry-over limits for active substances.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a
Carry-over limits for specific active substances shall be determined by a scientific risk assessment carried out by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), where such limits have not been already determined.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In Member States where reduction to these levels will be burdensome, the Commission and Member States shall promote potential funding sources to provide assistance to farmers to meet these targets, from within the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund or EU Health Programme, for example.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Medicated feed and intermediate products may be manufactured and stored before the prescription referred to in Article 15 is issued. This provision shall not apply to on-farm mixers or in case of manufacture of medicated feed or intermediate products from veterinary medicinal products in accordance with Articles 10 or 11 of Directive 2001/82/EC.deleted
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The prescribed medicated feed may be used only for animals examined by the person who issued the prescription and only for a diagnosed disease. Significant and imminent health risks may be grounds for the limited and non-routine prophylactic use of vaccines and anti- parasitical treatments. The person who issued the prescription shall verify that this medication is justified for the target animals on veterinary grounds. Furthermore hethat person shall ensure that the administration of the veterinary medicinal product concerned is not incompatible with another treatment or use and that there is no contra-indication or interaction where several medicinal products are used.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the quantities required for one month's treatment or two weeks in case of medicated feed containing antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products, unless prescribed for longer by a veterinarian in exceptional cases with veterinarian justification.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Medicated feed containing antimicrobial antibiotic veterinary medicinal products shall not be used to prevent diseases in food-producing animals or to enhance their performanceunless such use is permitted under Regulation (EU) 2015/... (Veterinary Medicinal Products).
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that appropriate collection systems are in place for medicated feed and intermediate products that are expired or in case the animal holder has received a bigger quantity of medicated feed than he actually uses for the treatment referred to in the veterinary prescription. Under such circumstances, the justification for such surpluses shall be expressly recorded in the veterinary record.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that develop appropriate collection systems are in place, in cooperation with the operators of the sector for medicated feed and intermediate products that are expired or in case the animal holder has received a bigger quantity of medicated feed than he actually uses for the treatment referred to in the veterinary prescription.
2015/07/02
Committee: AGRI