Activities of Damiano ZOFFOLI related to 2013/0433(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Cloning of animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes (debate) IT
Amendments (8)
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) According to the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Article 43 TFEU is the appropriate legal basis for any legislation concerning the production and marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex I TFEU which contributes to the achievement of one or more of the objectives of the common agricultural policy set out in Article 39 TFEU. Article 43 can also be taken as the basis for the adoption of legislation that addresses objectives other than those of the common agricultural policy, making it unnecessary to have recourse to Article 114, which is normally applied, in the absence of specific provisions, whenever there is a need to adopt measures relating to the approximation of the provisions of Member State law which have as their object the establishment and functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Consumer research has shown the existence of clear and consistent opposition, throughout the Union, to the use of cloning in food production.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Taking into account the objectives of the Union's agricultural policy, the results of the recent scientific assessments of EFSA and, the animal welfare requirement provided in Article 13 of the Treaty, it is prudent to provisionally prohibit the use ofand the concerns of citizens, it is appropriate to prohibit cloning infor animal production for farming purposes of certain specin the Union and the sale in the Union of products derived from such cloning which takes place in third countries.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In order to establish whether animals are clones or are descended from clones, and whether foods of animal origin are derived from cloned animals or from descendants of cloned animals, it is necessary for import certificates to indicate information to that effect. The Commission should therefore propose the necessary changes to relevant zootechnical and animal health legislation.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The majority of EU citizens disapprove of cloning for farming purposes owing, inter alia, to animal welfare considerations, general ethical considerations and the fact that cloning for farming purposes might lead to cloned animals or their progeny being allowed to enter the food chain. Indeed, most EU citizens are essentially opposed to the consumption of such products.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Food products of animal origin from third countries shall not be placed on the Union market unless the import certificates accompanying those products show that they have not been produced from cloned animals or from descendants of cloned animals.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 c (new)
The Commission shall propose the necessary amendments to animal health and zootechnical legislation in order to ensure that import certificates accompanying animals and food products of animal origin indicate whether they are, or are descended or derived from, cloned animals or their descendants.