6 Amendments of Jacques COLOMBIER related to 2018/0088(COD)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Food safety is a sensitive matter of prime interest for all Union citizens. While maintaining the principle that the burden is on the industry to prove compliance with Union requirements, it is important to establish an additional verification tool to address specific cases of high societal importance where there is a controversy on safety issues, namely the commissioning of additional studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in the context of risk assessment. Considering that it would be financed by the Union budget and that the use of this exceptional verification tool should remain proportionate, the Commission, the European Parliament or the Council should be responsible for triggering the commissioning of such verification studies. Account should be taken of the fact that in some specific cases the studies commissioned may need to have a wider scope than the evidence at stake (for example new scientific developments becoming available).
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Furthermore, in order to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the different provisions applying to the Authority, it is also appropriate to provide for a Commission evaluation of the Authority by the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, in accordance with the Common Approach on Decentralised Agencies. The evaluation should, in particular, review the procedures for selecting the members of Scientific Committee and Panels, for their degree of transparency, cost-effectiveness, and suitability to ensure independence and competence, and to prevent conflicts of interests.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 8 a – point f a (new)
Article 8 a – point f a (new)
(fa) restore a climate of trust between European agricultural producers and consumers.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
(fb) highlight the fact that European agricultural production has the highest environmental and health standards on the global market, which means that the risk to the consumer is as low as possible.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
Article 8 b – point e a (new)
Article 8 b – point e a (new)
(ea) be completely transparent when it comes to the independence of assessors and the absence of conflicts of interest.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 32 e
Article 32 e
Without prejudice to the obligation of applicants for authorisations under food law to demonstrate the safety of a subject matter submitted to a system of authorisation, the Commission, the European Parliament or the Council, in exceptional circumstances, may request the Authority to commission scientific studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in its risk assessment process. The studies commissioned may have a wider scope than the evidence subject to verification.;