2 Amendments of Jan MULDER related to 2008/0002(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Under specific circumstances in order to stimulate research and development within the agri-food industry, and thus innovation, the newly developed scientific evidence and proprietary data provided in support of an application for inclusion of a novel food in the Community list should not be used to the benefit of another applicant during a limited period of time, without the agreement of the first applicant. The protection of scientific data provided by one applicant should not prevent other applicants from seeking the inclusion in the Community list of novel foods on the basis of their own scientific data. In addition, the protection of scientific data shall not prevent transparency and access to information with regard to the data used in the safety assessment of novel foods. Intellectual property rights should, however, be respected.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The introduction of a European quality label will allow consumers to identify products that are produced in accordance with EU´s strict environmental, animal-welfare and food- safety standards and will form another essential part, in addition to this regulation, of the EU´s general policy of informing its citizens about the characteristics of products and the circumstances under which they were produced.