Activities of Gianna GANCIA related to 2023/0105(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption
Amendments (31)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Council Directive 2001/110/EC20 lays down definitions, names, common rules on composition, quality and labelling requirements for honey. _________________ 20 Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47).
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the objectives of the Green Deal and of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographic origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packagingin decreasing order on the packaging. Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for complete transparency in this sector, the country or countries of origin where the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same field of vision as the product indication. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Noting that the 2023 reports of DG Health – JRC – and of OLAF on the adulteration of honey ‘EU coordinated action ‘From the Hives’’ and ‘EU coordinated action to deter certain fraudulent practices in the honey sector – Analytical testing results of imported honeys’ show a very high proportion of imported honeys suspected of having been adulterated and confirm a range of cases of fraud in the honey sector; Given that some operators use ‘customised’ sugar syrups that are very difficult to detect even with the most sophisticated analytical techniques; Deploring the lack of official and validated analytical methods to detect new types of adulteration with sugar syrups, meaning that national authorities are unable to identify certain honeys as having been produced fraudulently; Stressing that a significant amount of honeys are present in the honey market that have been adulterated via the addition of sugar syrups either during honey production or at a certain stage in the packaging process.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Recognising that the term ‘filtered honey’ used in Directive 2001/110 is misunderstood by consumers, who confuse this industrial filtration with filtration carried out by beekeepers after extracting their honey to remove wax particles and other foreign elements from honey. Consequently, filtered honeys as defined in Directive 2001/110/EC should no longer be authorised for marketing under the name ‘honey’ and the definition of ‘filtered honey’ should be removed from the text of the Directive. Noting that the removal by filtration of a part or all of the pollen and figurative elements present in honey and a filter mesh size of less than 100 µm no longer enables correct identification of the geographical and/or botanical origin of a honey. This makes it much more difficult to distinguish between sugar syrup, or a blend of honey and syrup, and honey. Industrial filtration makes it impossible to trace honey using an analytical approach such as melissopalynology. Emphasising that Annex II to Directive 2001/110 should be amended to specify the permitted level of filtration, i.e. which should not significantly alter the density and pollen spectrum of honey, but rather removes most of the foreign substances present in honey.
Amendment 68 #
(3c) Pointing out that both the definition of honey in Directive 2001/110 EC and that of the Codex Alimentarius clearly specify the work done by bees in the hive after they have harvested their crop, which they transform by combining it with their own specific materials, deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave to ripen in the combs of the hive. Dehydration followed by ripening are operations carried out by bees. Outside the European Union, some countries accept that the work of bees in the production of honey is limited to harvesting nectar secretions from plants or honeydew. Unripe honeys produced in this way have a moisture content well in excess of the 20% threshold laid down in Directive 2001/110/EC. Operators work with heated vats under a vacuum to limit the boiling temperature of the water in the honey. However, this process degrades the final product by depleting its flavourings and enzymes. Insisting that the Honey Directive should prohibit this vacuum evaporation process for honeys.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Noting with concern that heat treatment above 40 °C (± 5 °C) causes degradation of certain constituents of honey. The indicators currently used, namely HMF and the diastase index, make it possible to assess the significant degradation of honeys, but do not make it possible to show the degradation of more sensitive honey constituents, such as invertase. The consumer must be able to distinguish between honeys that have not been exposed to treatments involving heating above 40°C (± 5°C) and other honeys. The words ‘virgin honey or unheated honey’ must therefore appear on the label. In order to check that the honey has not been degraded by heat treatment, a minimum threshold must be set for the honey’s invertase content as this is a much more sensitive enzyme that degrades very quickly at high temperatures.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Therefore, considering, in particular, that consumers are increasingly aware of health concerns linked to the consumption of sugar, it is appropriate to revise the rules on the use of statements on sugar for fruit juices to allow consumers to make informed choices. It is therefore appropriate to reintroduce, without a time limitation, the possibility for the industry to use the statement indicating that no fruit juices contain added sugars or, on the contrary, that the fruit juices do contain added sugars.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Considering the objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy to empower consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of food, and in the interest of preserving the efficient functioning of the internal market across the Union by harmonising labelling rules, in line with the requirements applicable to fresh fruit and in accordance with consumer expectations, there should be mandatory labelling of the place of origin of fruit used for the production of fruit juices and other similar products intended for human consumption.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In accordance with Annex I to Directive 2001/112/EC, fruit nectars may contain added sugars and/or honey. In order to support the production and marketing of fruit, while taking into account the need to stimulate product reformulation to reduce the amount of sugars present in fruit nectars, the proportion of sugars and/or honey that may be added to fruit nectars that are naturally low in acidity and palatable should be lowered.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In the light of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of their food, and in the interest of preserving the efficient functioning of the internal market across the Union by harmonising labelling rules, in line with the requirements applicable to fresh fruit and in accordance with consumer expectations, there should be mandatory labelling of the place of origin of fruit used for the production of fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2201/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(1a) Article 2(2), subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: "(2) the product names referred to in Annex I, points 2 and 3, shall apply onexclusively to the products defined thereinin that Annex and shall be used in trade to designate them. TheseSuch names may be replaced by the simple product name "honey", exceptsave in the case of filtered honey, comb honey, chunk honey or cut comb in honey and baker's honey. honey with cut comb and baker's honey. Or. it (02001L0110)
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
in Article 2(2), the following point is added: ‘(ba) with the exception of honeys intended for industrial use, these names may be supplemented by indications of the absence of significant heat treatment. The term referring to the absence of significant heat treatments, such as “raw honey” or “unheated honey”, may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of honey if no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from collection to packaging, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex II, points 6 (Diastase Index and hydroxymethylfurfural content) and 7 (invertase index).’
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) in paragraph 4, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following and points (c) and (d) are added:
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The country of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label and on the front of the packaging next to the product’s trade name. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the front label of packs containing more than 25 g in descending order;
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) For the purpoExcept in the cases of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and in particular Articles 12 to 15 thereof, the particulars to be indicated according to point (a) of this paragraph shall be considered as mandatory particulars in accordance with Article 9 of that Regulation.’honey intended for industrial use, those names may be supplemented by information concerning the honey’s: – floral or vegetable origin, if the product comes wholly or mainly from the indicated origin and presents the organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics of the indicated origin and possesses its organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics; – regional, territorial or topographical origin, if the product comes entirely from the indicated source; – specific quality criteria.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 3
Article 3
Article 3 In the case of filtered honey and baker's honey, bulk containers, packs and trade documents shallis amended as follows: ‘Article 3 In the case of honey intended for industrial use, intermediate bulk containers, packaging and sales documentation must clearly indicate the full product name, as referred to in Annex I, point 2(b)(viii), and point 3.’ established in point 3 of the annex’ Or. it (02001L0110)
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 2
Annex II – paragraph 2
Annex II, paragraph 2 is amended as follows: ‘When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shallmust not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shallmust any other additions be made other than honey. Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition. With the exception of point 3 of Annex I, it must not have any foreign tastes or odours, have begun to ferment, have an artificially changed acidity or have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated. or been subject to vacuum evaporation. When sold as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey must conform to the composition characteristics set out in points 1 to 6. What is more, when sold as ‘raw honey’ or ‘unheated honey’, honey must also conform to the composition characteristics set out in point 7.’ Or. it (02001L0110)
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 3
Annex II – paragraph 3
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 6 a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 6 a (new)
In Annex II, a new paragraph 6a is added: ‘6a. Invertase index (Gontarski unit) for ‘raw honeys’ or ‘unheated honeys’. Determined after processing and blending. – generally not less than 50 U/kg – honeys with a low natural enzyme content, not less than 25 U/kg.’
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – introductory part
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph 3a is inserted: '3a.For products covered by Annex I, the country of origin where the fruit was harvested must be indicated on the label of packs. If the fruit used to made these products originates from more than one country, the countries of origin where the fruit was harvested shall be indicated on the label of packs. If the products are made from two or more species of fruit, the countries of origin where the fruit was harvested shall be indicated on the label of packs.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part I – point 6
Annex I – part I – point 6
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 1
Council Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 3
— For fruit juice, fruit juices from concentrate, concentrated fruit juices, reduced-sugar fruit juice and reduced- sugar fruit juices from concentrate: restored flavour, pulp and cells;;
Amendment 279 #
— For products defined in Part I, points 1 to 65 of Part I, in order to regulate acidic taste: lemon and/or lime juice and/or concentrated lemon and/or lime juice, up to 3 g per litre of juice, expressed as anhydrous citric acid;;
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 4
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 10
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 10
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii – indent 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii – indent 2
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part II – point 3 – indent 14
Annex I – part II – point 3 – indent 14
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex III – Part I – point ha (new)
Annex III – Part I – point ha (new)
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex V – row 20 a (new)
Annex V – row 20 a (new)
(2a) The following row shall be added to Annex V: 'Common name of the fruit: blood orange Botanical name: Citrus × sinensis Minimum Brix levels: 10"
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Council Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex I – part I – indent 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 5
Annex I – part I – indent 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 5
– 1090 g for passion fruit.;