24 Amendments of Aurélia BEIGNEUX related to 2023/2081(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act)1 a, _________________ 1 a OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas consumers continue to be exposed to positive nutrition or health claims on foods high in fat, salt or sugar, which is incompatible with the objective of high-level consumer protection; seems paradoxical but leaves to the consumer the choice of whether or not to buy;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas weight problems and obesity are increasing rapidly in most Member States, with more than half of European adults and one in three children being overweight or obese11; whereas labelling alone will not solve the problem of obesity and cannot replace a genuine nutrition education policy; _________________ 11 World Health Organization, ‘WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022’.
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the legislation on botanicals in foods and food supplements is not harmonised at EU level; whereas Member States either have positive, negative or no lists of botanical substances permitted in foods; whereas the classification of botanicals as either food or medicine lies within the competence of each individual Member State; whereas these national specificities are also the result of different approaches and cultures which should be preserved;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) guarantees the protection of public health;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas the claims relating to the glycaemic index are perceived by the Commission as insufficiently characterised yet nevertheless meet the expectations of some consumers;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. whereas two claims are made in relation to protein: ‘source of protein’ and ‘high protein’ for foods containing 12% and less than 20% protein respectively;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out an increasing consumer interest in food information13; stresses the need to ensure that information about the nutritional or health values of foods appearing on labels and being used for presentation, marketing and advertising purposes is accurate and meaningful, and is in the official language of the Member State; _________________ 13 European Union, ‘Eurobarometer – Making our food fit for the future – new trends and challenges’, October 2020.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to ensure that health claims remain aligned with EU healthe policies and priorities; reaffirms the importance of the Commission’s discretion to not authorise claims when they could result in conflicting and confusing messages being conveyed to consumers14; _________________ 14 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 8 June 2017, Dextro Energy GmbH & Co. KG v European Commission, C-296/16, ECLI:EU:C:2017:437. of each Member State, which has competence in the area of health;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reminds that claims should not mislead consumers about the true nutrient value of a product; highlights that, in the absence of nutrient profiles, claims can stress a positive aspect of an overall unhealthy product; underlines that the development of nutrient profiles is necessary in order to achieve the consumer protection objective of the NHCR; calls for the swift publication of a Commission proposal on nutrient profiles to limit the use of nutrition and health claims on unhealthy foodunsubstantiated nutrition claims;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. considers that Member States may authorise GI (glycaemic index) claims accompanied by or similar to the authorised claims on postprandial glycaemic response specified in Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 of 16 May 2012, and within the limits set by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, in order to support the EFSA opinion which gives a positive assessment of several health claims on the reduced postprandial glycaemic response as a specific health benefit.
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that many of the claims usedclaims about the value onf the EU market are for nutrients that very few European consumers lack in their diets; calls on the Commission to examine the potential for extending EFSA’s remit to include assessing the relevance of the use of such claims, in addition to examining the scientific basis for suchglycaemic index are complicated, if not impossible to use, while they could be useful for improving control of blood sugar, including for people who are not diabetic, and could therefore be effective in helping to fight obesity; calls, to this end, on the Commission to review the assessment of this claims;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. considers that insects should not be authorised in food, in particular as a source of protein; concludes, therefore, that protein claims should not be usable for such foods and in any case not counted towards the necessary percentage to be able to use these claims;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. UrgesCalls on the Member States to collaborate effectively in establishing a harmonisedconvergent approach on botanical food supplements and calls on the Commission to provide guidance in this regard; recommends that the Commission and the Member States set up an EU-level monitoring system on the adverse health effects of botanical food supplements;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the Commission and the Member States to set up a knowledge network aimed at fachieving harmonisation in the enforcement of the NHCR; points out that this network should facilitate the exchange of best practices, bridge interpretation gaps among Member States and address enforcement disparitiesilitating the exchange of best practices and ensuring the best possible consumer protection;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights that the NHCR was adopted at a time when social media did not yet play such a large role in advertising and the sale of foods and food supplements; is concerned that the extent to which the NHCR effectively governs health-related online communications about foods remains unclearpoints out that Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 should apply to any nutrition and health claims made in commercial communications, including on social media;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. InvitesCalls on the Commission to draft cominclude monitoring the prehsensive guidelines for the enforcement of the NHCR online; considers that these guidelines should outline clear procedures and standards for monitoring and regulating health claims online, ensuring the accuracy and transparency of such claims and safeguarding the well-being of consumersce of fraudulent or deceptive nutrition or health claims online in the context of protecting public health in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market for Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act);