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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 (39)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 3 July 2023 entitled ‘Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing’,
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
Having regard to the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 4 March 2015 entitled ‘Sugars intake for adults and children’,
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
Amendment 28 #
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 47 #
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 Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy’s objectives of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographical 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 mentionedfully spelled-out rather than abbreviated and mentioned with their exact respective percentage in descending order on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resultingless than 25 grammes and the possible technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation ofallow producers to listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one countryon single pack using an ISO 3166 code.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The results of the coordinated action against honey adulteration "From the Hives" carried out by 18 Member States, under the leadership of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), between November 2021 and February 2022, show that a significant proportion of honey imported into the Union is suspected of being fraudulent, but often goes undetected. Out of 320 samples of honey collected at the Union borders and analysed by the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, 46% (i.e. 147) are strongly suspected of adulteration. These fake honeys came mainly from China and Turkey and contain in particular sugar syrups made from beet, rice or wheat1a . This has caused downward pressure on honey prices, especially in the current market where a significant part of honey consumed in the Union is imported. _________________ 1a https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/eu-agri- food-fraud-network/eu-coordinated- actions/honey-2021-2022_en
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Member States and the Commission must take improved measures to prevent honey fraud. Official batch-sampling and testing of honey from third countries at the Union’s external borders should be required by the Commission, in line with Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The Commission should present a harmonised and compulsory method of analysis to detect cases of fraud and non-compliance with Council Directive 2001/110/EC.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) Directive 2001/110/EC should introduce more inspections and complementing mandatory traceability measures, notably a blockchain technology to allow honey to be traced back to the registered apiary by recording in particular the identifier of the producer, the batch, and each participant in the supply chain, as well as the year of harvest, the geographical origin and the year of bottling.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) The general principles of EU food law, in accordance with Regulation No 178/2002, prohibit the marketing of unsafe food along with misleading practices for the consumers. National competent authorities must inform the public of non-compliant fraudulent honey put on the Union market and organise recalls.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 e (new)
Recital 3 e (new)
(3e) The term "filtered honey" used in Directive 2001/110/EC is misinterpreted by consumers, who confuse this industrial filtration with the filtration carried out by beekeepers after extracting their honey to remove particles of wax and other foreign elements from the honey. Consequently, filtered honeys as defined in Directive 2001/110/EC should no longer be allowed to be marketed under the name "honey" and the definition of "filtered honey" should be deleted from the text of the Directive.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 f (new)
Recital 3 f (new)
(3f) Heat treatment of honeys is not clearly indicated nor defined according to their respective definitions in Annex I. Heat treatment can affect the composition of honey in various ways, changing its bactericidal and nutritional properties. Consequently, this information on heat- treatment above 40°C (± 5°C) should also be communicated to the consumer, through labelling as a mandatory particular in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 g (new)
Recital 3 g (new)
(3g) The definition of honey, as laid down in the current Directive, should be defended at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to avoid a definition that would allow to export low-cost products under the name of "honey", to the detriment of the quality and stability of the Union honey market and consumer confidence in Union products.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In 2012, Directive 2001/112/EC was amended by Directive 2012/12/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council22 to reflect the new rules on authorised ingredients, such as those pertaining to the addition of sugars, which were no longer authorised in fruit juices. In the light of this change of compositional requirements for fruit juices, the fruit juice industry was allowed to use, for one year only, a statement indicating that no fruit juices contain added sugars, in order to inform consumers and enable them to make an immediate clear distinction between fruit juices and other certain similar products in terms of the addition of sugars in the products. This short time- span proved insufficient to inform society that, following the new rules on authorised ingredients, the addition of sugars is no longer authorised in fruit juices. As a result, for some of the consumers and health practitioners, it is still noHowever, this statement is liable to mislead the consumer, as it does not provide clarity that fruit juice has a high free sugar content. A statement clear that fruit juices, contrary to fruit nectars, cannot contain added sugarsifying the high sugar nature of the products will better inform the consumer. _________________ 22 Directive 2012/12/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 April 2012 amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption (OJ L 115, 27.4.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) A report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published in February 2022 concluded that even small amounts of sugar can be harmful to health. According to EFSA, the intake of added and free sugars should be as low as possible. The risk of numerous health problems, such as type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease, increases with increasing sugar consumption. In terms of health outcomes, EFSA does not make a difference between ‘free’ sugars and ‘added’ sugars.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) A systematic review by the WHO suggests that non-sugar sweeteners could be linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and increased body weight. The World Health Organization's Cancer Research Agency (IARC) has classified the sweetener aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to humans". The World Health Organization’s "best buys" and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of NCDs include policies such as front-of-pack nutrition labelling, reformulation of food products, and policies to protect children from the harmful effects of unhealthy food marketing on their diets.
Amendment 96 #
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 tTherefore appropriate to reintroduce, without a time limitation, the possibility for the industry to use the statement indicating that no fruit juices contain added sugars, in order to ensure clarity to consumers, fruit juices and fruit nectars should only be allowed to bear a nutrition claim relating to their high sugar content.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) As a result of technical progress, new processing techniques have been or are being developed to entirely or partially remove naturally occurring sugars in fruit juices and fruit juices from concentrate, in order to address the growing consumer demand for products with a lower sugar content. These new techniques should be assessed and this technological progress should not lead to the use of sweeteners to compensate for the effect of sugar reduction on the taste, texture and quality of the final product. Such products can be marketed in the Union to the extent that they comply with all relevant legislation. However, those products are obtained by applying a treatment that is not one of the authorised treatments in Part II, point 3, of Annex I to Directive 2001/112/EC and their total sugar content, known as Brix level for an aqueous solution, is lower than that of juice extracted from the fruit. As a result, they may not bear the product name ‘fruit juice’ or ‘fruit juice from concentrate’.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Such products are becoming increasingly available on the Union market. In order to facilitate the placing on the internal market of those products, taking also into account the need to encourage product reformulation to reduce the amount of sugars present in fruit juices, a new category of products should be created for fruit juices whose naturally occurring sugars have been entirely or partially removed while keeping all the other essential physical, chemical, organoleptic and nutritional characteristics. These productsHowever, in order to ensure clarity to the consumer, such products shall remain classified as fruit drinks and should not bear the product name ‘reduced-sugar fruit juice’ or ‘reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate’ and to have a Brix level lower than that of the juice extracted from the fruit. In order to ensure consistency with Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 the reduction of sugar content should be at least 30 % compared to fruit juice and fruit juice from concentrate. It is therefore appropriate to add the new category of products in Part I of Annex I to Directive 2001/112/EC as well as to lay down rules on the authorised ingredients for those products, as well as the authorised treatments and substancess defined in Directive 2001/112/EC.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Article 2(4) of Directive 2001/113/EC requires the mandatory labelling of sugar content on the labelling, unless a nutrition claim for sugars is made on the labelling. This requirement went further than the rules laid down in Council Directive 90/496/EEC25 , where the inclusion of nutrition information on prepacked foods was voluntary unless a nutrition claim was made and where the nutrition claim was made for sugars, it was to include the amounts of sugar. Directive 90/496/EEC has been repealed and replaced by Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 . Pursuant to that Regulation the provision of nutrition information on packaging is now mandatory. Therefore, a specific provision on sugar labelling is no longer necessary in Directive 2001/113/EC and it iHowever, a revision of Regulation 1169/2011 is needed to empower the consumer and to allow for healthy lifestyle choices. This revision should improve the sugar labelling on the back of pack in order correctly inform consumers of the amount of free and added sugars as ap propriate to delete itortion of total sugars as well as the use of non-sugar sweeteners. _________________ 25 Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs (OJ L 276, 6.10.1990, p. 40). 26 Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The full implementation of Regulation No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods is long overdue and should be carried out without further delays. A robust set of nutrient profiles is awaited since 2009 and should be developed to prohibit the use of claims on foods high in fats, sugars and salt.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) An effective and EU-wide regulatory approach to tackle the exposure of children and adolescents to the advertising and marketing of processed foods high in fat, sugar and salt on broadcast and digital media would be welcomed.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 c (new)
Recital 14 c (new)
(14c) Front-of-pack nutrition labelling, announced in the Farm to Fork Strategy for 2022, is another tool to support citizens in making healthier food choices and thereby helping to prevent unhealthy consumption of food high in salt, fat and sugar.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Where the quantity of fruit used to manufacture jams and jellies is increased, the amount of added sugar needed to reach the minimum content of soluble dry matter in these products is reduced. In order to stimulate the production of jams with an increased level of fruit content and thus support the fruit market while taking into account the need to reduce free sugar content, the minimum quantity of fruit to be used in the manufacture of jam, and extra jam laid down in Annex I to Directive 2001/113/EC should be increased. In order to stimulate the production of jellies with an increased level of fruit content and thus support the fruit market, the minimum quantity of fruit to be used in the manufacture of jelly and extra jelly laid down in Annex I to Directive 2001/113/EC should be increased. Moreover, all components have to be indicated and a reduction in sugar content should not be compensated with sweeteners. Similarly, in view of helping consumers to make better informed, healthy food choices, it is appropriate to authorise the use of the reserved names defined in Part I of that Annex for products which have a soluble dry matter content of less than 60 % but meet the conditions applying to the nutrition claim ‘reduced sugars’ laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 as regards reduced sugar.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(1a) In Article 2, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: "2. the product names referred to in Annex I, points 2 and 3, shall apply only to the products defined therein and shall be used in trade to designate them. These names may be replaced by the simple product name "honey", except in the case of filtered honey, comb honey, chunk honey or cut comb in honey and baker's honey. comb honey, honey with pieces of comb and industrial honey." Or. en (02001L0110)
Amendment 145 #
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, paragraph 2, the following point ba is added: "(ba) For honeys produced and imported into the EU, each honey marketed under an identification other than that of the harvesting beekeeper must have an identifier linked to a block-chain traceability system enabling the competent authorities to trace the entire history of the honey back to the harvesting beekeepers or operators in the case of imported honeys."
Amendment 158 #
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 fully spelled-out rather than abbreviated. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested, and the indicative percentage of honey from each country of origin shall be indicated on the label of packs containin descending more than 25 gder;
Amendment 166 #
(aa) The exact percentage of honey from each country of origin shall be marked;
Amendment 168 #
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 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a b (new)
(ab) Where packs contain less than 25 g, the countries of origin may be indicated on the label using ISO 3166 country codes, alongside to the indicative percentage.
Amendment 170 #
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 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a c (new)
(ac) Where honey has undergone heat treatment above 40°C (± 5°C), it shall be indicated on the label.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
The following Article 3a is added: "Article 3a Bulk containers, packs and trade documents shall clearly indicate if the product has been heat treated above 40°C (± 5°C)."
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 2
Annex II – paragraph 2
In Annex II, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall 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. en (02001L0110)
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council**, the statement ‘no fruit juices contain added/nectars are high in sugars’ mayshall appear on the label in the same field of vision as the name of the products referred to in Part I, point 1, of Annex I to this Directive.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2001/113/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 6
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. Where the rResidual content of sulphur dioxide is more than 10 mg/kg, its presence shall be indicated on the list of ingredients by way of derogation from Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.;
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 2
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 5 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 281 #
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 286 #
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