2 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2013/0433(COD)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) It is expected that the knowledge on the impact of the cloning technique on the welfare of the animals used will increase. The cloning technique is likely to improve over time. Consequently prohibitions shcould only apply provisionallybe reviewed and/or updated in the event of evident improvements in the said cloning technique. This Directive should therefore be reviewed within a reasonable time taking into account the experience gained by the Member States in its implementation, scientific and technical progress and international developments.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “cloning” means asexual reproduction of animals with a technique wherebyusing a process by which the nucleus of a cell of an individual animal is transferred into an oocyte from which the nucleus has been removextracted to create genetically identical individual embryos ("embryo clones"), that can subsequently be implanted into surrogate mothers in order to produce populations of genetically identical animals ("animal clone");