BETA

3 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2010/2111(INI)

Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the severe consequences of past BSE diseases, which led to a threat to public health and wide-scale export bans on the EU's internal market, hampered Member States‘ external trade activities and caused serious damage to the EU's livestock sector; stresses the importance of upholdconsiders that processed animal proteins are a valuable source of proteings the ban on using animal protein sources, introduced in the EU legislation in 1996 for ruminants and extended in 2001 toat could play an important role in the rebalancing of the EU-protein deficit; recognises that the current BSE situation in Europe justifies the suggestion made by the Commission in its communication to the Council and European Parliament “TSE Roadmap II” to ease the ban on the use of processed animal proteins of non- ruminants, on the use of animal protein in animal fe in non ruminant animal feed taking into account the prohibition on intra species recycling; stresses that easing the feedban could only be considered until definite scientific evidence suggestsand testing methods guarantee that the transmission of diseases can be excluded;
2010/12/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to find a technical solution to the problems which arise due to zero tolerance for the presence of as yet unauthorised GMO varieties in imported consignments of protein crops;
2010/12/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasizes that the treatment of slaughter offal, swill, meat and bone meal shall meet strict provisions on the protection of human health and environment, also methane emissions stemming from the process shall be reduced; considers that under the current regulatory framework animal-waste is best utilised in biogas production and calls on the Commission and Member States to favour the use of animal-waste for that purpose.deleted
2010/12/08
Committee: ENVI