7 Amendments of Constantin DUMITRIU related to 2008/0028(COD)
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It is also important to provide consumers with information on the other alcoholic beverages. Specific Community rules already exist on the labelling of wine. Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine and Council Regulation No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails provides an exhaustive set of technical standards which fully cover all oenological practices, manufacturing methods and means of presentation and labelling of wines and wine products, thus ensuring that all stages in the chain are covered and that consumers are protected and properly informed. In particular, this legislation describes in a precise and exhaustive manner the substances likely to be used in the production process, together with the conditions for their use via a positive list of oenological practices and treatments; any practice not included in this list is prohibited. Therefore, it is appropriate to exempt wine at this stage from the obligation to list the ingredients and to provide for a nutrition declaration. As regards beer and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […] of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89, and in order to ensure a consistent approach and coherence with the conditions established for wine, the same kind of exemptions shall apply. However, the Commission will produce a report after five years of the entry into force of this Regulation and may propose, if necessary, specific requirements in the context of this Regulation.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The indication of the country of origin or of the place of provenance of a food should be provided whenever its absence is likely to mislead consumers as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of that product. In other cases, the provision of the indication of country of origin or place of provor of the raw materials used should be provided, in order to enhance is left to the appreciation of food business operatorstraceability. In all cases, the indication of country of origin or place of provenance should be provided in a manner which does not deceive the consumer and on the basis of clearly defined criteria which ensure a level playing field for the industry and improve consumers' understanding of the information related to the country of origin or place of provenance of a food. Such criteria should not apply to indications related to the name or address of the food business operator.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) To appeal to the average consumer and to serve the informative purpose for which it is introduced, and given the current level of knowledge on the subject of nutrition, the information provided should be simple and, easily understood and legible. Research has indicated that consumers find the information in the principal field of view or ‘front of pack’ is useful when making purchasing decisions. Therefore, to ensure that consumers can readily see the essential nutrition information when purchasing foods such information should be in the principal field of view of the label.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the country of origin or place of provenance of the main agricultural raw material where failure to indicate this might mislead the consumer to a material degree as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of the food, in particular if the information accompanying the food or the label as a whole would otherwise imply that the food has a different country of origin or place of provenance; in such cases the indication shall be in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 35(3) and (4) and those established in accordance with Article 35(5);
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – point e)
Article 20 – point e)
(e) wine and wine products as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493479/2008 and in Regulation (EC) No 1601/19991, beer, and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […] of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89. The Commission shall produce a report after [five years of the entry into force of this Regulation] concerning the application of Article 19 on these products and may accompany this report by specific measures determining the rules for labelling ingredients. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, shall be adopted, where necessary, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(3); following procedures: i. for the products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, in accordance with the procedure indicated in Article 113 of that regulation; ii. for the products referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1601/1991, in accordance with the procedure indicated in Article 13 of that regulation; iii. for the products referred to in Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, in accordance with the rules set out in Article 10 of that regulation; iv. for other products, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny indicated in Article 49(3) of this regulation.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Where necessary, detailed rules may be adopted concerning the presentation of the ingredients or the substances originating from ingredients referred to in subparagraph (1), in accordance with the following procedures: i. for the products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, in accordance with the procedure indicated in Article 113 of that regulation; ii. for the products referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1601/1991, in accordance with the procedure indicated in Article 13 of that regulation; iii. for the products referred to in Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, in accordance with the rules set out in Article 10 of that regulation; iv. for other products, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny indicated in Article 49(2) of this regulation.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This paragraph shall not apply to wine and wine products as defined in Council Regulations (EC) No 1493s 479/2008 and 1601/19991, beer, and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […] of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89. The Commission shall produce a report after [five years of the entry into force of this Regulation] concerning the application of this paragraph on these products and may accompany this report by specific measures determining the rules for a mandatory nutrition declaration for these products. Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, shall be adopted, where necessary, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrfollowing procedures: i. for the products referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, in accordance with the procedure indicated in Article 113 of that regulation; ii. for the products referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1601/1991, in accordance with the procedure indicated in Article 13 of that regulation; iii. for the products referred to in Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, in accordance with the rules set out iny referred to in Article 49(3) Article 10 of that regulation; iv. for other products, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny indicated in Article 49(2) of this regulation.