15 Amendments of Othmar KARAS related to 2018/2008(INI)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the safety and quality of food, as well as protection of consumers from being misled, are matters of the highest priority;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that, despite numerous requests, the testing and analysis methods used by national authorities to study dual quality of products, particularly foodstuffs, have so far not been communicated to the national authorities of other Member States;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the Commission Notice of 29 September 2017 entitled ‘The application of EU food and consumer protection law to issues of Dual Quality of products – The specific case of food (2017/C 237/01)’ refers to the relevant EU legal provisions and the provisions of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 2006/2004) concerning cooperation between authorities and its direction and use;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to instruct the Joint Research Centre to devise a common test method and carry out uniform tests throughout the EU in accordance with agreed standards, in order to assess how justified the accusations are;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls, in connection with the test procedures to be developed by the Commission's Joint Research Centre, for manufacturers to be given the opportunity to deliver opinions before the results are published;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Observes that, in the case of consumer products such as food, one and the same brand may be subject to altered recipes and flavour profiles on account of the desiderata imposed by local markets within the European Union; relevant local conditions range, inter alia, from taking account of national legislation (e.g. taxes, national customs with regard to the composition of a food) to disparate local consumer tastes (e.g. with reference to spiciness) regarding the use of local ingredients or production facilities, compliance with reformulation objectives or local price levels; such differentiations do not result in different qualities and are perfectly legitimate, provided that they are not misleading and accord with product information and statements made in advertising;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers that the competent national authorities ought to monitor compliance with the applicable law on food effectively;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that EU law on fair business practices (Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices (UCPD) ) and the numerous harmonised provisions on food labelling provide an appropriate legal basis for combating practices designed to mislead consumers (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers);
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Rejects attempts to standardise the taste and recipes of food throughout the EU or to prescribe to manufacturers the exact composition of the various products, as a result of which they can no longer respond to the wishes of consumers on their local markets;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls on the Commission to provide a legally secure definition of the concept of an ‘EU reference product';
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Considers that an amendment to define 'dual quality' as an unfair commercial practice under Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices should not be made until a method has been developed, with a lead role being played by the Commission's Joint Research Centre;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Is opposed to the creation of an agency or a specialised unit to monitor the consistency, the composition and the proportional use of ingredients in identical branded products and packaged foodstuffs, since the existing legal and monitoring structures are sufficient;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24f. Calls for the work to develop a methodology, led by the Commission's Joint Research Centre, to result in clear formulations, in order to avoid contradictory interpretations by the competent national authorities;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)
Paragraph 24 g (new)
24g. Calls on the Commission, after EU-wide tests have been conducted in accordance with the standards developed by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre, to publish the results in a report and if necessary to draw conclusions;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 h (new)
Paragraph 24 h (new)
24h. Points out that the results of EU- wide testing in accordance with the common testing methodology developed by the Commission's Joint Research Centre will enable Member States to provide their people with objective and factual information;