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5 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2008/0002(COD)

Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 24
(24) The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies established by Commission Decision of 16 December 1997 mayshould be consulted, where appropriate, in connection with ethical issues with a view to obtaining advice on ethical issues regarding the use of new technologies and the placing on the market of novel foods.
2008/06/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, this Regulation shall apply to food additives, food enzymes, minerals and flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties to which are applied a new production process not used before 15 May 1997 which gives rise to significant changes in the composition or structure of the food which affects its nutritional value, metabolism or level of undesirable substances.
2008/06/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) "traditional food from a third country" means novel food with a history of food use in a third country, meaning that the food in question has been and continues to be part of the normal diet for at least one generation25 years in a large part of the population of the country;
2008/06/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 7 − paragraph 2 a (new)
JustificationA food ingredient or additive manufactured using a production technology which has not previously2a. In the cases referred to in Article 2(2a) the common procedure shall been employed, such as nanotechnology and nanoscience, should be covered by irrespective of the pregulation on novel foods. These substances may have completely new properties. On precautionary consumer protection grounds, a separate assessment is needed which takes no account of the previous standard use of the substance or of its authorisation.vious use or authorisation of the substance to which a standard production process was applied. Or. de
2008/06/27
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 8 − paragraph 6
6. Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article, which are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by supplementing it, mayshall be adopted at the latest six months following publication of this Regulation in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).
2008/06/27
Committee: AGRI