Activities of Rosa MIGUÉLEZ RAMOS related to 2008/0050(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
The placing on the market and use of feed for animals (debate)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products1. 1 OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. This Regulation shall not apply to water, either taken in directly by the animals or intentionally incorporated into feed. However, it shall apply to feed designed to be administered in water.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) ‘Oral animal feeding’: the introduction of feedingstuffs into an animal’s gastrointestinal tract through the mouth with the aim of meeting the animal's nutritional needs and/or maintaining the productivity of normally healthy animals.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) ‘Compound feed’: mixture of at least two feed materials, whether or not containing feed additives, for oral animal feeding in the form of complete or complementary feed;
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) ‘Feed supplement’: feed consisting of a mixture of additives of all categories, with the exception of those listed in Chapter 3 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 183/2005. In addition, it may be mixed with feed materials, but, by reason of its composition, it is not sufficient for a daily ration. Its purpose is to meet animals' temporary increased and/or special nutritional requirements. It is administered either with or separately from the daily ration or in water;
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) ‘Carrier’: substance used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a feed additive in order to facilitate its handling, application or use without altering its technological function and without exerting any technological effect themselves;
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point q
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point q
(q) ‘Label’: any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed, impressed on, or attached to a container of feed or information in any medium referring to or accompanying such feed;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point r a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point r a (new)
(ra) 'First placing on the market': the first placing on the market of a feed after its manufacture or import.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Manufacturers of feedThe person responsible for the first placing on the market shall make available to the authorities responsible for carrying out official controls any information concerning the composition or claimed properties of the feed they places on the market which enables the accuracy of the information given by the labelling to be verified.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Marketing of nutritional supplements The manufacture, distribution and use of nutritional supplements should conform to the rules laid down in a Community Code of Practice that will be adopted in accordance with this Regulation. This Code should, specifically, cover the composition, intended use and method of use of the nutritional supplement, bearing in mind the requirements of Regulation (EC) 183/2005.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11– paragraph 3
Article 11– paragraph 3
3. Where feed is offered for sale by means of distance communication as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council, the mandatory labelling particulars required by this Regulation shall appear on the material supporting the distance selling, or be provided by any other appropriate means. At all events, provision of the particulars referred to in Article 15(d), (e) and (f) and Article 17(d) and (e) shall become mandatory only when the feed is delivered.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the person responsible for the labelling provides on request of the competent authority a scientific substantiation of the truthfulness of the claim, either via publicly available scientific evidence or through documented company research which is open to scientific review. The scientific substantiation shall be available at the time the feed is placed on the market. In order to guarantee appropriate scientific quality and uniform implementation, the Commission shall lay down guidelines concerning the requirements to be met by the scientific substantiation and its documentation. These guidelines shall also incorporate procedures for appraising the scientific substantiation by means of checks to be performed by the competent supervisory authorities. The guidelines shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 29(2).
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) If the claim relates or may relate to a function of an additive on the basis of the functional groups referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the presence of the additive in an effective concentration shall be regarded as sufficient substantiation of the truthfulness of the claim. If the claim in question is or cannot be related to a function of an additive, the appraisal of the scientific substantiation of the claim shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 of 25 April 2008 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the preparation and the presentation of applications and the assessment and the authorisation of feed additives . 1 OJ L 133, 22.5.2008, p. 1.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The mandatory labelling particulars shall be given in their entirety in a prominent place on the packaging, the container or on a label attached thereto, in a conspicuous, clearlyIf the feed is sold to a feed business, the purchaser shall be informed of the mandatory labelling particulars in the most appropriate way and in a legible and indelcomprehensible manner, in at least the language or one of the official languages of the Member State in which it is placed on the market.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. If the feed is sold to a person other than a feed business, the mandatory labelling particulars shall be given in their entirety in a prominent place on the packaging, the container or on a label attached thereto, in a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible manner, or on an insert, in the language of the Member State in which it is placed on the market. The mandatory labelling particulars shall be easily identifiable and not be obscured by any other information. They shall be displayed in a colour, font and size that does not obscure or emphasize any part of the information, unless such variation is to draw attention to precautionary statements.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Specifications to the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be included in the Community Codes referred to in Article 26. The Codes should, specifically, indicate the manner in which the mandatory labelling particulars should be displayed.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the requirements laid down in Articles 15, 16, 17 and 18, feed containing a level of undesirable substances in excess of that permitted under Directive 2002/32/EC shall be labelled ‘feed with excessive level(s) of … (designation of the undesirable substance(s) in accordance with Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC), only intended for authorised detoxification establishments’. The authorisation of those establishments shall be based on Article 10(2) or (3) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005which does not comply with the European legal specifications set out in Annex VIa shall bear the labelling particulars laid down in Annex VIa.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. In case the contamination is intended to be reduced or eliminated by cleaning, the additional labelling of contaminated feed shall be ‘feed with excessive level(s) of … (designation of the undesirable substance(s) in accordance with Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC), only to be used as feed after adequate cleaning’The Commission may amend Annex VIa in order to bring it into line with legislative progress towards the development of standards.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1
Annex V – point 1
1. The following additives shall be listed with their name, added amount, or identification number, added amount and respective name of the functional group such as laid down in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 or the category in case of ‘coccidiostats and histomonostats’:
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI a (new)
Annex VI a (new)