Activities of Iliana IVANOVA related to 2011/0156(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Food intended for infants and young children and food for special medical purposes (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure legal certainty, definitions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 1999/21/EC should be transferred to this Regulation. However, the definitions of infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes should be regularly adapted taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) To ease access of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the market which in some sectors, for example baby food and medical food, appear to be dominated by few large companies, the Commission should, in close cooperation with concerned stakeholders, adopt guidelines to help undertakings, in particular SMEs, to comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and thus facilitate competitiveness and innovation,
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) ‘food for special medical purposes’ means food intended for the dietary management of patients to be used under medical supervision. It is intended for the exclusive or partial feeding of patients with a limited, impaired or disturbed capacity to take, digest, absorb, metabolise or excrete ordinary food or certain nutrients contained therein, or with other medically-determined nutrient requirements, whose dietary management cannot be achieved only by modification of the normal diet. Food for special medical purposes also includes Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs), which correspond to a total diet replacement under 800 kcal.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. No later than [2 years after the date of the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall establish and subsequently update a Union list of permitted substances that meet the conditions of paragraph 1, by means of implementing Regulationacts. The entry of a substance in the Union list shall include a specification of the substance, and, where appropriate, specify the conditions of use and the applicable purity criteria. Those implementing Regulationacts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2). On duly justified grounds of extreme urgency relating to emerging health risks, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts updating the Union list in accordance with Article 14(3).
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)