Activities of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2010/0364(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products PDF (213 KB) DOC (260 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to guarantee a uniform application of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 in all Member States, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty. The Commission should in particular be empowered to adopt implementing acts regarding the attribution of code numbers under the control regime, the indication of origin for the products and uniform rules on the exchange of information to be sent by Member States, third countries, control authorities and control bodies or made available by the Commission or the publication of that information, as well as for the recognition of third countries and control authorities and control bodies for the purposes of equivalence and compliance. Save where explicitly provided otherwise, the Commission should adopt those implementing acts in accordance with the provisions of [Regulation (EU) No XX/XXXX of the European Parliament and the Council on …]. In the context of preparatory work on the implementing acts, the Commission should continue to make use of advisory groups so that interested parties and NGOs can express themselves on a regular and structured basis.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4a
Recital 4a
(4a) The process of alignment to the Treaty of Lisbon should seek to achieve the aim of simplifying all EU legislation enacted for the sector, with a view to relieving organic farmers of the burden of unnecessary red tape.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 16 – point a – subpoint i a (new)
Article 1 – point 16 – point a – subpoint i a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
(ia) The following subparagraph is inserted after the fourth subparagraph: The new organic production logo shall distinguish between EU and non-EU products, in particular by using different colours.