Activities of Michel DANTIN related to 2010/0208(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs (A8-0038/2014 - Frédérique Ries) FR
Amendments (12)
Amendment 48 #
Council position
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Commission and the Member States should monitor the application of the Council conclusions of 4 December 2008 on the implementation of the legal requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 2001/18/EC. To that end, the Commission should submit to the European Parliament and the Council, no later than the entry into force of this directive, a legislative proposal seeking to ensure that that annex complies with the new European Food Safety Authority guidelines on the risk assessment of GMOs.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a a (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a a (new)
a a) those measures have been the subject of a prior impact assessment showing them to be necessary and proportional;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a b (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 - point a b (new)
a b) those measures have been the subject of a prior public consultation lasting at least 30 days.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall assess the need for harmonisation of the sampling and analysis methods for non-authorised GMOs present at a low level in seed, and in particular for the setting of a minimum performance limit for detection methods.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 2 b (new)
The measures taken pursuant to this article shall be adopted for a maximum of three years, and may where appropriate be renewed following the conclusion of a new impact study showing that they are necessary and proportional.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - point 1
Article 1 - point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b a (new)
Article 26 b a (new)
Article 24b a ‘GMO-free’ labelling The Commission shall propose the harmonised conditions under which operators may make use of terms indicating the absence of GMOs in products.
Amendment 164 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26a– paragraph 1
Article 26a– paragraph 1
Amendment 173 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1
Article 26 b – paragraph 1
1. During the authorisation procedure of a given GMO or during the renewal of consent/authorisation, a Member State may request, via the Commission, the notifier/applicant to adjust the geographical scope of its notification/application submitted in accordance with Part C of this Directive or Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, to the effect that all or part of the territory of that Member State is to be excluded from cultivation, without any particular reasons needing to be given and on the understanding that the notifier/applicant may himself specify from the outset whether his notification/application relates to the whole territory of the Union or merely to all or part of the territory of a Member State. Thise request from the Member State shall be communicated to the Commission at the latest 30 days from the date of the circulation of the assessment report under Article 14(2) of this Directive, or from receiving the opinion of the Authority under Article 6(6) and Article 18(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. The Commission shall communicate the request of the Member State to the notifier/applicant andwithout delay as well as to the other Member States without delay.
Amendment 205 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) environmental policy objectives clearly distinct from the elements already assessed according to this Directive and Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 by the European Food Safety Authority;
Amendment 239 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Those grounds may be invoked individually or in combination, with the exception of the ground set out in point (g) which cannot never be used individually, depending on the particular circumstances of the Member State, region or area in which those measures will apply, but shall, in no case, conflict with the environmental risk assessment carried out pursuant to this Directive or to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Amendment 283 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b a (new)
Article 26 b a (new)
"Article 26ba Liability requirements and financial guarantees Member States in which a GMO may be cultivated on the basis of an authorisation issued in accordance with Article 26b shall establish a general mandatory system of financial liability and financial guarantees which applies to all operators and which ensures that the polluter pays for unintended effects or damage that might occur as a result of the deliberate release or the placing on the market of GMOs.’
Amendment 308 #
Council position
Article 2
Article 2
No later than 4 years after…+, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council regarding the use made by Member States of this Directive including the effectiveness of the provisions enabling Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in all or part of their territory and the smooth functioning of the internal market. That report may be accompanied by any legislative proposals the Commission considers appropriate. The Commission shall also report on the progress towards giving normative status to the strengthened 2010 Authority guidance on the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plantNo later than one year after ...+, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a legislative proposal which seeks to bring Annex II to Directive 2001/18/EC into line with the new guidance issued by the European Food Safety Authority on the risk assessment of GMOs. __________________ + OJ: please insert the date of the entry into force of this Directive.