Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ENVI | TRAKATELLIS Antonios ( PPE) | |
Former Responsible Committee | ENVI | TRAKATELLIS Antonios ( PPE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | ENER | POMPIDOU Alain ( UFE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | JURI | COT Jean-Pierre ( PES) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 130S
Legal Basis:
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Commissioner Brittan said that the Commission could accept Amendments Nos 5, 6, 17, 19, 25, 32 and 36. It could also partially accept Amendments Nos 8, 12, 13 and 14 and Amendments Nos 2, 18, 20, 21, 28, 33, 34 and 35 which, however, should be reworded. With particular regard to Amendment No 13, the Commission could accept a comitology procedure (2a) which was more flexible than that proposed by the Commission (3b). On the other hand, the Commission could not accept 17 amendments, particularly No 1 which proposed changing the legal basis from Article 130s to Article 100a. The scope of the directive in question did not impact on the functioning of the single market. As for Amendments Nos 4 and 9 on liability, the Commission preferred to deal with this problem in a horizontal manner to avoid any kind of fragmentation. Likewise, Amendment No 11 had to be rejected because technical amendments to Annex III needed to be made rapidly and flexibly without recourse to the ordinary legislative procedure. Finally, the Commissioner rejected Amendments Nos 3, 7, 10, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29 and 30 to ensure consistency with the proposal as a whole and for technical reasons, namely the need to ensure that the burden of control measures was not increased.
Having stressed that codecision should be applied to all issues relating to health, the rapporteur pointed out that the organisms in question (GMOs) were one of the most important tools in biotechnology. However, he stressed the need for work with these GMOs to take place in areas appropriately designed to cope with every kind of risk, in order to ensure human safety. The rapporteur also considered that the former definition of microorganism was more appropriate than that currently proposed by the Commission. He also said that not all projects in category 2 could be regarded as risk-free. Commissioner Bjerregaard emphasised the highly technical nature of the area in question which was in a process of very rapid development and could have considerable implications for employment in the EU. She then explained that the amendments made to the directive mainly concerned the administrative procedures in relation to the precautions to be taken when handling GMOs, in order to simplify the procedures without increasing the risks. As regards the amendments tabled, the Commissioner said that Amendments Nos 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 19, 31, 41, 42, 49 and 56 could be accepted. Amendments Nos 4, 11, 27, 30, 35, 37, 38, 39, 43, 47, 48, 54 and 55 could be partially accepted and Amendments Nos 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 21-25, 64 and 68 could be accepted in principle.
The Council reached agreement on the basis of a compromise text. A common position was to be adopted once Parliament had delivered its opinion.
Documents
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(2001)0263
- Final act published in Official Journal: Directive 1998/81
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 330 05.12.1998, p. 0013
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal: COM(1998)0479
- Modified legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0479
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 210 06.07.1998, p. 0021-0033
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0332/1998
- Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0332/1998
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0192/1998
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: OJ C 195 22.06.1998, p. 0004
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0192/1998
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex
- Commission communication on Council's position: SEC(1998)0042
- Council position: 11542/1/1997
- Council position: OJ C 062 26.02.1998, p. 0001
- Council position published: 11542/1/1997
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal: OJ C 369 06.12.1997, p. 0012
- Modified legislative proposal: COM(1997)0240
- Modified legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0240
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0051-0059
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0085/1997
- Decision by Parliament: T4-0085/1997
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0070/1997
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0005
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0070/1997
- Debate in Council: 1978
- Debate in Council: 1956
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0887/1996
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 295 07.10.1996, p. 0052
- Debate in Council: 1939
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: OJ C 356 22.11.1997, p. 0014
- Legislative proposal: COM(1995)0640
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0640
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex OJ C 356 22.11.1997, p. 0014 COM(1995)0640
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0887/1996 OJ C 295 07.10.1996, p. 0052
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0070/1997 OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0005
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0051-0059 T4-0085/1997
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex OJ C 369 06.12.1997, p. 0012 COM(1997)0240
- Council position: 11542/1/1997 OJ C 062 26.02.1998, p. 0001
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex SEC(1998)0042
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0192/1998 OJ C 195 22.06.1998, p. 0004
- Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 210 06.07.1998, p. 0021-0033 T4-0332/1998
- Modified legislative proposal: EUR-Lex COM(1998)0479
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex COM(2001)0263
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