Progress: Procedure completed
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Lead | ENVI | PAPAYANNAKIS Mihail ( GUE/NGL) | |
Committee Opinion | AGRI | MAYER Xaver ( PPE) | |
Committee Opinion | JURI | GEBHARDT Evelyne ( PES) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 100A
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 100AEvents
The rapporteur insisted that the compulsory labelling of all products was necessary, including industrially processed products (sterilised tinned food). The creation of two markets should be avoided whereby consumers would be faced, on the one hand, with labelled products which were more expensive because they offered an additional guarantee and, on the other, similar products at a cheaper price because their consumption was riskier. Commissioner Fischler said that the regulation in question should provide a guarantee of origin for beef and cattle, from the farm to the consumer, in order to win the latter’s confidence. This was why a compulsory labelling system was needed. In this respect, as imposing such a procedure would require a certain degree of preparation, Mr Fischler considered it appropriate to implement an optional system for a transitional period. Finally, the Commission was prepared to accept Article 100a as the legal basis for the regulation in question but Mr Fischler underlined that, in this case, the current debate would amount to a first reading. As a result the Commission would be unable to act with the requisite degree of urgency in this area.
The Council instructed the Special Committee on Agriculture to continue to examine the Commission’s proposals so that it could decide on these issues before the end of the year, provided that Parliament’s opinion was available.
In its conclusions of 14 May 1996 the Council declared that TSE (transmittable spongiform encephalopathy) was a public health issue and took the view that all appropriate steps should be taken to eradicate the risk of possible transmission of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy). It considered that there was a need for substantial improvements in the level of cooperation and coordination of research activities and in the exchange of information in this area and therefore called on the Commission to take suitable steps towards achieving this. It also called on the Commission to continue to provide updated information on the research work being carried out under the Fourth Framework Programme and, in particular, to give an account of recent calls for proposals concerning transmittable BSE and its possible link with neuro-degenerative diseases in humans. The Commission was to intensify its research activities in this field to include subject areas such as basic and applied biology, human and animal health and diagnostic procedures, particularly in association with the life science programmes. The Council agreed to look into this question again at the next Research Council meeting (5 December 1996) on the basis of the communication from the Commission, taking into account current research activities, including work under way or being planned in the Member States, and scientific opinion emanating from various expert groups, and in particular from that chaired by Professor Weissman and the Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee.
Documents
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex
- Follow-up document: COM(1999)0229
- Final act published in Official Journal: Regulation 1997/820
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 117 07.05.1997, p. 0001
- Debate in Council: 1995
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: OJ C 100 27.03.1997, p. 0022
- Legislative proposal: COM(1997)0103
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0103
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 085 17.03.1997, p. 0056-0067
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0046/1997
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T4-0046/1997
- Debate in Council: 1988
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0037/1997
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 085 17.03.1997, p. 0005
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0037/1997
- Debate in Council: 1985
- Debate in Council: 1980
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1404/1996
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 066 03.03.1997, p. 0084
- Debate in Council: 1963
- Debate in Council: 1959
- Initial legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Initial legislative proposal: COM(1996)0460
- Initial legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Initial legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0460
- Document attached to the procedure: N4-0417/1996
- Document attached to the procedure: N4-0417/1996
- Initial legislative proposal: EUR-Lex COM(1996)0460
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1404/1996 OJ C 066 03.03.1997, p. 0084
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0037/1997 OJ C 085 17.03.1997, p. 0005
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 085 17.03.1997, p. 0056-0067 T4-0046/1997
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex OJ C 100 27.03.1997, p. 0022 COM(1997)0103
- Follow-up document: EUR-Lex COM(1999)0229
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