Activites

• 2001/09/01 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2001/46
  • OJ L 234 01.09.2001, p. 0055
• 2001/07/23 Final act signed
• 2001/07/23 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2360
• 2001/06/19 Council Meeting
• 2001/05/15 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T5-0243/2001 summary

    The European Parliament voted to endorse the report by Mrs Marit PAULSEN (ELDR, S) with a substantial number of amendments to the common position on proposals for official inspections in the field of animal nutrition. In particular, it calls for on the spot checks to be carried out without prior notice by Commission experts. It also called for the directive to cover changes that occur in products as a result of faults in the manufacturing process. �

• 2001/05/14 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2001/04/25 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A5-0136/2001
• 2001/02/14 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2329
• 2001/02/12 Council Meeting
  • 13724/1/2000 summary

    The Council while confirming the objectives proposed by the Commission and supported by the Parliament, considered it necessary, when drawing up its common position, to make a number of amendments to the proposal. The Council's amendments essentially set out: - specify the scope of certain provisions, especially those relating to emergency safeguard measures and the information system; - make the wording of the Directive more explicit in order to improve its legal clarity; - make the wording of the Directive more explicit in order to improve its legal clarity; - ensure consistency of the different legislative texts on animal nutrition. It should also be added that the Council added a reference in the title to Directives 70/524/EEC and 96/25/EC: for reasons of legal consistency, the Council considered it necessary to include in those two Directives the new definition, introduced in Directive 95/53/EC, of putting into circulation products intended for animal nutrition. More specifically, the amendments to the Commission's proposal relate to: - contingency operational plans drawn up by the Member States to deal with emergencies; - checks at places of destination; - safeguard clause; - information systems for hazards from feedingstuffs; - Member States annual reports on the implementation of their inspection programmes and the Commission's overall summary report.�

• 2000/12/01 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0777 summary

    The amendments accepted by the Commission concern in particular the following issues: - comitology: in relation to the powers conferred to the Commission, an amendment has been accepted which stresses the need to delegate to the Commission some powers in adopting protection measures; - definitions: the Commission accepted most of the amendments concerning definitions because they provide a wider and therefore a better coverage and also the reference to "immediate" in qualifying a risk to increase the legal certainty has been deleted. However, the reference to the word "serious" when used to qualify a risk cannot be accepted for consistency with proposal COM(2000)132 amending Council Directive 92/59/EEC on general product safety; - inspections: the amendments concerning specifically official inspection have been accepted; - transparency: the Commission accepted amendments which stress the need of keeping informed the European Parliament; - the information system: the Commission accepted an amendment proposed by the European Parliament which aims to clarify that the obligation for operators to inform the competent authorities in the event of hazards shall be considered a civic obligation and not an act of denunciation. There is also a need for the immediate transmission of information in the event of emergency; - linguistic and editorial improvements: the proposal has been amended to take into consideration all amendments adopted by the European Parliament considered merely linguistic.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Health and Consumers'}],
• #2309
• 2000/11/20 Council Meeting
• 2000/10/04 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T5-0431/2000 summary

    The European Parliament endorsed the report drafted by Mrs Marit PAULSEN (ELDR, Sw) on official inspections of animal nutrition and Directive 1999/29/EC on undesirable substances in animal nutrition. In approving this proposal, the Parliament adopted various amendments, including one giving experts from the Commission and Member States permission to carry out on-the-spot inspections with cooperation of the national authorities, which would be required to give them full assistance in carrying out their duties. In addition, there is an obligation on persons and operators to inform the official authorities when a batch of feed materials or feedingstuffs constitutes a serious risk for animal and/or human health and/or for the environment. This provision must not be seen as encouraging denunciation but basically as a means to enable the inspection services to take the necessary measures to withdraw a batch from circulation. In the event of destruction, use for other purposes, redispatch to the country of origin or rendering harmless of the products, the Member State of destination shall contact the Member State of dispatch without delay. Lastly, an annual report shall be drawn up by the Commission on the basis of the annual reports from the Member States and shall be presented to the European Parliament.�

• 2000/09/19 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0256/2000
• 2000/04/14 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2000/03/21 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0162 summary

    PURPOSE : to amend Directive 95/53/EC on the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal inspections and Directive 99/29/EC on undesirable products in animal nutrition in order to improve feed safety following the dioxin crisis. CONTENT : The main purpose of Directive 95/53/EC is the harmonisation of official inspections carried out by Member States both regarding imports and trade within the Community. Following the dioxin crisis, a legislative programme to improve food safety included a review of this Directive. The review discovered various problems, particularly deficiencies in managing the crisis and poor co-ordination between different authorities. It also noted that the requirement to inform the official authorities about feed problems, which are currently part of Directive 99/29/EC should be repealed and included in Directive 95/53/EC. The amendments will lay down a legal base for action if there is serious contamination and provide Member States with a proper operational structure in the feed sector. The amendments to Directive 95/53/EC may be summarised as follows: - Member States must have adequate contingency plans to deal with serious feed risks; - The Commission will be able to take interim protective measures concerning feedingstuffs if there are serious risks to health or the environment; - Member States must inform the Commission as soon as serious contamination or risk is detected and has spread to feed or is likely to spread to other countries. This information must be provided in a harmonised form; - Member States must warn the Commission of increases in frequency of a hazard; - Member States must include in their annual report on inspection all information on occasional, limited contamination or hazards; - On the basis of the annual reports, the Commission will adopt a decision instead of a recommendation, to ensure the implementation of the co-ordinated inspection programmes for the following year; - The exchange of information for emergencies on animal nutrition will be operated by the current system for emergency notifications related to food. By monitoring at Community level, special conditions to approve establishments handling certain products where hazards are detected can be made on the basis of experience.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Health and Consumers'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0162
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0256/2000
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0431/2000
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0777
• Council position published: 13724/1/2000
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0136/2001
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0243/2001
• : Directive 2001/46
• : OJ L 234 01.09.2001, p. 0055

History

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