Activites

• 2005/02/08 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2005/183
  • OJ L 035 08.02.2005, p. 0001-0022
• 2005/01/12 Final act signed
• 2005/01/12 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2633
• 2004/12/21 Council Meeting
• 2004/12/21 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• #X020
• 2004/04/26 Council Meeting
• 2004/03/31 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0234/2004 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report by Hedwig KEPPELHOFF-WIECHERT (EPP-ED, D) broadly approving the proposal subject to a number of amendments. The Parliament has included the following amendments: - experience has also shown that it is necessary to ensure that all feed businesses including aquaculture operate in conformity with harmonised safety requirements and that it is necessary to conduct a general review to take into account the need to ensure a higher level of protection of animal and human health, and of the environment; - in order to ensure the complete application of the registration and approval system to all the feed business operators and, consequently, to guarantee full traceability it is appropriate to ensure that feed business operators only source and use feed from establishments which are registered and/or approved in accordance with this Regulation; - the primary production of feed includes products which only undergo simple physical treatment such as cleaning, packaging, storage, natural drying or ensiling; - it is necessary to take into consideration the fact that the risk is less if feed is produced and used for animals only used for domestic consumption or for animals which are not used at all in food production. The trade of small quantities of feed products at local level and the retailing of petfood shall have particular treatment in the framework of this Regulation; - it is appropriate to ensure that operations carried out by a feed business at the level of primary production of feed, including associated operations as well as the mixing of feed with complementary feedingstuffs for the exclusive requirements of its own holding are not obliged to follow the HACCP; - a system of registration and approval by the competent authority of the Member State of all feed businesses is appropriate to ensure traceability from manufacturer to final user and to facilitate the implementation of effective official controls. The existing systems for collection of data concerning feed businesses may be used by the competent authority of the Member States to start up and implement the system provided for in this Regulation. Provision should be made for these conditions to be varied to ensure that they are appropriate to the various types of feed business. It is appropriate to allow Member States to grant conditional approval of establishments if it appears from the on-site visit that the establishment meets all the infrastructures and equipment requirements. However it is also appropriate to set a maximum length of time for such conditional approval. However, establishing a general mandatory system of financial liability and financial guarantees, for example through insurance, which applies to all feed business operators, may not be feasible or appropriate. The Commission should therefore consider this issue in greater depth, taking into account provisions in existing legislation with regard to liability in other spheres, as well as existing systems and practices amongst the Member States. To this end, the Commission should present a report, accompanied, where appropriate by legislative proposals. In order to avoid trade disruptions it is appropriate that, pending the completion of the implementing measures, imports shall continue to be authorised under the conditions laid down in Directive 98/51/EC; - it is appropriate to broaden the scope of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed laid down by Regulation 178/2002/EC to include risks to animal health or the environment from feed used for non food producing animals; - to prepare for an effective system of financial guarantees for feed business operators, the Commission shall submit a report on financial guarantees in the feed sector, within 12 months of the entry into force of this Regulation, which, in addition to examining the existing national legal provisions, systems and practices relating to liability in the feed sector and related sectors, shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals for such a feasible and practicable guarantee system at EU level. These guarantees should provide cover for the total costs for which operators could be held liable as a direct consequence of the withdrawal from the market, treatment and/or destruction of any feed, animals and food produced therefrom. The competent authority may grant conditional approval if it appears from the on-site visit that the establishment meets all the infrastructure and equipment requirements. It shall grant full approval only if it appears from a new on-site visit carried out within three months of granting conditional approval that the establishment meets the other requirements referred to in the previous paragraph. If clear progress has been made but the establishment still does not meet all of these requirements, the competent authority may prolong conditional approval. However, conditional approval shall not exceed a total of six months.�

• 2004/03/30 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2004/03/08 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0133/2004
• #2555
• 2003/12/18 Council Meeting
  • 2555
• 2003/05/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/04/14 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2003)0180 summary

    PURPOSE : to lay down general rules on feed hygiene and the conditions and arrangements ensuring full traceability of feed. CONTENT : this proposal concerns a new Regulation on hygiene requirements for animal feed. Directive 95/69/EC ensures that certain establishments and intermediaries that manufacture and circulate certain additives, premixtures and products covered by Directive 82/471/EEC are approved by the competent authorities verifying compliance with technical specifications. Therefore, rules already exist for aspects of animal feed, such as feed additives, controls and labelling. However, rules on the production, transport, storage and handling of feed as proposed today were missing. Feed businesses operating in the feed chain and carrying out activities other than those described in Directive 95/69/EC are exempt from the registration or approval requirement. Following the BSE crisis, the two serious occurrences of serious dioxin contamination and other concerns such as the contamination of feed materials and feedingstuffs with nitrofen or hormones, this draft regulation proposes: - to ensure the safety of all kinds of feed; - to ensure that all feed businesses operate in accordance with harmonised hygiene requirements; - to improve traceability. Also of particular importance is the obligation for feed operators to provide financial guarantees to cover the costs if something is wrong with their feed. The following main elements are included in the proposed Regulation: - It applies to the production of feed at all stages, including the primary (on farm) production of feed. It will therefore provide improved traceability throughout the food chain. This last point is of particular importance to enable the swift and accurate identification of feed (and food derived from feed), should a problem be detected. This is essential for the effective protection of public health. - It repeats the requirement that only safe feed be placed on the market by businesses. This obligation on business is already enshrined in the EU Food Law Regulation for the food producing industry. Under current hygiene legislation, the primary responsibility for ensuring compliance with food law, and in particular the safety of food, rests with the food business. This proposal will extend the principle to the entire feed chain. Operators must respect hygiene requirements defined in the Regulation. For example, measures to control the contamination arising from air, soil, and water or plant protection products. Staff must demonstrate adequate training. - Feed business operators other than at the level of primary production must implement the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) system to identify where control is critical to ensure feed safety. This is a self-checking system by industry where each establishment will have to design a specific monitoring programme in which all potential hazards must be identified. Proper control procedures for each feed business must be set up individually and documents and records of whatever checks are carried out have to be kept. - The proposal introduces the compulsory registration of all feed businesses by the competent authority. The current obligation toapprove after an on-the-spot check by the competent authorities certain types of feed producers who deal with particular substances such as antimicrobial substances will be maintained. - The development of guides of good practices for the production of feed is foreseen under the proposed Regulation. This will particularly affect the primary production on farm level. Hazards in feed may originate at farm level. This Regulation will provide Community legislation with an instrument that covers the entire feed chain and the food chain from farm to table. Codes of good practice will control possible hazards. Some countries or sectors do have such codes of good practice already. - Feed operators will be obliged to ensure a financial guarantee, such as insurance, to cover the cost of risks related to their businesses. This includes the costs arising from withdrawing products from the market, and the treatment or destruction of feed or affected food. - Provisions are made for equivalent standards for imported feed into the EU, particularly the requirement that feed only originates in establishments from which imports of feed are permitted. The following are excluded from the Regulation: - the private production of feed and the feeding of animals for home consumption; - the feeding of non-food-producing animals; - the retailing of pet food; - trade between farmers of small quantities of feed at local level. Member States will be allowed to establish, at national level, rules governing this exclusion. �

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

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2003)0180
• Debate in Council: 2555
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0133/2004
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0234/2004
• : Regulation 2005/183
• : OJ L 035 08.02.2005, p. 0001-0022

History

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