Activites

• 2008/04/09 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2008/298
  • OJ L 097 09.04.2008, p. 0067
• 2008/03/11 Final act signed
• 2008/03/11 End of procedure in Parliament
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• 2008/03/03 Council Meeting
• 2008/03/03 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• 2007/11/29 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0561/2007 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a report drafted by Karin SCHEELE (PES, AT) on the proposal for a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission. It made some amendments to the proposal, most of which were designed to add to the list of areas where implementing measures should be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, and rejecting the Commission’s option of curtailing timeframes. Parliament’s main amendments:- reject the possibility of curtailing the timeframe on grounds of efficiency for the lowering of the threshold under which adventitious presence of unauthorised GMOs does not need to be labelled;- introduce regulatory procedure with scrutiny as regards the rules relating to implementing measures concerning "labelling of GM foods";- introduce regulatory procedure with scrutiny as regards the rules relating to implementing measures for specific rules concerning the information to be given by mass caterers;- reject the possibility of curtailing the timeframe on grounds of efficiency;- introduce the regulatory procedure with scrutiny as regards implementing measures concerning "labelling of GM feeds".

• 2007/07/24 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0299/2007
• 2007/07/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2007/01/17 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2006/12/22 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2006)0912 summary

    PURPOSE : to amend Regulation 1829/2003/EC on genetically modified food and feed by introducing a reference to the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny (comitology).PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission has been amended by Council Decision 2006/512/EC (CNS/2002/0298).The amended Decision introduces a new regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be used for measures of general scope which seek to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument, adopted under co-decision, including by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument by the addition of new non-essential elements. This procedure allows the legislator to oppose the adoption of "quasi-legislative" measures implementing a codecision-based instrument when it considers that the draft exceeds the implementing powers provided for in the basic instrument, or that the draft is incompatible with the aim or the content of that instrument or fails to respect the principles of subsidiarity or proportionality.In a joint statement, the three institutions agreed on a list of 26 basic instruments already in force to be adjusted without delay in accordance with the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny (see ACI/2006/2152). Each case has been assessed on its own merits, notably in view of the nature of the implementing powers conferred on the Commission and the specificity of each sector.Lastly, in accordance with the abovementioned statement, the Commission is proposing to repeal any provisions of these instruments that provide for a time-limit on the delegation of implementing powers to the Commission.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/', 'title': 'Environment'}, DIMAS Stavros

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2006)0912
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0299/2007
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0561/2007
• : Regulation 2008/298
• : OJ L 097 09.04.2008, p. 0067

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)