Activites

• 2012/03/21 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2012/5
  • OJ L 081 21.03.2012, p. 0001
• 2012/03/14 Final act signed
• 2012/03/14 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2012/02/14 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T7-0036/2012 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/75/EC as regards vaccination against bluetongue. Parliament approved, without amendment, the Council’s position at first reading.

• 2012/02/08 Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
  • A7-0031/2012
• 2012/02/06 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
• 2012/01/19 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
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• 2011/12/15 Council Meeting
  • 16696/1/2011 summary

    The Council adopted its position at first reading with a view to the adoption of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/75/EC as regards vaccination against bluetongue. The Council's position confirms the objectives proposed by the Commission and incorporates the quasi-totality of the European Parliament's first-reading amendments. Legal basis: the Council shares the European Parliament's view that Article 43(2) of TFEU is the correct legal basis for this Directive. This line was confirmed by Coreper (Part I), which, following the advice of the Council Legal Service against the use of a derived legal basis for this proposal, decided at its meeting on 26 January 2011 to propose to the European Parliament such modification of the legal basis by the co-legislators, as the Commission services were unable to commit to rapid re-submission of the proposal with this modified legal basis. The Council's position introduces changes to the European Parliament's first-reading opinion only in two areas: while all other proposed requirements related to the communication of national provisions to the Commission are maintained in the Council's position, the specific obligation to use correlation tables is deleted; the other change concerns the deadline for the national transposition of the Directive.

• 2011/04/07 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T7-0147/2011 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 587 votes to 1, with 19 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/75/EC as regards vaccination against bluetongue.It adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council. They amend the proposal as follows:- the proposal should be adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure pursuant to Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;- the date of transposition of the Directive is set at 30 June 2011 and its provisions shall apply from 1 July 2011 at the latest;- in order to enable the vaccination season 2011 to benefit from the new rules, this Directive should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

• 2011/04/05 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A7-0121/2011
• 2011/04/04 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2011/02/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2011/01/26 Legislative proposal published
  • 05499/2011 summary

    PURPOSE: to amend the European Union’s legislative framework in order to ensure the better control of the spread of the bluetongue virus and reduce the burden on the agricultural sector posed by that disease.PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.BACKGROUND: Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 lays down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue, including rules on vaccination. In the past, only sporadic incursions of certain serotypes of the bluetongue virus were recorded in the Union. Those incursions mainly occurred in the southern parts of the Union. However, after the adoption of Directive 2000/75/EC, and particularly after the introduction into the Union of bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 8 in the years 2006 and 2007, the bluetongue virus has become more widespread in the Union, with the potential of becoming endemic in certain areas. It has therefore become difficult to control the spread of that virus.The rules on vaccination against bluetongue laid down in Directive 2000/75/EC are based on experience of the use of so-called "modified live vaccines", or "live attenuated vaccines" that were the only vaccines available when that Directive was adopted.In recent years, as a result of new technology, "inactivated vaccines" against bluetongue have become available, which do not pose that risk to unvaccinated animals. It is now widely accepted that vaccination with inactivated vaccines is the preferred tool for bluetongue control and the prevention of clinical disease in the Union. Under the current rules, the use of vaccines against bluetongue is prohibited outside "restricted zones" where the disease has appeared and where animal movement has been restricted. PREFERRED OPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF ITS IMPACTS: the Commission considers that the amendment of the legislation is necessary to reflect the technological progress in the field of vaccine development. The current obstacles for preventive vaccination outside areas subjected to animal movement restrictions are not necessary when modern safe "inactivated vaccines" are used. The proposed amendment will facilitate decision making on bluetongue control strategies on the basis of the specific situation within the Member States without unnecessary intervention by the Union.LEGAL BASIS: the legal basis of Directive 2000/75/EC is the second indent of Article 15 of Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease. This article provides that the Council may adopt specific provisions relating to the control and eradication measures for any of the animal diseases listed in Annex I to the Directive, acting on a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. Since the basic act providing for this legal basis is still in force, the legality of the powers vested in the Council in this act are not affected by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and these powers remain solely with the Council.CONTENT: in order to ensure the better control of the spread of the bluetongue virus and reduce the burden on the agricultural sector posed by that disease, it is appropriate to amend the current rules on vaccination laid down in Directive 2000/75/EC in order to take account of the recent technological developments in vaccine production.The proposed amendments should make the rules on vaccination more flexible and also take into account the fact that inactivated vaccines are now available, which can also be successfully used outside areas subjected to animal movement restrictions.The use of live attenuated vaccines should not be excluded provided that appropriate precautionary measures are taken, as their use might still be necessary under certain circumstances, such as following the introduction of a new bluetongue virus serotype against which inactivated vaccines may not be available.BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: the proposal has no implication for the European Union’s budget.

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Documents

• Legislative proposal published: 05499/2011
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A7-0121/2011
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0147/2011
• Council position published: 16696/1/2011
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A7-0031/2012
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T7-0036/2012
• : Directive 2012/5
• : OJ L 081 21.03.2012, p. 0001

History

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