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EFSA must undertake\nreforms to ensure that the authorisation procedure for GMOs provides the highest level of\n\n protection for the health of citizens and the environment and includes therefore the\n assessment of long-term effects of GMOs, effects on non-target organisms, negative impacts\n on biodiversity and inclusion of diverging scientific opinions, as outlined in the Council\n Conclusions on GMOs in December 2008.","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 6"]],"meps":[124984],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:27:41"},"new":["(6) That situation was changed recently as","regards GMOs for cultivation due to the","adoption, on 13 March 2015, of Directive","(EU) 2015/41214 which amended Directive","2001/18/EC to allow Member States to","restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs","in their territory. The new provisions are","primarily aimed at enabling Member States","to decide whether or not they wish to","permit the cultivation of GMO crops on","their territory. 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Indeed,","the results of the vote on the","implementing decision for the","authorisation of products covered by","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 which are","not intended for cultivation in the relevant","committee, or in the Council, is always","\u201cno opinion\u201d (no qualified majority either","in favour of or against the authorisation)","and there are also Member States in","which the use of these products is","prohibited. Taking those matters into","account, it is appropriate to amend","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in order to","provide the possibility for the Member","States to restrict or prohibit the use of","GMOs and GM food and feed in all or","part of their territory, on the basis of","compelling grounds compatible with","Union law - not related to risks to human","and animal health and to the","environment, as those are already","assessed at Union level, pursuant to","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. 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Additionally, apart from legal uncertainty, it would create\n implementation and compliance problems, as we might have the situation where a MS bans\n the use, but nothing is foreseen for the placing on the market. 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Additionally, apart from legal uncertainty, it would create\nimplementation and compliance problems, as we might have the situation where a MS bans\nthe use, but nothing is foreseen for the placing on the market. For legal and practical reason,\nthe appropriate term should be 'place on the market'.","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 9"]],"meps":[124984],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:27:42"},"new":["(9) The restrictions or prohibitions adopted","pursuant to this Regulation should refer to","the placing on the market and not to the","free circulation and imports of genetically","modified food and feed."],"old":["(9) The restrictions or prohibitions adopted","pursuant to this Regulation should refer to","the use and not to the free circulation and","imports of genetically modified food and","feed."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE567.727v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"35","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-567727_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Bart Staes on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2015-09-18T00:00:00","id":"PE567.727-36","justification":" Deleting this recital is necessary in the context of the amendments changing the authorisation\n procedure on EU level, as suggested by the President of the Commission.","location":[[" Proposal for a regulation","Recital 10"]],"meps":[4751],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:27:42"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(10) The level of protection of human and","animal health and of the environment","achieved through the authorisation","procedure provided for by Regulation","(EC) No 1829/2003 requires a uniform","scientific assessment throughout the","Union and this Regulation should not","alter that situation. 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EFSA must undertake\n reforms to ensure that the authorisation procedure for GMOs provides the highest level of\n protection for the health of citizens and the environment and includes therefore the\n assessment of long-term effects of GMOs, effects on non-target organisms, negative impacts\n on biodiversity and inclusion of diverging scientific opinions, as outlined in the Council\n Conclusions on GMOs in December 2008.","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 10"]],"meps":[124984],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:27:42"},"new":["(10) The level of protection of human and","animal health and of the environment","achieved through the authorisation","procedure provided for by Regulation (EC)","No 1829/2003 requires a uniform scientific","assessment throughout the Union which, in","line with the Council Conclusions on","GMOs adopted by the Environment","Council on 4 December 2008 must be","reformed to improve the quality of the","procedure. Until then Member States","should be permitted to use grounds which","are related to risks to health and to the","environment, especially when they are","acting based on the concerns of civil","society in their country."],"old":["(10) The level of protection of human and","animal health and of the environment","achieved through the authorisation","procedure provided for by Regulation (EC)","No 1829/2003 requires a uniform scientific","assessment throughout the Union and this","Regulation should not alter that situation.","Therefore to avoid any interference with","the competences which are granted to the","risk assessors and risk managers under","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, Member","States should not be authorised to use","grounds which are related to risks to health","and to the environment which should be","dealt with in accordance with the","procedure already established in","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in","particular its Articles 10, 22 and 34."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE567.727v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"38","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-567727_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Bart Staes on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2015-09-18T00:00:00","id":"PE567.727-39","justification":"Deleting this recital is necessary in the context of the amendments changing the authorisation\nprocedure on EU level, as suggested by the President of the Commission.","location":[[" Proposal for a regulation","Recital 11"]],"meps":[4751],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:27:42"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(11) Member States's measures adopted","pursuant to this Regulation should be","subject to a procedure of scrutiny and","information at Union level with a view to","the functioning of the internal market. 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As promised by the President of the Commission, the rules for\nauthorising GMOs must be changed. It has been acknowledged by the Commission that the\nauthorisation of GMOs is a special case, as \"no opinion\" is the standard outcome of votes in\nthe committees. It is therefore necessary to change Regulation 182/2011, in order to provide\nfor a clear indication to the Commission in those cases. Keeping the rules on EU level as they\nare is not a solution.","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Article 1"],["Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003","Article 34a"]],"meps":[4751],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:27:42"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["[\u2026]"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE567.727v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"45","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-567727_EN.pdf"},{"authors":"Bart Staes on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2015-09-18T00:00:00","id":"PE567.727-46","justification":"Linked to amendment 45. As promised by the President of the Commission, the rules for\nauthorising GMOs must be changed. It has been acknowledged by the Commission that the\nauthorisation of GMOs is a special case, as \"no opinion\" is the standard outcome of votes in\nthe committees. It is therefore necessary to change Regulation 182/2011, in order to provide\nfor a clear indication to the Commission in those cases. 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Therefore, authorisations","have been adopted by the Commission at","the end of the procedure, in accordance","with applicable legislation, without the","support of the Member States\u2019 committee","opinion."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":"Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9 on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Giulia Moi, Lidia Senra Rodr\u00edguez, Anja Hazekamp, Stefan Eck, Miguel Viegas, Estefan\u00eda Torres Mart\u00ednez","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-6","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 5"]],"meps":[96744],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:29"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(5) Once a GMO or a GM food and feed is","","authorised in accordance with Directive","2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No","1829/2003, the Member States may not","prohibit, restrict or impede the free","circulation of that product within their","territory, except in accordance with strict","conditions which are laid down by Union","law \u2013and require to provide evidence of a","severe risk to health or to the","environment. Some Member States have","had recourse to the safeguard clauses and","the emergency measures provided for","respectively in Articles 23 of Directive","2001/18/EC and Article 34 of Regulation","(EC) No 1829/2003. Other Member States","have made use of the notification","procedure provided for in Article 114(5)","and (6) of TFUE which also is required to","be based on new scientific evidence","relating to the protection of the","environment or the working environment.","Other Member States have adopted","unilateral prohibitions. Some of these","measures have been challenged before","national jurisdictions or the Court of","Justice."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Edouard Ferrand, Philippe Loiseau","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-7","location":[[" Proposal for a regulation","Recital 5"]],"meps":[124767,125684],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["(5) Once a GMO or a GM food and feed is","authorised in accordance with Directive","2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No","1829/2003, the Member States may","prohibit, restrict or impede the free","circulation of that product within their","territory."],"old":["(5) Once a GMO or a GM food and feed is","authorised in accordance with Directive","2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No","1829/2003, the Member States may not","prohibit, restrict or impede the free","circulation of that product within their","territory, except in accordance with strict","conditions which are laid down by Union","law \u2013and require to provide evidence of a","severe risk to health or to the","","environment. 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Some of these","measures have been challenged before","national jurisdictions or the Court of","Justice."],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"7","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":"Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9 on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Lidia Senra Rodr\u00edguez, Giulia Moi, Anja Hazekamp, Stefan Eck, Miguel Viegas, Estefan\u00eda Torres Mart\u00ednez","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-8","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 6"]],"meps":[96744],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(6) That situation was changed recently as","regards GMOs for cultivation due to the","adoption, on 13 March 2015, of Directive","(EU) 2015/41214 which amended Directive","2001/18/EC to allow Member States to","restrict or prohibit the cultivation of","GMOs in their territory. The new","provisions are primarily aimed at","enabling Member States to decide whether","or not they wish to permit the cultivation","of GMO crops on their territory, without","affecting the risk assessment provided in","the system of Union authorisations of","GMOs. They were intended to provide","more predictability to operators and limit","the recourse by the Member States to the","","safeguard clauses provided for in Article","23 of Directive 2001/18/EC and 34 of","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. It was","also expected that those amendments","would have a positive impact on the","decision-making process for the","authorisation of GMOs for cultivation.","__________________","14Directive (EU) 2015/412 of the","European Parliament and of the Council","of 11 March 2015 amending Directive","2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for","the Member States to restrict or prohibit","the cultivation of genetically modified","organisms (GMOs) in their territory (OJ","L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 1)."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"8","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9 on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Giulia Moi, Lidia Senra Rodr\u00edguez, Anja Hazekamp, Stefan Eck, Miguel Viegas, Estefan\u00eda Torres Mart\u00ednez","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-9","location":[[" Proposal for a regulation","Recital 7"]],"meps":[96744],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(7) The reasons for the amendments made","to Directive 2001/18/EC, by Directive","(EU) 2015/412 as regards GMOs for","cultivation are also relevant for other","GMOs and GM food and feed covered by","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. Indeed,","the results of the vote on the","implementing decision for the","authorisation of products covered by","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 which are","not intended for cultivation in the relevant","committee, or in the Council, is always","\u2018no opinion\u2019 (no qualified majority either","in favour of or against the authorisation)","and there are also Member States in","which the use of these products is","","prohibited. Taking those matters into","account, it is appropriate to amend","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in order to","provide the possibility for the Member","States to restrict or prohibit the use of","GMOs and GM food and feed in all or","part of their territory, on the basis of","compelling grounds compatible with","Union law - not related to risks to human","and animal health and to the","environment, as those are already","assessed at Union level, pursuant to","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. This","possibility should not apply to GMOs for","cultivation which are already covered by","the amendments made to Directive","2001/18/EC, by Directive (EU) 2015/412."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"9","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":"Edouard Ferrand, Philippe Loiseau","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-10","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 7"]],"meps":[124767,125684],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["(7) The reasons for the amendments made","to Directive 2001/18/EC, by Directive","(EU) 2015/412 as regards GMOs for","cultivation are also relevant for other","GMOs and GM food and feed covered by","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. Indeed,","the results of the vote on the implementing","decision for the authorisation of products","covered by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003","which are not intended for cultivation in","the relevant committee, or in the Council,","is always \u201cno opinion\u201d (no qualified","majority either in favour of or against the","authorisation) and there are also Member","States in which the use of these products is","prohibited. Taking those matters into","account, it is appropriate to amend","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in order to","provide the possibility for the Member","States to restrict or prohibit the use of","GMOs and GM food and feed in all or part","of their territory, on the basis of the","national law of the Member State","concerned."],"old":["(7) The reasons for the amendments made","to Directive 2001/18/EC, by Directive","(EU) 2015/412 as regards GMOs for","cultivation are also relevant for other","GMOs and GM food and feed covered by","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. Indeed,","the results of the vote on the implementing","decision for the authorisation of products","covered by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003","which are not intended for cultivation in","the relevant committee, or in the Council,","is always \u201cno opinion\u201d (no qualified","majority either in favour of or against the","authorisation) and there are also Member","States in which the use of these products is","prohibited. Taking those matters into","account, it is appropriate to amend","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 in order to","provide the possibility for the Member","","States to restrict or prohibit the use of","GMOs and GM food and feed in all or part","of their territory, on the basis of","compelling grounds compatible with","Union law - not related to risks to human","and animal health and to the","environment, as those are already","assessed at Union level, pursuant to","Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. This","possibility should not apply to GMOs for","cultivation which are already covered by","the amendments made to Directive","2001/18/EC, by Directive (EU) 2015/412."],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"10","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9 on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Giulia Moi, Lidia Senra Rodr\u00edguez, Anja Hazekamp, Stefan Eck, Miguel Viegas, Estefan\u00eda Torres Mart\u00ednez","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-11","location":[[" Proposal for a regulation","Recital 8"]],"meps":[96744],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(8) Member States should therefore be","allowed to adopt measures restricting or","prohibiting the use in all or part of their","territory of a GMO or a GM food and","feed, or group of GMOs or of GM food","and feed, once authorised, provided that","such measures are reasoned, based on","compelling grounds in accordance with","Union law, and are in line with the","principles of proportionality and non-","discrimination between national and non-","national products, and Article 34, Article","36 and Article 216(2) of TFEU."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Aldo Patriciello","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-12","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 9"]],"meps":[36392],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(9) The restrictions or prohibitions","adopted pursuant to this Regulation","should refer to the use and not to the free","circulation and imports of genetically","modified food and feed."],"orig_lang":"it","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":"Tibor Szanyi","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-13","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 9"]],"meps":[124703],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(9) The restrictions or prohibitions","adopted pursuant to this Regulation","should refer to the use and not to the free","circulation and imports of genetically","modified food and feed."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"13","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":"Edouard Ferrand, Philippe Loiseau","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-14","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 9"]],"meps":[124767,125684],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(9) The restrictions or prohibitions","adopted pursuant to this Regulation","should refer to the use and not to the free","circulation and imports of genetically","modified food and feed."],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"14","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9 on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Lidia Senra Rodr\u00edguez, Giulia Moi, Anja Hazekamp, Stefan Eck, Miguel Viegas, Estefan\u00eda Torres Mart\u00ednez","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-15","location":[[" Proposal for a regulation","Recital 9"]],"meps":[96744],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(9) The restrictions or prohibitions","adopted pursuant to this Regulation","should refer to the use and not to the free","circulation and imports of genetically","modified food and feed."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"15","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":" Edouard Ferrand, Philippe Loiseau","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-16","location":[[" Proposal for a regulation","Recital 10"]],"meps":[124767,125684],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:30"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["(10) The level of protection of human and","animal health and of the environment","achieved through the authorisation","procedure provided for by Regulation","(EC) No 1829/2003 requires a uniform","scientific assessment throughout the","Union and this Regulation should not","alter that situation. 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The Member State concerned","should therefore communicate a draft of","those measures to the Commission at least","3 months prior to their adoption, in order","to give the opportunity to the Commission","and the other Member States to comment,","and should refrain from adopting and","implementing those measures during that","period. On the expiry of the established","\u2018standstill\u2019 period, the Member State","should be able to adopt the measures as","originally proposed or amended to take","into account the Commission\u2019s or the","Member States\u2019 comments. Member","States should be allowed to notify to the","Commission measures pursuant to this","Regulation before that the product","concerned by the measures is authorised","so that the restriction or the prohibition","starts its effects as from the date of entry","into force of the Union authorisation.","__________________","15Directive 98/34/EC of the European","Parliament and of the Council of 22 June","","1998 laying down a procedure for the","provision of information in the field of","technical standards and regulations and","of rules on Information Society services","(OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37)."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE565.017v01-00","reference":"2015/0093(COD)","seq":"18","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-565017_EN.pdf"},{"authors":"Aldo Patriciello","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2015-07-22T00:00:00","id":"PE565.017-19","location":[["Proposal for a regulation","Recital 11"]],"meps":[36392],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T06:47:31"},"new":["(11) Member States\u2019 measures adopted","pursuant to this Regulation should be","subject to a procedure of scrutiny and","information at Union level with a view to","the functioning of the internal market. 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PURPOSE: to amend existing legislation in order to\ngive Member States the possibility to restrict or prohibit the use\nof genetically modified food and feed on their\nterritory.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament\nand of the Council.
\nROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European\nParliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative\nprocedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 allows Member\nStates to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the use of\nauthorised GMOs and GM food and feed only if they are able to\ndemonstrate that the product in question is likely to pose risks to\nhealth and to the environment. The Regulation requires the\nCommission as risk manager to take a decision on an application for\nauthorisation in a reasonable period of time (to grant an\nauthorisation or refuse an authorisation).
\nSince the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No\n1829/2003, there has never been a qualified majority amongst\nMember States in favour of or against a draft Commission\nDecision authorising Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and\nGenetically Modified (GM) food and feed. The result has always been\na no opinion for all stages of the procedure. As a\nresult, the authorisation decisions have been adopted by the\nCommission, in accordance with applicable legislation, without the\nsupport of the Member States committee opinion.
\nRegarding cultivation of GMOs, Directive\n(EU) 2015/412 grants Member States more flexibility to decide\nwhether or not they wish to cultivate GMOs on their territory\nwithout affecting the risk assessment provided in the system of\nUnion authorisations of GMOs. However, that Directive does not\ncover GMOs and GM food and feed authorised under Regulation (EC) No\n1829/2003.
\nIn its Communication\non the reviewing the decision-making process on genetically\nmodified organisms (GMOs), the Communication concluded that the\ncurrent legal framework should be amended, by extending the\napproach agreed in Directive (EU) 2015/412 to other products\ncovered by the Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
\nCONTENT: the Commission proposal amends Regulation\n(EC) No 1829/2003 to introduce new provisions allowing Member\nStates to restrict or prohibit the use of GMOs and GM food and\nfeed covered by the GMO legal framework, in part or all of their\nterritory, in complement to the possibilities already\noffered to Member States with respect to GMOs for cultivation\nby Directive (EU) 2015/412. The proposal does not affect the Union\nprocedure of authorisation based on risks which should remain\nharmonised at Union level in order to maintain a same level of\nsafety throughout the EU.
\nAccording to the proposed Regulation, Member States\nmay adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the use GMOs or GM\nfood and feed products provided that such measures are:
\nWhere a Member State intends to adopt measures\nrestricting or prohibiting the use of products, it shall first\nsubmit to the Commission a draft of those measures, and the\ncorresponding justification. The Commission shall immediately\nnotify to the other Member States the draft measures and the\ncorresponding justification.
\nDuring a period of 3 months from the date of\nsubmission to the Commission of the draft measures and various\ninformation:
\nThe proposal does not allow Member States to restrict\nor prohibit the use of products which do not have to be\nlabelled under the GMO legal framework, even if they may\ncontain a small proportion of GMOs or GM food and feed below the\nthresholds set out therein.
\nProvisions are also established to protect the rights\nof economic operators which lawfully placed on the market a GMO or\na GM food and feed before the Member State adopt measures pursuant\nto the proposal. Sufficient time should be given to operators to\nallow the phasing out of the product from the market.
\nThe Committee on the Environment, Public Health and\nFood Safety adopted the report by Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT) on the\nproposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil amending Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 as regards the\npossibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the use\nof genetically modified food and feed on their\nterritory.
\nThe committee recommended that Parliament reject\nthe Commission proposal and called on the Commission to\nwithdraw its position.
\nIn its proposal, the Commission suggests to mirror, as\nregards genetically modified food and feed, the recent amendment of\nDirective 2001/18/EC in respect of GMOs intended for cultivation\n(Directive\n(EU) 2015/412 which entered into force in early April 2015).\nAccordingly, it proposed to allow Member States to restrict or\nprohibit - under certain conditions - the use of genetically\nmodified food and feed on their territory after these products have\nbeen authorised (\"opt-out\").
\nMembers considered, in particular, that - as its\nadoption was not preceded by an assessment of all possible impacts\nand alternative options available - the proposal conflicts with the\n\"Better Regulation\" and \"Transparency\" pledges made by the new\nCommission.
\nAs the EU remains highly dependent on the supply of\nproteins from GM sources and considering that the proposal is\nlikely to have negative indirect effect on imports, Members are of\nthe view that the proposal may seriously endanger livestock\nproduction and also negatively affect agriculture in the\nEU.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 577 votes to 75,\nwith 38 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a\nregulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending\nRegulation (EC) No 1829/2003 as regards the possibility for the\nMember States to restrict or prohibit the use of genetically\nmodified food and feed on their territory.
\nIn\nline with the recommendation by the Committee on the Environment,\nPublic Health and Food Safety, Parliament rejected\nthe Commission proposal\nby 619 votes to 58, with 13 abstentions. It\ncalled on the Commission to withdraw its position.
\nIn its resolution, Parliament recalled that the\nreasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2\non the application of the principles of subsidiarity and\nproportionality, by the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the\nSpanish Parliament, the Netherlands House of Representatives and\nthe Austrian Federal Council, asserted that the draft legislative\nact does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity.
\nPURPOSE: to amend existing legislation in order to\ngive Member States the possibility to restrict or prohibit the use\nof genetically modified food and feed on their\nterritory.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament\nand of the Council.
\nROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European\nParliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative\nprocedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 allows Member\nStates to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the use of\nauthorised GMOs and GM food and feed only if they are able to\ndemonstrate that the product in question is likely to pose risks to\nhealth and to the environment. The Regulation requires the\nCommission as risk manager to take a decision on an application for\nauthorisation in a reasonable period of time (to grant an\nauthorisation or refuse an authorisation).
\nSince the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No\n1829/2003, there has never been a qualified majority amongst\nMember States in favour of or against a draft Commission\nDecision authorising Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and\nGenetically Modified (GM) food and feed. The result has always been\na no opinion for all stages of the procedure. As a\nresult, the authorisation decisions have been adopted by the\nCommission, in accordance with applicable legislation, without the\nsupport of the Member States committee opinion.
\nRegarding cultivation of GMOs, Directive\n(EU) 2015/412 grants Member States more flexibility to decide\nwhether or not they wish to cultivate GMOs on their territory\nwithout affecting the risk assessment provided in the system of\nUnion authorisations of GMOs. However, that Directive does not\ncover GMOs and GM food and feed authorised under Regulation (EC) No\n1829/2003.
\nIn its Communication\non the reviewing the decision-making process on genetically\nmodified organisms (GMOs), the Communication concluded that the\ncurrent legal framework should be amended, by extending the\napproach agreed in Directive (EU) 2015/412 to other products\ncovered by the Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
\nCONTENT: the Commission proposal amends Regulation\n(EC) No 1829/2003 to introduce new provisions allowing Member\nStates to restrict or prohibit the use of GMOs and GM food and\nfeed covered by the GMO legal framework, in part or all of their\nterritory, in complement to the possibilities already\noffered to Member States with respect to GMOs for cultivation\nby Directive (EU) 2015/412. The proposal does not affect the Union\nprocedure of authorisation based on risks which should remain\nharmonised at Union level in order to maintain a same level of\nsafety throughout the EU.
\nAccording to the proposed Regulation, Member States\nmay adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the use GMOs or GM\nfood and feed products provided that such measures are:
\nWhere a Member State intends to adopt measures\nrestricting or prohibiting the use of products, it shall first\nsubmit to the Commission a draft of those measures, and the\ncorresponding justification. The Commission shall immediately\nnotify to the other Member States the draft measures and the\ncorresponding justification.
\nDuring a period of 3 months from the date of\nsubmission to the Commission of the draft measures and various\ninformation:
\nThe proposal does not allow Member States to restrict\nor prohibit the use of products which do not have to be\nlabelled under the GMO legal framework, even if they may\ncontain a small proportion of GMOs or GM food and feed below the\nthresholds set out therein.
\nProvisions are also established to protect the rights\nof economic operators which lawfully placed on the market a GMO or\na GM food and feed before the Member State adopt measures pursuant\nto the proposal. Sufficient time should be given to operators to\nallow the phasing out of the product from the market.
\nThe Committee on the Environment, Public Health and\nFood Safety adopted the report by Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT) on the\nproposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil amending Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 as regards the\npossibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the use\nof genetically modified food and feed on their\nterritory.
\nThe committee recommended that Parliament reject\nthe Commission proposal and called on the Commission to\nwithdraw its position.
\nIn its proposal, the Commission suggests to mirror, as\nregards genetically modified food and feed, the recent amendment of\nDirective 2001/18/EC in respect of GMOs intended for cultivation\n(Directive\n(EU) 2015/412 which entered into force in early April 2015).\nAccordingly, it proposed to allow Member States to restrict or\nprohibit - under certain conditions - the use of genetically\nmodified food and feed on their territory after these products have\nbeen authorised (\"opt-out\").
\nMembers considered, in particular, that - as its\nadoption was not preceded by an assessment of all possible impacts\nand alternative options available - the proposal conflicts with the\n\"Better Regulation\" and \"Transparency\" pledges made by the new\nCommission.
\nAs the EU remains highly dependent on the supply of\nproteins from GM sources and considering that the proposal is\nlikely to have negative indirect effect on imports, Members are of\nthe view that the proposal may seriously endanger livestock\nproduction and also negatively affect agriculture in the\nEU.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 577 votes to 75,\nwith 38 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a\nregulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending\nRegulation (EC) No 1829/2003 as regards the possibility for the\nMember States to restrict or prohibit the use of genetically\nmodified food and feed on their territory.
\nIn\nline with the recommendation by the Committee on the Environment,\nPublic Health and Food Safety, Parliament rejected\nthe Commission proposal\nby 619 votes to 58, with 13 abstentions. It\ncalled on the Commission to withdraw its position.
\nIn its resolution, Parliament recalled that the\nreasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2\non the application of the principles of subsidiarity and\nproportionality, by the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the\nSpanish Parliament, the Netherlands House of Representatives and\nthe Austrian Federal Council, asserted that the draft legislative\nact does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity.
\n