Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | ENVI | WILLMOTT Dame Glenis ( S&D), GIRLING Julie ( ECR), JÄÄTTEENMÄKI Anneli ( ALDE), RIVASI Michèle ( Verts/ALE), PEDICINI Piernicola ( EFDD), SALVINI Matteo ( ENF) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p5
Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p5Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 422 votes to 159 with 68 abstentions, a resolution tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for certain foods.
Members recalled that in its resolution of 11 February 2015 , Parliament urged the Commission to present legislative proposals making the indication of the origin of meat in processed foods mandatory in order to ensure greater transparency throughout the food chain and to better inform European consumers.
The resolution emphasises that, according to the Eurobarometer survey 2013:
84% of EU citizens consider it necessary to indicate the origin of milk, whether sold as such or used as an ingredient in dairy products; this is one of several factors that may influence consumer behaviour; 88% of EU citizens consider it necessary to indicate the origin of meat other than beef, swine, sheep, goat and poultry meat.
Furthermore, the Commission’s report of 17 December 2013 regarding the mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for meat used as an ingredient recognises that more than 90% of consumer respondents consider it important that meat origin be labelled on processed food products.
Parliament considered that consumers, like many professionals, are in favour of the mandatory labelling of meat in processed products.
Accordingly, Parliament asked the Commission to:
implement the mandatory indication of country of origin or place of provenance for all kinds of drinking milk, dairy products and meat products , and to consider extending the mandatory indication of country of origin or place of provenance to other single-ingredient foods or those with one main ingredient, by making legislative proposals in these areas; submit legislative proposals making the indication of the origin of meat in processed foods mandatory in order to ensure greater transparency throughout the food chain and to better inform European consumers in the wake of the horsemeat scandal and other cases of food fraud. Mandatory labelling requirements should take into account the principle of proportionality and the administrative burden for food business operators and enforcement authorities; support labelling schemes relating to animal welfare during cultivation, transport and slaughter; take the necessary action to combat fraud in relation to rules on the voluntary labelling of origin for foodstuffs; promote the development of products with ‘protected designation of origin’ (PDO), ‘protected geographical indication’ (PGI), or ‘traditional speciality guaranteed’ (TSG) pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and ensure European promotion campaigns on those products are stepped up.
Members also took the view that the mandatory labelling of egg products and foods containing eggs to indicate origin and rearing method could improve transparency and protection, and called on the Commission to submit a market analysis and, if necessary, to draw up appropriate legislative proposals.
They believed that country of origin labelling for drinking milk, lightly processed dairy products (such as cheese and cream) and lightly processed meat products (such as bacon and sausages) would have significantly reduced associated costs, and that this labelling should be explored as a priority.
Lastly, considering that origin labelling as such does not prevent fraud, Parliament advocated that a resolute course should be taken to step up monitoring , improve enforcement of existing legislation and impose more stringent penalties.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2016)486
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0225/2016
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0545/2016
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B8-0363/2016
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE578.538
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE578.538
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B8-0363/2016
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0545/2016
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2016)486
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- Dame Glenis WILLMOTT
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- Louis ALIOT
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- Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN
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- Marie-Christine ARNAUTU
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- Jonathan ARNOTT
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- Zoltán BALCZÓ
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- Amjad BASHIR
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- Zigmantas BALČYTIS
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- Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA
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- Hugues BAYET
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- Joëlle BERGERON
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- Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA
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- José BLANCO LÓPEZ
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- Renata BRIANO
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- Gianluca BUONANNO
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- Alain CADEC
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- Alberto CIRIO
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- Jane COLLINS
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- Therese COMODINI CACHIA
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- Javier COUSO PERMUY
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- Edward CZESAK
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- Daniel DALTON
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- William (The Earl of) DARTMOUTH
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- Marielle DE SARNEZ
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- Mireille D'ORNANO
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- Georgios EPITIDEIOS
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- Edouard FERRAND
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- Lorenzo FONTANA
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- Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ
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- Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
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- Elisabetta GARDINI
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- Arne GERICKE
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- Julie GIRLING
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- Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI
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- Diane JAMES
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- Krišjānis KARIŅŠ
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- Marine LE PEN
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- Valentinas MAZURONIS
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Votes
B8-0545/2016 - Am 3 #
B8-0545/2016 - Am 4 #
B8-0545/2016 - Am 1 #
B8-0545/2016 - Am 8 #
B8-0545/2016 - § 23 #
B8-0545/2016 - Am 16 #
MT | CZ | LU | NL | EE | LV | BG | SK | LT | DK | PL | IE | HR | SE | SI | BE | CY | RO | HU | PT | FI | AT | ES | EL | DE | GB | IT | FR | ||
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Total |
3
|
16
|
6
|
23
|
5
|
7
|
15
|
13
|
9
|
11
|
46
|
9
|
11
|
14
|
8
|
18
|
5
|
29
|
18
|
21
|
12
|
15
|
49
|
20
|
84
|
50
|
62
|
71
|
|
PPE |
189
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