Activities of Andrea ZANONI
Plenary speeches (36)
Combating wildlife crime (debate)
Combating wildlife crime (debate)
Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (A7-0277/2013 - Andrea Zanoni) (vote)
Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (debate)
Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (continuation of debate)
Non-commercial movement of pet animals - Animal health requirements governing trade in dogs, cats and ferrets (debate)
Renewable energy in the European internal energy market (A7-0135/2013 - Herbert Reul)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Protection of public health from endocrine disrupters (debate)
Common fisheries policy (A7-0008/2013 - Ulrike Rodust)
Conservation of fishery resources (A7-0342/2012 - Pat the Cope Gallagher)
Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (B7-0013/2013, B7-0013/2013, B7-0014/2013, B7-0015/2013, B7-0016/2013)
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Protection of animals during transport (debate)
Baltic salmon stock and the fisheries exploiting that stock - Conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms - Removal of fins of sharks on board vessels - Small-scale and artisanal fisheries and CFP reform - External dimension of the common fisheries policy (debate)
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A resource-efficient Europe (debate)
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Women and climate change (debate)
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Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU of the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment PDF (642 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (recast) PDF (218 KB) DOC (285 KB)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels
Shadow opinions (4)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Animal Health
OPINION on asbestos related occupational health threats and prospects for abolishing all existing asbestos
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports within a Balanced Approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund [repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 and Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 and Council Regulation (EC) No XXX/2011 on integrated maritime policy]
Written declarations (4)
Amendments (310)
Amendment 85 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) After the introduction of an invasive alien species, early detection and rapid eradication measures are crucial to prevent their establishment and spread. The most effective and cost efficient response is often to eradicate the population, as soon as possible while the number of specimens is still limited. In the event that eradication is not feasible or the costs of eradication outweigh in the long term the environmental, economic and social benefits, containment and control measures should be applied. These containment and control measures, in the case of animal species, should use exclusively non-lethal methods.
Amendment 87 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Eradicating and managing some invasive alien species, while necessary, may induce pain, distress, fear or other forms of suffering to the animals even when using the best available technical means. For that reason, Member States and any operator involved in the eradication, control or containment of invasive alien species should take the necessary measures to minimise pain, distress and suffering of animals during the process, taking into account in so far as possible the best practices in the field, for example the Guiding Principles on Animal Welfare developed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). In any case, non-lethal methods must be used for animal species.
Amendment 103 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) In order to enable commercial operators, who may have legitimate expectations, for instance those who have received an authorisation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 708/2007, to exhaust their stock of invasive alien species of Union concern when these new rules enter into force, it is justified to allow them two years to slaughter, sell or hand over the specimens to research or ex-situ conservation establishments.
Amendment 133 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 12
Article 3 – point 12
(12) 'eradication' means the complete and permanent removal of a population of invasive alien species by physical, chemical or biological means; the eradication of animal species shall be achieved exclusively through the use of non-lethal methods;
Amendment 136 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 16
Article 3 – point 16
(16) '‘population control'’ means physical, chemical or biological actions applied to a population of invasive alien species with the aim of keeping the number of individuals as low as possible, so that, while not being able to eradicate the species, its invasive capacity and adverse impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, or on human health and the economy, are minimised.; in the case of animal species, these actions should provide exclusively for the use of non- lethal methods;
Amendment 138 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 16 a (new)
Article 3 – point 16 a (new)
(16a) ‘non-lethal’ means the method for management of invasive alien species that does not provide for the killing of specimens included in the management plan.
Amendment 151 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In addition, Member States may at any time submit to the Commission requests for the inclusion of invasive alien species on the list referred to in paragraph 1. Those requests shall include all of the following criteria:
Amendment 186 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. SFor species included on the list referred to in Article 4(1), it shall not be intentionally: (a) brought into or transitedbe prohibited: (a) to bring or convey them through the Union territory; (b) to permitted them to reproduce; (c) to transported them, except for the transportation of species to facilities for eradication; (d) to placed them on the market; (e) to used or exchanged them; (f) kto keept or grown them, including in contained holding; (g) to released them into the environment.
Amendment 192 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall prohibit the import, trading, exchange, release and transport of captured wild animals that are alien to the wild fauna of the European Union.
Amendment 207 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) their removal from the facilities or disposal or destruction is done in such way as to exclude propagation or reproduction outside of the facilities.
Amendment 209 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) their disposal or destruction, permitted exclusively for plants, insects, fungi or micro-organisms, is done in such way as to exclude propagation or reproduction outside of the facilities.
Amendment 230 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure coordination of their activities with relevant neighbouring Member States when adopting measures on invasive alien species of Member State concern in their national territory, if there is a significant risk of spread of such an invasive alien species to the territory of neighbouring Member States, or where a joint action would prove more effective, with the aim of producing joint action plans for such species.
Amendment 232 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall consult relevant neighbouring Member States when considering issuing such authorisation for intentional releases.
Amendment 276 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The management measures shall consist of physical, chemical or biological actions aimed at the eradication, population control or containment of a population of an invasive alien species. In the case of animal species, the measures to be adopted shall provide for the sole use of non-lethal methods. Where appropriate, management measures shall include actions applied to the receiving ecosystem aimed at increasing its resilience to current and future invasions.
Amendment 300 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – title
Article 21 – title
Public participation and stakeholder involvement and exchange of information
Amendment 302 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. With a view to facilitate an effective and transparent exchange of information concerning implementation of various aspect of the Regulation, the Commission shall establish and regularly convene an invasive alien species forum composed of representatives of Member States, the industries and sectors concerned and non- governmental organisations promoting environmental protection and animal welfare. In particular, the Commission shall take account of recommendations of the forum on drawing up and updating the list referred to in Article 4(1) and emergency measures to be adopted in accordance with Article 9(4) for the Union for invasive alien species not included on the list referred to in Article 4(1). It shall also use the forum to promote exchange of information relative to species distribution and management options, including humane control methods.
Amendment 303 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21a Scientific Body on Invasive Alien Species 1. A Scientific Body on Invasive Alien Species is hereby established. It shall be responsible for preparing an opinion for consideration by the Commission and the Committee referred to in Article 22 on the following issues: (a) preparing and updating the list of invasive alien species of Union concern, including through conducting risk assessments pursuant to Article 5(1); (b) Member States' requests for the inclusion of invasive alien species on the list referred to in Article 4(1) pursuant to Article 4(3); (c) scientific and technical matters concerning the methodology to be applied in the assessment of elements set out in points (a) to (h) of Article 5(1), in accordance with Article 5(2); (d) emergency measures to be adopted in accordance with Article 9(4) for the Union for invasive alien species not included on the list referred to in Article 4(1); (e) at the request of the Commission or of Member States' competent authorities, any other scientific or technical questions that arise from the operation of this Regulation. 2. The members of the Scientific Body on Invasive Alien Species shall be appointed by the Commission on the basis of their experience and expertise relevant to performing the tasks specified in paragraph 1, taking into account a geographical distribution that reflects the diversity of scientific problems and approaches in the Union. The Commission shall determine the number of members in accordance with the requisite needs. 3. Member States and the Scientific Body on Invasive Alien Species shall exchange information relative to species distribution and ecology, management options and lessons learned.
Amendment 315 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) the quantity of specimens of the invasive alien species that are the subject of the breach.
Amendment 323 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. For non-commercial owners who cannot ensure that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are met, Member States shall offer to them the possibility of having their specimens taken over from them and shall give due regard to animal welfare when handling them, sending them to ex-situ conservation centres, pursuant to Article 8.
Amendment 328 #
2013/0307(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Keepers of a commercial stock of specimens of invasive alien species acquired before their inclusion on the list referred to in Article 4(1) shall be allowed up to twoone years after inclusion of the species in that list to keep and transport in order to sell or hand over live specimens or reproducible parts of those species to the research or ex-situ conservation institutions referred to in Article 8, provided that the specimens are kept and transported in contained holding and all appropriate measures are put in place to ensure that reproduction or escape are not possible, or to slaughter them to exhaust their stock.
Amendment 84 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Reliable information on CO2 emissions and fuel efficiency of ships is needed in order to implement a pricing system of these emissions at a later stage. Therefore, in the event that no international agreement which includes international maritime emissions in its reduction targets through the International Maritime Organisation has been approved by Member States or no such agreement through the UNFCCC has been approved by the Union after three years from the first publication of information set out in Article 21, the Commission should make a proposal to implement a pricing system of international maritime emissions.
Amendment 92 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to minimise the administrative burden for ship owners and operators, in particular for small and medium sized enterprises, and to optimise the benefits-costs-ratio of the MRV system without jeopardising the objective to cover a widely predominant share of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transportensure coherence of the Union MRV system with Annex VI of MARPOL, the rules for MRV should only apply to large emittersships above 400 GT. A threshold of 50400 gross tonnage (GT) has been selected at international level after detailed objective analysis of sizes and emissions of ships going to and coming from Union ports. Ships above 5000 GT account for around 55% of the number of s. Thips calling into Union ports and represent around 90% of the related emissions. This non-discriminatory threshold would ensure that that the most relevant emitters are covered. A lower threshold would result in higher administrative burden while a higher threshold would limit the coverage of emissions and thus the environmental effectiveness of the systemnon- discriminatory threshold would ensure a level playing field at international level.
Amendment 96 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The rules should take into account existing requirements and data already available on board of ships; therefore, during a transitional period of five years after this Regulation enters into force ship owners should be given the opportunity to select one out of the following four monitoring methods which are not equally accurate: the use of Bunker Fuel Delivery Notes, bunker fuel tank monitoring, flow meters for applicable combustion processes or direct emission measurements. After this transitional period, ship owners should be given the opportunity to select one out of the following two monitoring methods: flow meters for applicable combustion processes or direct emission measurements. A ship specific monitoring plan should document the choice made and provide further details on the application of the selected method.
Amendment 103 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Verification by accredited verifiers should ensure that monitoring plans and emission reports are correct and in compliance with the requirements defined by this Regulation. Therefore, competence requirements are essential for a verifier to be able to perform the verification activities under the Regulation. As an important element to simplify verification, verifiers should check data credibility by comparing reported data with estimated data based on ship tracking data and characteristics. Such estimates could be provided by the Commission. Verifiers should be independent and competent persons or legal entities and should be accredited by national accreditation bodies established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/9319. __________________ 19 OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30. OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30.
Amendment 111 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) This Regulation should enter into force on 1 July 20154 to ensure that the Member States and relevant stakeholders have sufficient time to take the necessary measures for the effective application of this Regulation before the first reporting period starts on 1 January 20186.
Amendment 120 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to ships above 50400 gross tons in respect of emissions released during their voyages from the last port of call to a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State to their next port of call, as well as within ports under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
Amendment 135 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Companies shall take account of the recommendations included in the verification reports issued pursuant to Article 13 in their consequent monitoring and reporting.
Amendment 140 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
For the purposes of Article 4(1), (2) and (3), companies shall determine their emissions and other climate relevant information for each of their ships above 50400 GT in accordance with one of the following methods set out in Annex I: (a) flow meters for applicable combustion processes; (b) direct emission measurements For a transitional period of five years after this Regulation enters into force, companies shall determine their emissions and other climate relevant information in accordance with any of the methods set out in Annex I.
Amendment 145 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August 20175, companies shall submit to the verifiers a monitoring plan indicating the method chosen to monitor and report emissions and other climate- relevant information for each of their ships above 50400 GT.
Amendment 148 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for ships falling under the scope of this Regulation for the first time after 1 January 20186, the company shall submit a monitoring plan to the verifier without undue delay and no later than two months after their first call in a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
Amendment 161 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8
From 1 January 20186, companies shall, based on the monitoring plan approved in accordance with Article 13(1), monitor emissions for each ship on a per-voyage and an annual basis by applying the appropriate method among those set out in part B of Annex I and by calculating emissions in accordance with part A of Annex I
Amendment 210 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. From 20197, by 30 April of each year, companies shall submit to the Commission and to the authorities of the flag States concerned, an emission report concerning the emissions and other climate-relevant information during the entire reporting period for each ship under their responsibility, which has been verified as satisfactory by a verifier in accordance with the requirements referred to in Article 14.
Amendment 214 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iva) Certified technical efficiency of the ship expressed by the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) where applicable to the relevant ship type
Amendment 219 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Where the verifier has identified areas for improvement in the company's performance related to the monitoring and reporting of emissions, including in relation to achieving higher accuracy and enhancing efficiency in the monitoring and reporting, it shall include in the verification report recommendations for improvement.
Amendment 222 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The verifier shall carry out his activities in a sound and objective professional manner, and understand: (a) the provisions of this Regulation, as well as relevant standards and rules adopted by the Commission pursuant to Article 15(5); (b) the legislative, regulatory, and administrative requirements relevant to the activities being verified; and (c) the generation of all information related to the collection, measurement, calculation and reporting of emissions data on board of ships.
Amendment 226 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
From 30 June 20197 ships arriving at, within or departing from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State shall carry on board a valid document certifying the ship's compliance with the reporting and monitoring obligations for the concerned reporting period, issued in accordance with Article 17.
Amendment 230 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for failure to comply with the monitoring and reporting requirements set out in Articles 8 to 12 and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties provided for shall be no less stringent than those foreseen under national legislation on greenhouse gas emissions in case of non- compliance with reporting obligations by operators and be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify these provisions to the Commission by 1 July 20175, and shall notify any subsequent amendments affecting these provisions to the Commission without delay.
Amendment 234 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Technical efficiency of the ship (EEDI where applicable to the relevant ship type)
Amendment 242 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where no international agreement on global measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport is reached after three years from the first publication of information set out in Article 21, the Commission shall propose the implementation of a pricing system of international maritime emissions.
Amendment 245 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 15, 16 and 23 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1 July 20154.
Amendment 250 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 20154.
Amendment 253 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – paragraph 7
Annex I – part A – paragraph 7
Appropriate emission factors shall be applied in respect of biofuels and alternative non-fossil fuel fuelsfrom Annex V of the Directive 2009/28/EC and Annex IV of the Directive 98/70/EC shall be used in respect of biofuels and alternative non- fossil fuel fuels. To the extent appropriate emission factors in respect of biofuels and alternative non-fossil fuel fuels are not available in the relevant Union legislation, default values for emission factors of fuels shall be used.
Amendment 1020 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 135 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 135 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) where the outcome of the official controls on journey logs provided for in point (i) of paragraph (b) of Article 18 (1) is not satisfactory, require the organiser to change the arrangements for the intended long journey so that it complies with Regulation (EC) No 1/2005.
Amendment 1046 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 150 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 150 – paragraph 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1/2005
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
(b) Articles 14, 15, 16, 21, 22(2), 23, 24 and 26 are deleted;
Amendment 1065 #
2013/0140(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 162 – paragraph 4
Article 162 – paragraph 4
4. Articles 15(1), 18(1), 45 to 62 and 76 to 84, point (b) of Article 150, point (b)(i) of Article 152, point (b)(i) of Article 154, point (b)(i) of Article 155 and point (b)(i) of Article 1565 shall apply from [Office of Publications, please insert date of entry into force this Regulation + 3 years]. Point (b) of Article 150 and point (b) of Article 156 shall not apply until the delegated acts that replace them are in force.
Amendment 101 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity to which the Union is a party, the Union has committed to maintainThe Union is a party to both the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Convention on Biological Diversity and has in the context of these committed to the conservation and sustainable use of the genetic diversity of cultivated plants, and of wild relatives, and to minimise genetic erosion. That commitment complements the objective of the Union to halt biodiversity loss by 2020. In that context, certain varieties should be allowed to be produced and made available on the market even if they do not comply with the requirements concerning distinctiveness, uniformity or stability, to ensure their conservation and sustainable use and thus contribute to the sustainability of agriculture and the adaptation to climate change. Therefore, those varieties should only be registered on the basis of an officially recognised description.
Amendment 115 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) intended solely for, and maintained and disseminated by, gene banks, organisations and networks of conservation of genetic resources, including in situ on farm conservation, or persons belonging to those organisations or networks;
Amendment 117 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind betweenbetween persons other than professional operators, or between professional operators and persons other than professional operators.
Amendment 123 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) produced by farmers on their own farm, on their own behalf and on their own account.
Amendment 129 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘making available on the market’ means the holding for the purpose of sale within the Union, including offering for sale or for any other form of transfer, and the sale, distribution, import into, and export out of, the Union and other forms of transfer by a professional operator and aimed at commercial exploitation, whether free of charge or not;
Amendment 133 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) ‘professional operator’ means any natural or legal person carrying out, as a profession, at least one of the following activities with regard tomaking available on the market plant reproductive material:, as a profession.
Amendment 136 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Amendment 140 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Amendment 142 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Amendment 145 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
Amendment 147 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e
Amendment 148 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point f
Amendment 180 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 181 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘variety maintenance’ means the actions to ensure that a variety remains consistent with its descagronomically relevant characteripstioncs;
Amendment 186 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
(10 a) 'heterogeneous material' means plant reproductive material that does not belong to a variety as defined in Article 10(1), and is not a mixture of varieties or plants protected by any intellectual property right.
Amendment 206 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 208 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 210 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 212 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) It is seed or plant reproductive material of vegetables, ornamental plants, fruit plants, wine or aromatic or medical herbs;
Amendment 225 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Plant reproductive material may be produced and made available on the market only if it belongs to a variety registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51 or in the Union variety register referred to in Article 52.
Amendment 229 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 230 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Those delegated actse Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, which may set out one or more of the following for heterogeneous material:
Amendment 231 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) rules on labelling and packaging to indicate to the end purchaser the region of selection of the material and the production location and date of each lot sold; rules on packaging to ensure that it is adapted to the needs of potential professional users;
Amendment 232 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) rules concerning description of the material, including obtaining procedures, the breeding methods and parental material used, description of the production scheme for the plant reproductive material and availability of standard samples, characteristics shared by all of the plants stemming from the material, or the constant characteristics (in field and/or harvest) but which are not necessarily shared when the material is grown using a specific production method within a specific environment and region, and also depending on the place and year of the commercialized batch of production and the availability of standard samples;
Amendment 233 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 234 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) establishment by the competent local or national authorities of registers for heterogeneous material, modalities for registration and content of those registers;
Amendment 235 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point e
Amendment 236 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Those delegated acts shall be adopted by [Office of Publications, please insert date of application of this Regulation…]. They may be adopted per particularevery genera or species for which an application has been filed.
Amendment 237 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Making available on the market of heterogeneous material Plant reproductive material may be produced and made available on the market as heterogeneous material, registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 51, on the basis of an officially recognised description. This includes inter alia : a) Landraces, conservation varieties or selections thereof which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 62 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, b) Multicomponent varieties derived from open pollination (polycross) of a defined set of parental lines which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 62 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, c) Open pollinated varieties and populations of completely or partially outcrossing species which do not comply with articles 60, 61 and 61 but provide a certain stability as regards their agronomic performance, d) Population crosses between open pollinated populations or open pollinated varieties with high level of heterogeneity, e) Composite cross populations derived from crosses of defined parental lines and evolved in a certain environment with a high level of heterogeneity and high plasticity needed for adaptation to changing environmental conditions. 2) Heterogeneous material is obtained through methods which respect natural crossing barriers. 3) The making available on the market of heterogeneous material shall comply with the provisions of Title III of Part III of this act.
Amendment 239 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 301 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is made available on the market in small quantities by persons other than professional operators, or by professional operators employing no more than ten persons and whose annual turnover or balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million;, whose annual turnover or balance sheet does not exceed EUR 2 million, and which are not directly or indirectly dependent of any professional operator whose annual turnover or balance sheet, added to their own, exceeds EUR 2 million in total. By way of derogation from paragraph a), associations and non-profit organisations whose statutory purpose is the preservation and promotion of the diversity of plant genetic resources and whose annual turnover or balance sheet does not exceed EUR 2 million can market niche material even if they employ more than ten people.
Amendment 303 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) it is freely reproducible;
Amendment 304 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) it was obtained, selected and multiplied with traditional breeding methods which respect natural crossing barriers.
Amendment 306 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 140, setting out, with regard to the production and making available on the market of niche material belonging to particular genera or species, one or more of the following:
Amendment 307 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the maximum size of packages, containers or bundles, commensurate with the needs of professional and non- professional farmers who could use it;
Amendment 308 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) requirements concerning traceability, lots and labelling of the niche market material concerned., including indications to the ultimate purchaser of the origin of the variety and of the place and year of production of each lot sold;
Amendment 309 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) rules on information on processes of multiplication used
Amendment 342 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the method by which the variety was bred; if applicable, a statement that the variety is protected by plant breeders’ rights or any other form of intellectual property right; all these data are kept available to the public;
Amendment 343 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) where applicable, the indication of the origin of the genetic material used and data required under the Regulation (EU) on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union [xxx]21d; 21d OJ …,….
Amendment 351 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54
Article 54
Amendment 358 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they have an official description showing compliance with the requirements of distinctiveness, uniformity and stability set out in Articles 60, 61 and 62, or are provided with an officially recognised description pursuant to Article 57; the description is adapted to the variety type and mode of reproduction;
Amendment 360 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) in case they belong to genera or species with particular importance for the satisfactory development of agriculture in the Union, as referred to in paragraph 5, they havemay be tested for a satisfactory value for cultivation and/or use pursuant to Article 58;
Amendment 362 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) in case they belong to genera or species with particular importance for the sustainable development of agriculture in the Union, as referred to in paragraph 6, they havemay be tested for a sustainable value for cultivation and/or use pursuant to Article 59.
Amendment 377 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) in case the variety had been previously not registered in a national variety register or in the Union variety register and plant reproductive material belonging to that variety has been made available on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation;
Amendment 380 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in case the variety had been previously registered in any national variety register or in the Union variety register on the basis of a technical examination pursuant to Article 71, but has been deleted from those registers more than five years before the submission of the current application and would not fulfil the requirements laid down in Articles 60, 61 and 62 and, where applicable, Article 58(1) and Article 59(1).
Amendment 383 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) this variety has been obtained, selected and / or multiplied with traditional methods which respect natural crossing barriers.
Amendment 388 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 57 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 393 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3
Article 57 – paragraph 3
Amendment 396 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 57 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) it is based, where available, on information from plant genetic resources authorities or from organisations recognised for that purpose by the Member States, or it is based on a description delivered by the applicant which complies with the respective technical requirement; and
Amendment 404 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The design, criteria and conditions of examination shall take into account the targeted use of the variety, in particular as regards climatic and environmental conditions and/or low input or organic farming conditions.
Amendment 412 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Article 60 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the official description, referred to in point (a) of Article 56(2) and (3), a variety shall be deemed to be distinct, if it is clearly distinguishable, by reference to the expression of theone or more characteristics, including the variety type or mode of reproduction, or a frequency of characteristics, that results from a particular genotype or combination of genotypes, from any other variety whose existence is commonly known on the date of the application determined pursuant to Article 70.
Amendment 419 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of the official description, referred to in point (a) of Article 56(2) and (3), a variety shall be deemed to be uniform if, subject to the variation that may be expected from the particular features of its mode of reproduction and variety type, it is sufficiently uniform in the expression of those characteristics which are included in the examination for distinctness, as well as in the expression of any other characteristics used for its official descripof importance for the end user and used for its official description, whereas it is ensured that varieties are compared to an equal variety type in the examinations.
Amendment 423 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of the official description referred to in point (a) of Article 56(2) and (3), a variety shall be deemed to be stable if the expression of those characteristics which are included in the examination for distinctness, as well as any other characteristics used for the variety description, remains mainly unchanged after repeated reproduction or, in the case of cycles of reproduction, at the end of each such cycle, subject to the variation that may be expected from the particular features of its mode of reproduction and variety type or from local conditions.
Amendment 448 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) the methods and breeding techniques by which the variety was obtained;
Amendment 467 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 5
Article 71 – paragraph 5
Amendment 471 #
Amendment 498 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On request by the applicant or a third party, the competent authority mayshall allow a variety deleted from the national variety register or expired in accordance to paragraph 1(b) or 1(h) to continue to be made available on the market until 30 June of the third year following the deletion from the register.
Amendment 500 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 237 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) '‘captive birds'’ means any birds other than poultry that are kept in captivity for any reason other than those referred to in point (9) including those that are kept for shows, races, exhibitions, use in hunting as live decoys, competitions, breeding or selling;
Amendment 253 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the conservation status and level of protection of the animal species concerned;
Amendment 267 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to reduce the spread of disease, the Member States shall prohibit: (a) the capture and keeping of wild birds for use as live decoys for hunting purposes; (b) imports from third countries of dead wild birds, their parts or derived products, for food purposes;
Amendment 286 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) when appropriate to prevent the further spread of the disease agent, keep the kept animals of listed species for that listed disease isolated, and prevent contact with wildlife; Or. it Justification
Amendment 287 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) restrict the movements of kept animals, products and, if appropriate, people, vehicles and any material or other means by which the disease agent could have spread to or from the establishment, households, food and feed business establishments, animal by-products establishments or any other location where that listed disease is suspected, as far as necessary to prevent its spread of the listed disease(does not affect English version);
Amendment 294 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) conduct, where relevant for that particular listed disease, surveillance in the wild animal population and among wild animals held in captivity belonging to the same species;
Amendment 312 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Transporters of ungulates shall nevertheless be authorised under Council Regulation (EC) No 1/200571b of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97. __________________ 71b OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p.1
Amendment 313 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86
Article 86
Amendment 314 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 330 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108
Article 108
Amendment 333 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111
Article 111
Amendment 368 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 153 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 153 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 369 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Amendment 3 #
2012/2196(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Thinks it is noteworthy in this context that the Special Report No 15/2012 , ‘Management of Conflict of Interest in Selected EU Agencies’, by the Court of Auditors is not taking into account to the full the latest developments and improvements put in place by the Authority; therefore, notes with satisfaction the improvement of all procedures related to transparency and possible conflict of interests in the Authority; recalls, however, the importance of continuously working for strengthening and enhancement of all policies related to transparency and independence and will support the Executive Director in itsher further efforts;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2196(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is especially aware of the public interest in the decision -making process within the Authority, which is done within its legal role and responsibilities; asks the Authority to pay further special interest to the public opinion and to commit itself as much as possible to an open dialogue, but likes to remind in addition, that some possible shortcomings are due to a lack in the current legislation;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2195(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the remark by the Court of Auditors on the poor management of contracts; has evaluated the answer by the ECDC regarding two special framework contracts and the interaction with the Court of Auditors in this specific case; requests and encourages the ECDC to arrange specific training for the staff, involved in contracting and procurement, to strengthen internal control procedures and transparency in order to reduce the error rate; underlines that no funds have been lost and no parties have been disadvantaged;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2190(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Thinks it is noteworthy in this context that the special report on Conflict of Interests by the Court of Auditors is not taking into account to the full the latest developments and improvements put in place by the Agency; therefore, notes with satisfaction the improvement of all procedures related to transparency and possible conflicts of interest in the Agency, recalls, however, the importance of continuously working for strengthening and enhancement of all policies related to transparency and independence and will support the Executive Director in hits further efforts;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2167(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers the overall implementation rates of the budgetary headings for environment, climate action, public health and food safety as satisfactory; highlights that 2011 is the first budget year under the complete budget procedure laid down in the TFEU; recalls againgrets that only 0,76 % of the Union budget is dedicated to those policy instruments falling under the responsibility of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety bearing in mind the clear EU added value in these fields and the support from European citizens for EU environmental and climate policies;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The development of non-animal test methods should be promoted in order to produce safety data relevant to humans and to replace animal studies currently in use;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. The use of non-animal test methods and other risk assessment strategies should be promoted. Animal testing should be minimised and tests on vertebrates should be undertaken as a last resort. In accordance with Directive 2010/63/EU, tests on vertebrate animals must be replaced, restricted or refined. Therefore, we call on the Commission to lay down rules to avoid duplicative testing and duplication of tests and studies on vertebrates should be prohibited;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas delivering asbestos waste to landfills would not appear to be the safest way of definitively eliminating the release of asbestos fibres into the environment (particularly into air and groundwater) and whereas therefore it would be far preferable to opt for asbestos inertisation plants;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the lack of information from several Member States that impedes a reliable prediction of mesothelioma mortality in Europe, noting that, according to the available partial epidemiological data, in the EU more than 250 000 citizens are expected to die from mesothelioma by 2030 and that, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, between 20 000 and 30 000 cases of asbestos- related disease are recorded every year in the European Union alone;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas creating landfills for asbestos waste is only a temporary solution to the problem, which in this way is left to be dealt with by future generations, as asbestos fibres are virtually indestructible over time;
Amendment 6 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that all types of asbestos have been recognised as a health hazard and that the harmful effects of inhaling asbestos fibres, such as lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma, can take as long as several decades (in some cases, more than 40 years) to become apparent;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, despite the ban on the use of asbestos, it is still found in many ships, trains, bunkers, tunnels, galleries, pipes in public and private water distribution networks and especially in buildings, including many public buildings;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the verdict, delivered on 13 February 2012 by a court in Turin, on the deadly consequences of asbestos whereby the former owner and the former director of the Italian branch of the Eternit company were indicted as responsible for about 3 000 asbestos-related deaths, and were ordered to pay damages to the victims and their relatives and to civil society associations;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that asbestos is still present in many ships and buildings, andboth indoor and outdoor spaces, in close contact with people, including in public and private buildings (in particular in roofs, floors, linoleum and vinyl tiles), ships, trains, bunkers, tunnels and galleries and public and private water supply pipes, as well as in some refurbishment, demolition and waste treatment activities where itsand in various landfills whose exact location is often unknown, and where, as a consequence, it wouldcan have an impact on thenot only exposed workers, possibly also affectingbut also the general public;.
Amendment 18 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to ensure that all cases of asbestosis and mesothelioma are registered by means of systematic data collection on occupational asbestos diseases, and to provide reliable mapping of the presence of asbestos and therebyby setting up a compulsory register of all asbestos in public and private buildings, ships, trains, bunkers, tunnels, galleries and public and private water supply pipes and making sure that the register includes clear details of landfills containing asbestos waste, so as to prevent ground in which such materials are buried from being disturbed unwittingly and to contribute to prevention and remedial actions;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas a mandatory asbestos audit of buildings, ships, trains, bunkers, tunnels, galleries, pipes in public and private water distribution networks and landfills would provide a solid and informed basis for national, regional and European removal programmes;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that regardless of the source of exposure or the employment status of the person exposed, all EU asbestos victims and their relatives deserve the right to receive swift and appropriate medical treatment and adequate financial support from their national health schemes;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the key role of asbestos victims’ associations and groups and civil society associations, and recommends that the Member States and the EU provide funding for their work and collaborate with them in the establishment of a comprehensive plan to eliminate all remaining asbestos in Europe;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas due to the very long latency period and due to the lack of knowledge among medical staff, victims often do not receive timely and proper support by healthcare providers;
Amendment 30 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to accept the 2023 deadline proposed by trade unions for a complete ban on asbestos within the EU, including chrysotile asbestos diaphragms, and ensuring appropriate remediation of all concerned sites, including unsecure landfills. and to bring the threshold for worker exposure to asbestos fibre set in Directive 2009/148/EC down to the lowest possible level;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the EU to devise models for monitoring asbestos fibres in the air in the workplace, built-up areas and landfills and fibres present in drinking water supplied through asbestos cement pipes;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to revise the provisions on exemptions for chrysotile asbestos in Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation, and to ensure that substitution takes place before the end of the 10-year exemption granted in 2009;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to ensure the remediation of all public and private sites affected, including non-secure landfill sites containing asbestos waste, and to promote the use of alternative eco- compatible, secure processes such as inertisation for the processing of waste containing asbestos and the subsequent recycling of the resulting usable materials in the construction industry;
Amendment 36 #
2012/2065(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission, in view of the continuing shortcomings in Member State controls, to see to it that Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste is properly implemented, so as to ensure that all waste containing asbestos, irrespective of its fibre content, is classified as hazardous waste and, as a result, disposed of solely in dedicated hazardous-waste landfills, in order to avoid any accidental release of fibres which could pollute the surrounding air and the underlying groundwater; believes that waste containing asbestos should anyway be processed in dedicated treatment and inertisation plants, rather than disposed of in hazardous-waste landfills.
Amendment 40 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to integrate the asbestos issue into other policies such as the EU policy on energy efficiency and on waste;
Amendment 53 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Secretaries General of the EU institutions to provide a complete register – which should be open to the public – of ACMs in EU buildings, bunkers, tunnels, galleries and pipes in public and private water distribution networks;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to promote the establishment of centres for the treatment and inertisation of waste containing asbestos throughout Union territory, combined with phasing out all delivery of such waste to landfills;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to propose a specific directive with minimum requirements for the vocational training of construction and maintenance workers, including construction professionals who are working incidentally with asbestos, as well as employees at landfills disposing of waste containing asbestos or centres specialising in treatment and inertisation of asbestos waste;
Amendment 80 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the EU to start action plans for asbestos removal at European, national and regional levels, which are to include: legislation; education and information; training for public employees; national and international training; awareness-raising activities related to the removal of asbestos and products containing asbestos from buildings, public amenities and sites of former asbestos factories; cleaning premises, building landfills and installations for the destruction of asbestos and asbestos- containing debris; monitoring of the implementation of regulations, exposure assessments of at-risk personnel, and health protection;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to establish a Charter for Asbestos Victims specifying the rights EU asbestos victims and members of their families can expect;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that Article 13 of the Treaty is of general application and as such is equally as important as the environment or consumer protection and legally preeminent to all internal market policies; stresses that, consequently, the EU's strategy on animal welfare must include initiatives and, actions to promotand instruments to include the welfare of all animals in all policy areas;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission, where there is clear scientific evidence demonstrating animal welfare problems, to adapt or introduce new policy instruments to resolve these problems, including the cases of dairy cattle, rabbits, farmed fish and live animal transport;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Indent 1
Indent 1
– revision of Regulation 1/2005, as requested, inter alia, by Written Declaration 49/2011 adopted on 15 March 2011 and by over 1,100,000 signatories of the 8hours petition;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Indent 3 a (new)
Indent 3 a (new)
- a legislative proposal laying down minimum standards for the protection of rabbits.
Amendment 47 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Draws attention to the fact that EU's dog and cat population is estimated at around one hundred million animals, and regrets that no EU legislation exists on pet animal welfare; calls therefore on the Commission to promote pet welfare by ensuring minimum standards for the treatment and protection of pets, banning their killing, and introducing a compulsory registration and micro- chipping system, as requested, inter alia, by Written Declaration 26/2011 adopted on 13 October 2011;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers that the European Framework Law on Animal Welfare should approach the issue of stray animal, which is particularly serious in the EU's southern and eastern Member States, by implementing effective sterilisation measures; calls on the European Union and the Member States to ratify the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Considers that the European Framework Law on Animal Welfare should include measures aimed at solving the problem concerning the possession of wild birds from capture or from farming used in some Member States as live decoys in hunting migratory birds, in conditions incompatible with their nature.
Amendment 63 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to accord highest priority to animal welfare in the context of negotiations in the WTO (World Trade Organization) and bilateral agreements.
Amendment 74 #
2012/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to take the necessary measures to educate stakeholders as to the requirements for keeping wild animal species in captivity; ensuring effective use of a species-specific enrichment programme that provides appropriate mental and physical stimulation, in order to improve the welfare of wild animals currently in captivity. Calls for an urgent and thorough implementation of the Zoo Directive and to ensure enforcement personnel and zoo veterinarians are appropriately trained and qualified.
Amendment 4 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the fact that the report ignores the EFSA recommendation on developing strategies to reduce the volume of transport and the long-distance transport of animals for finishing or slaughter and cut journey times, in order to diminish the risk of transport- associated disease outbreaks2 ;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a.(new) Calls on the Council and the Commission to develop a strategy for moving towards a more regional model of livestock production in which, wherever practicable, animals are born, fattened and slaughtered in the same region instead of being transported over extremely long distances;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the provisions in the Regulation on transport time, resting time and space allowance are not based on a scientific opinion of SCAHAW or EFSA, but have been taken from the previous directive3 ; notes with regret that, despite clear conclusions from EFSA, parts of the Regulation are not in line with current scientific knowledge, especially as regards transport of horses, transport of poultry and rabbits, space allowance and internal height of compartments, and that the report is not accompanied by any proposal;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that Article 32 of the Regulation states that the Commission report shall take into account ‘scientific evidence on the welfare needs of animals’, and may be accompanied if necessary by appropriate legislative proposals concerning long journeys; calls on the Commission and the Council, therefore, to review Regulation 1/2005 in order to establish a maximum 8- hour limit for the journeys of animals transported for the purpose of being slaughtered, as requested by a majority of the Members of the European Parliament in the Written Declaration 49/2011, adopted on the 15th March 2012;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a.(new) Stresses that a better use of Satellite Navigation Systems will help reducing the administrative burden on transport companies and would help the competent authorities of each Member State to improve the quality of controls especially on travelling times and resting periods;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b.(new) Urges the Commission to consider the introduction of a legal basis requiring on board navigation systems to be able to transmit positioning data and other animal welfare indicators in real time to a central receiver, as long as protection of information is guaranteed.
Amendment 68 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Over the last decade, environmental issues, such as resource efficiency, biodiversity, climate change, and disaster risks, have become more important in policy making and should therefore also constitute critical elements in assessment and decision-making processes, especially for infrastructure projects. The Commission should propose a list of criteria and indications including visual impact with a view to a better implementation of Directive 2011/92/EU with regard to the conservation of historical and cultural heritage, as there are currently no guidelines in that respect.
Amendment 71 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Protection and promotion of cultural heritage and landscapes, which are an integral part of the cultural diversity that the Union is committed to respect and promote in accordance with Article 167(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, can usefully build on definitions and principles developed in relevant Council of Europe Conventions, in particular the Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe, the European Landscape Convention and, the Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society and the International Recommendation concerning the Safeguarding and Contemporary Role of Historic Areas adopted in Nairobi in 1976 by UNESCO.
Amendment 72 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Visual impact is a key criterion in environmental impact assessment in terms of the preservation of historical and cultural heritage, of natural landscapes and of urban areas; this is another factor that should be applied in assessments.
Amendment 76 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) With a view to strengthening public access and transparency, a central portal providing timely environmental information with regard to the implementation of this Directive electronically should be made available in each Member State.
Amendment 79 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) In order to ensure the best possible preservation of historical and cultural heritage, guide criteria should be drawn up by the Commission and/or the Member States.
Amendment 84 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Article 1(4) of Directive 2011/92/EU, which lays down that the Directive does not apply to projects adopted by a specific act of national legislation, provides for an open-door derogation with limited procedural guarantees and could substantially circumvent the implementation of the Directive.
Amendment 87 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The competent authorities should be required to determine the scope and level of detail of the environmental information to be submitted in the form of an environmental report (scoping). In order to improve the quality of the assessment, the simplification of the procedures and streamline the decision-making process, it is important to specify at Union level the categories of information on which the competent authorities should make that determination.
Amendment 109 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
- the execution of construction orand, if appropriate, demolition works, or of other installations or schemes, or their operation,
Amendment 111 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) in point (a) of paragraph 2, the second indent is replaced by the following: "- other interventions in the natural surroundings and landscape including those involving the research and extraction of mineral resources;"
Amendment 122 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ba) in paragraph 2, the following definition is added: "(ga) "Urban historical sites" are part of a wider totality, comprising the natural and the built environment and the everyday living experience of their dwellers as well. Within this wider space, enriched with values of remote or recent origin and permanently undergoing a dynamic process of successive transformations, new urban spaces may be considered as environmental evidences in their formative stages."
Amendment 123 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point b b (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g b (new)
(bb) in paragraph 2, the following definition is added: "(gb) "Visual Impact Assessment": Visual impact is defined as a change in the appearance or the views of the built or natural landscape and urban areas resulting from the development which can be positive (improvement) or negative (detraction). Visual impact Assessment also covers the demolition of constructions that are protected or those with a strategic role in the traditional image of a place or a landscape. It shall cover the evident change of geological topography and any other obstacle such as buildings or walls that limit the view of nature as well as the landscape's harmony. Visual impact is assessed largely by qualitative judgements, concerned with the human appreciation and interaction with landscape and the value this gives to a place (genius loci)."
Amendment 132 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Amendment 136 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
(1a) In Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall adopt all measures necessary to ensure that, before consent is given, projects likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia, of their nature, size or location are made subject to a requirement for development consent and an assessment with regard to their effects after having consulted the public. Measures to monitor significant adverse environmental effects and mitigation and compensation measures shall be laid down, if appropriate, by the competent authority when development consent is given. Those projects are defined in Article 4."
Amendment 160 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
(2a) In Article 2, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: "4. Without prejudice to Article 7, Member States may, in exceptional cases, exempt, if so provided under national law, a specific project having as a sole purpose the response to civil emergencies in whole or in part from the provisions laid down in this Directive, if such application would have an adverse effect on these purposes. In this event, the Member States shall: (-a) inform and consult the public concerned; (a) consider whether another form of assessment would be appropriate; (b) make available to the public concerned the information obtained under other forms of assessment referred to in point (a), the information relating to the exemption decision and the reasons for granting it; (c) inform the Commission, prior to granting consent, of the reasons justifying the exemption granted, and provide it with the information made available, where applicable, to their own nationals. The Commission shall immediately forward the documents received to the other Member States. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this paragraph."
Amendment 170 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 3 – point a
Article 3 – point a
(a) population, human health, and biodiversity, with particular attention to species and habitats protected under Council Directive 92/43/EEC and, Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; and Directive 2000/60/EC1; _______________ 1 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1.
Amendment 190 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(-a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Subject to Article 2(4), for projects listed in Annex II, Member States shall determine whether the project shall be made subject to an assessment in accordance with Articles 5 to 10. Member States shall make that determination after having consulted the public through: (a) a case-by-case examination; or (b) thresholds or criteria set by the Member State. Member States may decide to apply both procedures referred to in points (a) and (b)."
Amendment 289 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authority may also seek assistance from accreditedindependent and technically competent experts referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. Subsequent requests to the developer for additional information may only be made if these are justified by new circumstances and duly explained by the competent authority.
Amendment 297 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the developer shall ensure that the environmental report is prepared by accreditedindependent and technically competent experts or
Amendment 307 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the competent authority shall ensure that the environmental report is verified by accreditedindependent and technically competent experts and/or committees of known national experts.
Amendment 320 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where accreditedindependent and technically competent experts assisted the competent authority to prepare the determination referred to in Article 5(2), the same experts shall not be used by the developer for the preparation of the environmental report.
Amendment 335 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
(-a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The public shall be informed through a central portal which is accessible to the public electronically in accordance with Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/4/EC, by public notices and other appropriate means such as electronic media, of the following matters early in the environmental decision-making procedures referred to in Article 2(2) and, at the latest, as soon as information can reasonably be provided: (a) the request for development consent; (b) the fact that the project is subject to an environmental impact assessment procedure and, where relevant, the fact that Article 7 applies; (c) details of the competent authorities responsible for taking the decision, those from which relevant information can be obtained, those to which comments or questions can be submitted, and details of the time schedule for transmitting comments or questions; (d) the nature of possible decisions or, where there is one, the draft decision; (e) an indication of the availability of the information gathered pursuant to Article 5; (f) an indication of the times and places where and means by which the relevant information will be made available; (g) details of the arrangements for public participation made pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Article; (ga) the fact that Article 8(2) applies and details of the revision or modification of the environmental report and the additional mitigation or compensation measures under consideration; (gb) the results of the monitoring carried out under Article 8(2)."
Amendment 336 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
(-aa) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. Member States shall ensure that, within reasonable time-frames, the following is made available at least through a central portal which is accessible to the public electronically: (a) any information gathered pursuant to Article 5; (b) in accordance with national legislation, the main reports and advice issued to the competent authority or authorities at the time when the public concerned is informed in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article; (c) in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information, information other than that referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article which is relevant for the decision in accordance with Article 8 of this Directive and which only becomes available after the time the public concerned was informed in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article."
Amendment 340 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a c (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a c (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
(-ac) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "5. The detailed arrangements for informing the public (for example by bill posting within a certain radius or publication in local newspapers) and for consulting the public concerned (for example by written submissions or by way of a public inquiry) shall be determined by the Member States. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the relevant information is provided through a central portal which is accessible to the public electronically in accordance with Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/4/EC."
Amendment 349 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 8 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide that projects are constructed and operated in accordance with the following principles: (a) all appropriate preventive measures are taken against pollution and no significant pollution is caused; (b) the best available techniques are applied and natural resources and energy are used efficiently; (c) the generation of waste is prevented and, where waste is generated, it is, in order of priority and in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC, prepared for re- use, recycled, recovered or, where that is technically and economically impossible, it is disposed of while avoiding or reducing any impact on the environment; (d) the necessary measures are taken to prevent accidents and limit their consequences; (e) the necessary measures are taken upon definitive cessation of activities to avoid any risk of pollution and return the site of operation to a satisfactory state. Where an environmental quality standard requires stricter conditions than those achievable by the use of the best available techniques, additional measures shall be included in the development consent, without prejudice to other measures which may be taken to comply with environmental quality standards.
Amendment 469 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point -1 (new)
Annex – point -1 (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point c
(-1) In Annex II, point (c) of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "(c) Research and exploration of minerals and extraction of minerals by marine or fluvial dredging;"
Amendment 480 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1
Annex – point 1
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex II.A – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex II.A – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a description of the physical characteristics of the whole project, including, where relevant, its subsurface and underground, during the construction and operational phases, including demolition;
Amendment 526 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
Annex III – paragraph 2 – point c – point iv
(iv) nature reserves and parks, permanent pastures and environmentally valuable pastures, agriculture areas with a high nature value;
Amendment 531 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 2 – point c – point viii a (new)
Annex III – paragraph 2 – point c – point viii a (new)
(viiia) areas or places protected by national or regional legislation.
Amendment 532 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 2 – point c – point viii b (new)
Annex III – paragraph 2 – point c – point viii b (new)
(viiib) seismic areas or those with a high risk of natural catastrophe.
Amendment 533 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Annex III – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Any relevant thresholds that are set by Member States for the areas referred to under points (i) to (viii) should have particular regard to the environmental value, relative abundance and average size of such areas within the national setting.
Amendment 544 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 3 b (new)
Annex III – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. SECTOR-SPECIFIC CRITERIA GUIDES Criteria guides on environmental impact assessments shall be drawn up for the various sectors of economic activity if the Commission or the Member States consider this appropriate. The aim will be to simplify procedures and increase legal certainty in respect of environmental impact assessments, and to avoid differing implementation by different competent authorities. Environmental impact assessments relating to historical and cultural heritage and to the countryside will be conducted on the basis of criteria set out in a guide indicating the factors that must be respected.
Amendment 545 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a description of the physical characteristics of the whole project, including, where relevant, its subsurface, and the water use and land-use requirements during the construction and, operational and demolition phases;
Amendment 546 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a description of the physical characteristics of the whole project, including, where relevant, its subsurface, and the water use and land-use requirements during the construction and operational phases and demolition if relevant;
Amendment 548 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2
Annex – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) a description of the energy costs, the costs of recycling waste caused by demolition, the consumption of additional natural resources when a demolition project is undertaken.
Amendment 250 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Amendment 259 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Fishing authorisations referred to in Article 4(1) for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets below 400 metres shall expire at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea specieallowing fishing operations below 400 meters with those gears shall neither be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 169 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) In order to protect animal and human health and improve traceability, this Regulation should require that once they have been marked, animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I should be registered on an authorised database, which is accessible across Member States from a central point of access.
Amendment 173 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Identification documents accompanying pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I which are moved for non-commercial purposes into Member States are necessary to attest compliance with the conditions of this Regulation. The Regulation should therefore establish the conditions for issuing the identification documents and the requirements for their content, validity and format, safety features and format, as well as for their registration on an authorised database.
Amendment 183 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Maximum number of pet animals 1. The number of pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I which may accompany the owner or an authorised person in the course of an individual movement may not exceed five. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the number of pet animals of the species listed in Part A of Annex I may exceed five if: (a) the non-commercial movement of pet animals is for the purpose of participating in competitions, exhibitions, sporting or recreational events or in training for these events; and (b) the owner or the authorised person is able to submit a receipt of online entry to the event to be attended under point (a).
Amendment 185 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are actively marked in accordance with Article 16(1); and the alphanumeric code displayed by the transponder or tattoo is registered on an authorised database, which is accessible across Member States from a central point of access. The full, current contact details of the owner shall also be registered on this database.
Amendment 186 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) are accompanied by a duly completed identification document issued in accordance with Article 20(1). and the unique identification document number is registered on an authorised database, which is accessible across Member States from a central point of access.
Amendment 189 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 may only be granted if: (a) the animals are being moved into a Member State from a third country in compliance with Article 13; (b) the owner or authorised person declares in writing that the pet animals were kept from birth up until the date of movement without any contact with wild animals of species susceptible to rabies; and (c) it is documented that the animals' mother received a rabies vaccination before pregnancy which, as a minimum, complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex IV for at least 24 hours after the animal's birth.
Amendment 204 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) contact details of the authorised database referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 210 #
2012/0039(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The veterinarian issuing the identification document shall recordensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) and keep records of that information for at least 10 years from the date of issue of the identification documentis registered on an authorised database, which is accessible across Member States from a central point of access.
Amendment 24 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the WFD constitutes a solid and ambitious legislative base for long-term integrated water management in the EU; welcomes the improvement in the quality of European waters and wastewater treatment in recent years; points out however that the rate of implementation has been slow and uneven across Member States and regions and that several challengesthe implementation of the WFD needs to be overcomeimproved significantly in order to achieve ‘good status’ across European waters;
Amendment 45 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasises the importance of water efficiency; calls for more efficient water usage especially in sectors, such as the energy and agricultural sector, which are the largest water users;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the efficiency and sustainability of water use by the agriculture sector can be improved by the introduction of innovative technologies and practices emphasises the importance of the conservation and sustainable use of water in the current reform of the CAP;
Amendment 92 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to integrate the resource efficiency agenda, which contains crucial water efficiency objectives, as comprehensively as possible into all other policies, including the overarching economic governance policies such as EU2020, and to implement it at local, regional, national, and EU level;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Calls for all CAP payments to be underpinned by robust cross-compliance rules, covering the Water Framework Directive and pesticides legislation;
Amendment 105 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Urges the Commission and Member States to adopt without delay concrete plans for phasing out all environmentally harmful subsidies before 2020 and to report on progress through the National Reform Programmes;
Amendment 123 #
2011/2297(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Believes that international ambitions should be increased to achieve sustainable water use through integrated water resource management and increased resource efficiency;
Amendment 123 #
2011/0438(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The technical specifications as defined in point 1 of Annex VIII shall be set out in the procurement documents. They shall define the characteristics required of a works, service or supply in order to achieve the use, sustainability and animal welfare objectives of the contracting authority.
Amendment 152 #
2011/0438(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 61 – title
Article 61 – title
Quality assurance standards, and environmental and animal welfare management standards
Amendment 154 #
2011/0438(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 61 – paragraph 3
Article 61 – paragraph 3
3. Upon request, Member States shall make available to other Member States, in accordance with Article 88, any information relating to the documents produced as evidence of compliance with quality and environmental and animal welfare standards referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) As things stand, Member States have encountered substantial difficulties in implementing the Water Framework Directive. This applies, in particular, with regard to controlling emissions of priority substances at national level, especially with the aim of eliminating emissions, as required in the case of priority hazardous substances. Coordination with other European legislative instruments should therefore be increased by implementing new, appropriate control measures.
Amendment 88 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 5 e (new)
Article 5 e (new)
Amendment 162 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 3
Annex I – table – row 3
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 3
Annex X – table – row 3
(3) 1912-24-9 217-617-8 Atrazine X
Amendment 166 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 20
Annex I – table – row 20
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 20
Annex X – table – row 20
(20) 7439-92-1 231-100-4 Lead and its compounds X
Amendment 168 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 25
Annex I – table – row 25
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 25
Annex X – table – row 25
(25) not applicable not applicable Octylphenols X
Amendment 177 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 46
Annex I – table – row 46
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 46
Annex X – table – row 46
(46) 57-63-6 200-342-2 17-alpha- X ethinylestradiol
Amendment 184 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 47
Annex I – table – row 47
(47) 50-28-2 200-023-8 17-beta-estradiol X
Amendment 190 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 a (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 a (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 a (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 a (new)
(48a) 335-67-1 206-397-9 Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) X
Amendment 191 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 b (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 b (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 b (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 b (new)
(48b) 80-05-7 201-245-8 Bisphenol A (BPA) X
Amendment 193 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 c (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 c (new)
(48c) 15687-27-1 239-784-6 Ibuprofen
Amendment 194 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 d (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 d (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 d (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 d (new)
(48d) 3380-34-5 222-182-2 Triclosan X
Amendment 195 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 e (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 e (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 e (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 e (new)
(48e) 34256-82-1 acetochlor X
Amendment 196 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 f (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 f (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 f (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 f (new)
(48f) 51218-45-2 metolachlor
Amendment 197 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 g (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 g (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 g (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 g (new)
(48g) 94-75-7 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid X
Amendment 199 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 h (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 h (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 h (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 h (new)
(48h) 1071-83-6 Glyphosate X
Amendment 200 #
2011/0429(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – table – row 48 i (new)
Annex I – table – row 48 i (new)
Directive 2000/60/EC
Annex X – table – row 48 i (new)
Annex X – table – row 48 i (new)
(48i) Na / K - Cyanide
Amendment 53 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Sustainable development of air transport necessitates the introduction of measures aimed at reducing the noise nuisance from aircraft at and around airports with particular noise problems, in the light of current and future cumulative impact and risk scenarios. A large number of EU citizens are exposed to high noise levels which may lead to negative health effects, particularly where night flights are concerned.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While noise assessments should take place on a regular basis, such assessments should only lead to additional noise abatement measures if the current combination of noise mitigating measures does not achieve the noise abatement objectives. Additional noise abatement measures should be drawn up following a systematic process of environmental monitoring and control and be based on a conservative approach with the aim of identifying promptly the management and/or operational Monitoring-Based Corrective Actions (MBCA) required.
Amendment 66 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Amendment 85 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) land-use planning and management; , in particular the need for the measures taken at this stage to be based on the objective results of and data from:
Amendment 86 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 1 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 1 (new)
- the assessment of potential cumulative impact and risk scenarios in the light of benchmarks and forecasts;
Amendment 87 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 2 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 2 (new)
- the implementation of advanced MBCA- type monitoring and control measures which make it possible to determine actual impact levels and take management and/or operational corrective measures promptly.
Amendment 109 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The competent authorities shall follow up and monitor the implementation of the noise mitigating measures and take action as appropriate. They shall ensure that relevant information concerning the criteria used in drawing up environmental and public health impact and risk scenarios and the environmental monitoring and control measures which have been and/or are to be taken is provided on a regular basis to the local residents living in the surroundings of the airports.
Amendment 121 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1
Annex I – section 3 – point 1 – point 1.1
1.1 A description of the airport including information about its size, location, surroundings, air traffic volume and mix and potential specific and cumulative impact and risk factors, in terms of noise levels, in the light of local and environmental circumstances.
Amendment 93 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to increase the competitiveness and economic performance of fishing activities it is vital to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship. Therefore the EMFF should support innovative operations and business developmentEco-innovation shall aim to improve the long term ecological sustainability of fishing operations and reduce the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems. Therefore the EMFF should support innovative operations and business development that are environmentally sustainable and apply the precautionary principle and adhere to the ecosystem based approach.
Amendment 101 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to address health and safety needs on board, the EMFF should only support investments covering safety and hygiene on board for vessels that operate in fisheries where it is demonstrated that there is no overcapacity; these investments shall not increase the ability of the vessel to catch fish.
Amendment 107 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In the same vein, the EMFF should support the reducminimization and where possible elimination of the impact of fishing on the marine environment in particular through the promotion of eco innovation, more selective gears and equipment as well as measures aiming at protecting and restoring marine biodiversity and ecosystems and the services they provide, in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and the fulfilment of the levels required to reach good environmental status by 2020 as defined under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Amendment 109 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Investment in human capital is also vital to increase the competitiveness and economic performance of aquaculture activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support lifelong learning and networking stimulating the dissemination of knowledge as well as advisory services helping to improve methodologies aiming at lower environmental impact activity, the overall performance and competitiveness of operators.
Amendment 111 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) The sustainable development of fisheries areas should contribute to the EU2020 objectives of promoting social inclusion and poverty reduction and to fostering eco-innovation at local level as well as to the objective of territorial cohesion, a main priority in the Lisbon Treaty.
Amendment 113 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) The EMFF should support the promotion of integrated maritime governance at all levels especially through exchanges of best practices and the further development and implementation of sea basin strategies. These strategies aim at setting up an integrated framework to address common challenges in European sea basins and strengthened co-operation between stakeholders to maximise the use of Union financial instruments and funds and contribute to environmental sustainability, the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) the achievement of good environmental status as defined in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Amendment 133 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) any onboard investment for fleets which are operating at overcapacity.
Amendment 134 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. A maximum total amount of EUR 4 535170 000 000 of the resources referred to in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to the sustainable development of fisheries, aquaculture and fisheries areas under Chapters I, II and III of Title V.
Amendment 135 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. A minimum total amount of EUR 477600 000 000 of the resources referred to in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to control and enforcement measures referred to in Article 78.
Amendment 136 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. A minimum total amount of EUR 358600 000 000 of the resources referred to in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to measures on data collection referred to in Article 79.
Amendment 138 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da ) consistency of the measures under Union priorities for EMFF referred to in Article 38(1)(d) of this Regulation with the Natura 2000 prioritised action frameworks referred to in Article 8(4) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.
Amendment 140 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point o – point i – indent 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point o – point i – indent 3 a (new)
- an assessment of the balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities.
Amendment 141 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. In order to stimulate innovation in fisheries, the EMFF may support projects aiming at developing or introducing new or substantially improved products compared to the state of art, new or improved processes, new or improved management and organisation systems, provided such projects contribute to the achievement of the objectives referred to in Article 2 and 3 of [the CFP Regulation].
Amendment 145 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The support shall only be granted to fishermen or owners of fishing vessels that operate in fisheries where it is demonstrated that there is an effective balance between fishing opportunities and fishing capacity.
Amendment 147 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to ensureTo efficiently implementation of priorities on regionalisation in the Common Fisheries Policy and conservation measures under Articles 17 and 21 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] the EMFF may support:
Amendment 148 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stakeholder participation in designing and implementingthe establishment and creation of multi- annual plans in accordance with Articles 9, 10 and 11 of [the CFP Regulation] and conservation measures in the meaning of Articles 17 and 21 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy].
Amendment 149 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) promoting research on fishing practices, gears, stock assessment and impact of fishing activities on ecosystem that aim to minimize or avoid the harmful impacts of fishing on the marine species and habitats.
Amendment 150 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the identification, selection and establishment as well as management, restoration and monitoring NATURA 2000 sites in accordance with Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and Council and European Parliament Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, in accordance with prioritised action frameworks established pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC;
Amendment 151 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the identification, selection and establishment as well as management, restoration and monitoring of marine protected areas in view of the implementation of the spatial protection measures referred to in Article 13(4) of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2008/56/EC;
Amendment 152 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted to small scale coastal fishermen owning a Union fishing vessel registered as active and which have carried out fishing activities at sea at least 240 days during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall also not provide income support to operators that are part of a fleet segment operating at overcapacity.
Amendment 153 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to mitigate the effects of climate change, and only if it is demonstrated that it will not lead to increase the ability of a fishing vessel to catch fish, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 154 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4
Article 40 – paragraph 4
4. The support referred to in paragraph 1 shall only be granted to owners of Union fishing vessels whose vessels are whichoperating in fisheries where it is demonstrated that there is an effective balance between fishing opportunities and fishing capacity and have carried a fishing activity for at least 60 days at sea during the two years preceding the date of submission of the application.
Amendment 733 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 2 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 2 — last column
Article 3(1), Article 3(2)(b), Article 4 (1), (2) and (4), article 5 (a), (b) and (d)
Amendment 741 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 3 — last column
Annex II — Main Issue "Biodiversity" — SMR 3 — last column
Article 6 (1) and (2, (2), (3) and (4), article 13, (1) (a)
Amendment 16 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and more in particular bovine identification and voluntary beef labelling were listed as "information obligations with special importance in terms of the burdens they impose on businesses" in the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an "Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU" .
Amendment 26 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Different types of electronic identifiers, such as ruminal boluses, electronic ear tags, and injectable transponders may be used to individually identify animals in addition to the conventional ear tags provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000. It is therefore appropriate to broaden the scope of the means of identification provided for in that Regulation in order to enable the use of electronic identification.
Amendment 31 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Making EID mandatory throughout the Union may have economically adverse effects on certain operatorwould guarantee exemplary food safety levels for EU citizens. It is therefore appropriate that a voluntary regimetransition period for the introduction of EID is established in order to use up the stock of traditional ear tags. Under such a regime, EID would quickly be chosen by keepers that are likely to have immediate economic benefits.
Amendment 32 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 38 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 provides that the competent authority is to issue a passport for each animal which has to be identified in accordance with that Regulation. This causes a considerable administrative burden for the Member States. The computerised databases established by Member States sufficiently ensure traceability of domestic movements of bovine animals. Passports should therefore be issued only for animals intended for intra-Union trade. Once the data exchange between national computerised databases is operational, the requirement of issuing such passports should no longer apply for animals intended for intra-Union trade. In all cases, the current passport, whether the current paper version or the future electronic version, should include the gene mapping of the sample used for reference, to be carried out when the EID is registered or introduced.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Section II of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 lays down rules for a voluntary beef labelling system which provide for the approval of certain labelling specifications by the competent authority of the Member State. The administrative burden and the costs incurred by Member States and economic operators in applying this system are not proportionate to the benefits of the system. That Section should therefore be deleted.
Amendment 58 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 64 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 66 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4c – paragraph 2
Article 4c – paragraph 2
Amendment 90 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Articles 16 - 18
Articles 16 - 18
Amendment 8 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on food intended for infants and young children and on food for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)(Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 17 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A limited number of categories of food constitutes the sole source of nourishment of certain groups of the population or represent a partial source of nourishment; such categories of food are vital for the management of certain conditions and/or are essential to maintain the intended nutritional adequacy for certain well-established vulnerable groups of the population. Those categories of food include infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food and food for special medical purposes, and food for people intolerant to gluten. Experience has shown that the provisions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC, as well as Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 ensure the free movement of such food in a satisfactory manner, while ensuring a high level of protection of public health. It is therefore appropriate that this Regulation focuses on the general compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food for infants and young children and to food for special medical purposes, and food for people intolerant to gluten taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure legal certainty, definitions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 should be transferred to this Regulation. However, the definitions of infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes, and food for people intolerant to gluten should be regularly adapted taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 23 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on food intended for infants and young children and on, foods for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 30 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should provide the criteria for the establishment of the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes, and food for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009. In order to adapt the definitions of infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes, and food for people intolerant to gluten laid down in this Regulation taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, to lay down the specific compositional and information requirements with respect to the categories of food covered by this Regulation, including for additional labelling requirements to, or derogations from, the provisions of Directive 2000/13/EC and for the authorisation of nutrition and health claims, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 33 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) It is appropriate to establish and update a Union list of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes to infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes, and food for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Regulation 953/2009, Commission Directives 2006/141/EC and 2006/125/EC, subject to certain criteria laid down in this Regulation. Given the fact that the adoption of the list implies the application of criteria set out in this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in that respect. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers. The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts updating the Union list, where, in duly justified cases relating to public health, imperative grounds of urgency so require.
Amendment 33 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A limited number of categories of food constitutes the sole source of nourishment of certain groups of the population or represent a partial source of nourishment; such categories of food are vital for the management of certain conditions and/or are essential to maintain the intended nutritional adequacy for certain well-established vulnerable groups of the population. Those categories of food include infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food and, food for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten. Experience has shown that the provisions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC, as well as Commission Directive 1999/21/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 ensure the free movement of such food in a satisfactory manner, while ensuring a high level of protection of public health. It is therefore appropriate that this Regulation focuses on the general compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formulae, processed cereal- based food and baby food for infants and young children and to, food for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and, Commission Directive 1999/21/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Currently, the statements ‘gluten-free’ and ‘very low gluten’ may be used for food intended for particular nutritional uses and for food for normal consumptiofor specialised nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specified in article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten. Such statements could be construed as nutrition claims, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. For the sake of simplification, those statements should be regulated solely by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and comply with requirements therein. It is necessary that technical adaptations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, incorporating the nutrition claims ‘gluten-free’ and ‘very low gluten’ and their associated conditions of use as regulated under Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 be completed prior to the entry into application of this RegulationIn addition, the statement ‘gluten-free’ may be used for foodstuffs for normal consumption and other food for specialised nutrition suitable for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specified in article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten which do not allow the use of the statement ‘very low gluten’ for these foods. Such food for specialized nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten shall be maintained in this Regulation, as providing such safe food intended for people intolerant to gluten and informing coeliacs about the absence of gluten is vital to the management of the disease. This is in line with the international standard for food for special dietary use for persons intolerant to gluten (CODEX STAN 118-1979 revised in 2008). Also the conditions of use of the claim ‘gluten-free’ for food for normal consumption should be maintained in Regulation (CE) No 41/2009.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure legal certainty, definitions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and, Commission Directive 1999/21/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 should be transferred to this Regulation. However, the definitions of infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten should be regularly adapted taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should provide the criteria for the establishment of the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and, Commission Directive 1999/21/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009. In order to adapt the definitions of infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten laid down in this Regulation taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, to lay down the specific compositional and information requirements with respect to the categories of food covered by this Regulation, including for additional labelling requirements to, or derogations from, the provisions of Directive 2000/13/EC and for the authorisation of nutrition and health claims, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) food for people intolerant to gluten
Amendment 50 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(h a) ‘food for people intolerant to gluten’ means foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses which are specially produced, prepared and/or processed to meet the special dietary needs of people intolerant to gluten
Amendment 52 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) It is appropriate to establish and update a Union list of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other substances that may be addedsubstances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes to infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes and foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Regulation (EC) No 953/2009, and Commission Directives 2006/141/EC and 2006/125/EC, subject to certain criteria laid down in this Regulation. Given the fact that the adoption of the list implies the application of criteria set out in this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in that respect. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers. The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts updating the Union list, where, in duly justified cases relating to public health, imperative grounds of urgency so require.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to adapt the definitions of ‘infant formula’, ‘follow-on formula’, ‘processed cereal-based food’ and ‘baby food’ and ‘food for special medical purposes’, and ‘food for people intolerant to gluten’ taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Currently, the statements ‘gluten-free’ and ‘very low gluten’ may be used for food intended for particular nutritional uses and for food for normal consumptios for specialised nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specified in CommissionArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten. Such statements could be construed as nutrition claims, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. For the sake of simplification, those statements should be regulated solely by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and comply with requirements therein. It is necessary that technical adaptations. In addition, the statement ‘gluten-free’ may be used for foodstuffs for normal consumption and other foods for specialised nutrition suitable for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specified in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 which do not allow the use of the statement ‘very low gluten’ for these foods. Such foods for specialized nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten should be maintained in this Regulation, as providing such safe foods intended for people intolerant to gluten and informing coeliacs about the absence of gluten is vital to the management of the disease. This is in line with the international standard for foods for special dietary use for puersuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, incorporatingons intolerant to gluten (CODEX STAN 118- 1979 revised in 2008). Also the nutrconditions of use of the claims ‘gluten-free’ and ‘very low gluten’ and their associated conditions of use as regulated under Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 be completed prior to the entry into application of this Regulationfor foods for normal consumption should be maintained in the Regulation (EC) No 41/2009.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on food intended for infants and young children and, on food for special medical purposes and on foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten
Amendment 65 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. TParagraph 3 shall not prevent the dissemination of any useful information or recommendations with reference to the categories of food referred to in Article 1 (1) may be made exclusively byexclusively intended for persons having qualifications in medicine, nutrition, pharmacy or other professionals responsible for maternal and child health care.
Amendment 68 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A limited number of categories of food constitutes the sole source of nourishment of certain groups of the population or represent a partial source of nourishment; such categories of food are vital for the management of certain conditions and/or are essential to maintain the intended nutritional adequacy for certain well-established vulnerable groups of the population. Those categories of food include infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food and, food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten. Experience has shown that the provisions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC, as well as Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation 41/2009 ensure the free movement of such food in a satisfactory manner, while ensuring a high level of protection of public health. It is therefore appropriate that this Regulation focuses on the general compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formulae, processed cereal- based food and baby food for infants and young children and to, food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Subject to the general requirements of Articles 7 and 9 and taking into account Directive 2006/141/EC, Directive 2006/125/EC and Directive 1999/21/EC, and Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 as well as any technical and scientific progress, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated Regulations, for foods covered under Article 1(1) no later than [2 years after the date of the entry into force of this Regulation], in accordance with Article 15, with respect to the following:
Amendment 76 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure legal certainty, definitions laid down in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and, Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, and Commission Regulation 41/2009 should be transferred to this Regulation. However, the definitions of infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten should be regularly adapted taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten;
Amendment 88 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should provide the criteria for the establishment of the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and, Commission Directive 1999/21/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009. In order to adapt the definitions of infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten laid down in this Regulation taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, to lay down the specific compositional and information requirements with respect to the categories of food covered by this Regulation, including for additional labelling requirements to, or derogations from, the provisions of Directive 2000/13/EC and for the authorisation of nutrition and health claims, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 91 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 94 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) ‘foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten’ means foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses which are specially produced, prepared and/or processed to meet the special dietary needs of people intolerant to gluten.
Amendment 101 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) It is appropriate to establish and update a Union list of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other substances that may be addedsubstances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes to infant formula, follow-on formula, processed cereal-based food and baby foods, and food for special medical purposes, and foods for people intolerant to gluten, taking into account Regulation (EC) No. 953/2009, Commission Directives 2006/141/EC and 2006/125/EC, subject to certain criteria laid down in this Regulation. Given the fact that the adoption of the list implies the application of criteria set out in this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in that respect. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers. The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts updating the Union list, where, in duly justified cases relating to public health, imperative grounds of urgency so require.
Amendment 103 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to adapt the definitions of ‘infant formula’, ‘follow-on formula’, ‘processed cereal-based food’ and ‘baby food’ and, ‘food for special medical purposes’ and ‘foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten’ taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 112 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Currently, the statements ‘'gluten-free’' and ‘'very low gluten’' may be used for food intended for particular nutritional uses and for food for normal consumptios for specialised nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specified in article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten. Such statements could be construed as nutrition claims, as deIn addition, the statement 'gluten-free' may be used for foodstuffs for normal consumption and other foods for specialised nutrition suitable for people intolerant to gluten under the rules specifined in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. For the sake of simplification, those statements should be regulated solely by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and comply with requirements therein. It is necessary that technical adaptations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, incorporating the nutrition claims ‘gluten-free’ and ‘very low gluten’ and their associated conditions of use as regulated under Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 be completed prior to the entry into application ofarticle 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten which do not allow the use of the statement 'very low gluten' for these foods. Such foods for specialized nutrition intended for people intolerant to gluten shall be maintained in this Regulation, as providing such safe foods intended for people intolerant to gluten and informing coeliacs about the absence of gluten is vital to the management of the disease. This is in line with the international standard for foods for special dietary use for persons intolerant to gluten (CODEX STAN 118-1979 revised in 2008). Also the conditions of use of the claim "gluten- free" for foods for normal consumption should be maintained in thise Regulation (CE) 41/2009.
Amendment 121 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Regulation establishes compositional and information requirements for the following categories of food for specialised nutrition:
Amendment 122 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. TParagraph 3 shall not prevent the dissemination of any useful information or recommendations with reference to the categories of food referred to in Article 1 (1) may be made exclusively byexclusively intended for persons having qualifications in medicine, nutrition, pharmacy or other professionals responsible for maternal and child health care.
Amendment 130 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) food for people intolerant to gluten.
Amendment 130 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Subject to the general requirements of Articles 7 and 9 and taking into account Directive 2006/141/EC, Directive 2006/125/EC and, Directive 1999/21/EC and Regulation (EC) No 41/2009, as well as any technical and scientific progress, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated Regulations, for foods referred to in Article 1(1) no later than [2 years after the date of the entry into force of this Regulation], in accordance with Article 15, with respect to the following:
Amendment 145 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 170 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to adapt the definitions of ‘'infant formula’', ‘'follow-on formula’', ‘'processed cereal-based food’' and ‘'baby food’ and ‘', 'food for special medical purposes’', and 'food for people intolerant to gluten' taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 208 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Subject to the general requirements of Articles 7 and 9 and taking into account Directive 2006/141/EC, Directive 2006/125/EC and, Directive 1999/21/EC and Regulation (EC) No 41/2009, as well as any technical and scientific progress, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated Regulations, for foods covered by Article 1(1) no later than [2 years after the date of the entry into force of this Regulation], in accordance with Article 15, with respect to the following:
Amendment 268 #
2011/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2