16 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2013/0140(COD)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Union agri-food chain legislation entrusts the competent authorities of the Member States with specialised tasks to be carried out, not least for the protection of animal health, plant health and animal welfare, for the protection of the environment in relation to GMOs and plant protection products, and in order to ensure the identity and a high quality of plant reproductive material. Those tasks are the public interest activities which the competent authorities of the Member States must carry out for the purpose of eliminating, containing or reducing risks which may arise for human, animal or plant health, animal welfare, or for the environment. Those activities, which include product approval, surveying, surveillance and monitoring including for epidemiologic purposes, and the eradication and containment of diseases, and other disease control tasks, are governed by the same sectoral rules which are enforced through the official controls.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The audits undertaken by the competent authorities, or at the request of the competent authorities, to ensure compliance with this Regulation may be based on international standards, where the requirements of those standards correspond to the requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) governing the deliberate release into the environment and the contained use of GMOs;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new)
ka) rules on the placing on the market and use of veterinary medicines.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) designate a single authority responsible to coordinate the cooperation and the contacts with the Commission and other Member States in relation to the official controls and other official activities performed in that areaeach of the sectors defined by the Member State, in such a way as to cover all the areas referred to in Article 1(2).
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the minimum frequency of controls, based on risk, established differently for each product or activity that is subject to official controls.
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities may delegate specific official control tasks to one or more delegated bodies or natural persons in accordance with the conditions provided for in Articles 26 and 27 respectively. They may provisionally delegate specific official control tasks to one or more delegated bodies not complying with Article 26(1), point b-iv, for a period of one year, renewable once, in order to allow the assessment needed for the accreditation of these delegated bodies or in order to respond to an emergency situation or an emerging risk to human, animal or plant health, animal welfare, or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, to the environment.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) pending the assessment by, and decision of, the accreditation body.
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41a Official controls on animals and goods entering the Union shall be organised according to risk, and may take place at border control posts in accordance with Section II of this chapter, with a view to checking compliance with the regulatory provisions specific to certain animals or goods, or at an appropriate place in accordance with Section I of this chapter.
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 77 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the purpose of ensuring that competent authorities are provided with adequate resources for the performance of official controls and other official activities, the competent authorities shall collect fees to recover the costs they incur in relation to:
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 77 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 769 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 2
Article 78 – paragraph 2
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 2
Article 82 – paragraph 2
2. Enterprises employing fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million shall be exempted from the payment of the fees provided for in Article 77Member States may, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, exempt certain enterprises or sectors from the payment of the fees provided for in Article 77, in order to take into account, in particular, their specific characteristics and the risks associated with their activities or their size.
Amendment 953 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2
Article 115 – paragraph 2
2. The controls provided for in paragraph 1 shall be organised in cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States and be performed on a regular basis. The frequency and number of such controls shall be set with reference to the competent authorities’ control framework procedures and, where appropriate, their accreditation to international standards.