12 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2013/0451(NLE)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station on 26 April 1986, considerable quantities of radioactive materials were released into the atmosphere, contaminating foodstuffs and feedingstuffs in several European countries to levels significant from the health point of view. Measures were adopted to ensure that certain agricultural products are only introduced into the Union according to the common arrangements which safeguard the health of the. The fact that it is impossible to protect peopulation while maile against all contamining the unified nature of the market and avoiding deflections of tradeation pathways (in particular where contamination is airborne) shows that there are limits when it comes to controlling nuclear technology.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station on 11 March 2011, the Commission was informed that radionuclide levels in certain food products originating in Japan exceeded the action levels in food applicable in Japan. Such contamination may constitute a threat to public and animal health in the Union and therefore measures were adopted imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan, in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. It should be noted that on 24 February 2012 the Japanese authorities adopted new maximum permitted levels for the sum of caesium-134 and caesium-137 as of 1 April 2012, and that those levels are lower than those laid down in Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87. The levels set by the Japanese authorities for public health reasons are only applicable in the EU for products imported from Japan. The levels that apply to all other foodstuffs – which are higher than the Japanese levels – are therefore those laid down in Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87. By way of an example, therefore, the maximum levels of caesium-134 and caesium-137 that are now authorised in Japan for food for infants and young children, and for dairy products, are 50Bq/kg, whilst in the EU they are 400Bq/kg and 1 000Bq/kg respectively.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination laid down by the EU should apply to food and feed originating in the Union or imported from third countries according to the location and circumstances of the nuclear accident or the radiological emergency.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to take into account that diets of infants during the first six months period of life may vary significantly, and to allow for uncertainties in the metabolism of infants during the second six months period of lifee fragility of young children, there is a benefit in extending the application of lower maximum permitted levels for foods for infants, to the whol and young children to fully cover the first 1236 months of agetheir lives.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to facilitate the adaptation of maximum permitted levels laid down by the EU, in particular with regard to scientific knowledge, procedures for establishing the maximum permitted levels should include the consultation of the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Treaty.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to facilitate the adaptation of maximum permitted levels, in particularand only with regard to scientific knowledge, procedures for establishing the maximum permitted levels should include the consultation of the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Treaty. When the maximum levels are updated, account should be taken of more protective public health legislation in third countries, and in particular scientific data held by Japan.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to facilitate the adaptation of maximum permitted levels, in particular with regard to scientific knowledge, procedures for establishing the maximum permitted levels should include the consultation of the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Treaty. When the maximum levels are updated, account will need to be taken of more protective public health legislation in third countries, and in particular scientific data held by Japan.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where, in duly justified cases relating to certain radiological emergencies which are likely to lead or have led to a significant radioactive contamination of food and feed, imperative grounds of urgency so require. When they are aware of a radioactivity risk covered by this Regulation, the Member States themselves must be able to take urgent action without waiting for the Commission to act under Article 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – point 1 – introductory part
1) ‘food’ means any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by humans, or animals, including drink, chewing gum and any substance, including water, intentionally incorporated into the food during its manufacture, preparation or treatment; ‘food’ does not include:
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Article 2 – point 1 – point a
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – point 1 – point b
(b) live animals unless they are prepared for placing on the market for human consumption;
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. As soon as the Commission adopts an implementing Rpresents to the European Parliament and the Council a regulation rendering applicable maximum permitted levels, food or feed not in compliance with those maximum permitted levels shall not be placed on the market.