8 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2018/0088(COD)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order to increase public trust in the credibility of scientific studies, there is a need to ensure greater transparency by making sure that researchers and citizens have open access to all the information on which studies reported by EFSA are based; to the same end, the possibility should exist to launch consultations with third parties, including industry representatives, with a view to ascertaining whether other scientific data or studies are available for a given product.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Food safety is a sensitive matter of prime interest for all Union citizens. While maintaining the principle that the burden is on the industry to prove compliance with Union requirements, it is important to establish an additional verification tool to address specific cases of high societal importance where there is a controversy on safety issues, namely the commissioning of additional studies with the objective of verifying evidence used in the context of risk assessment. Considering that it would be financed by the Union budget and that the use of this exceptional verification tool should remain proportionate, the Commission should be responsible for triggering the commissioning of such verification studies. Account should be taken of the fact that in some specific cases the studies commissioned may need to have a wider scope than the evidence at stake (for example new scientific developments becoming available).
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Accordingly and with respect to the procedures governing requests for authorisation procedures provided in Union food law, experience gained so far has shown that certain information items are generally considered sensitive and should remain confidential across the different sectoral authorisation procedures. It is appropriate to lay down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 a horizontal list of information items whose disclosure may be considered to significantly harm the commercial interests concerned and should not therefore be disclosed to the public, (“general horizontal list of confidential items”). Only in very limited and exceptional circumstances, relating to foreseeable direct and indirect health effects and urgent needs to protect human health, animal health or the environment, should such information should be disclosed.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Since the Authority is responsible for assessing products in a variety of fields such as agriculture, food and health, it is vital to ensure that the members of the expert groups have the appropriate expertise to make a satisfactory assessment of the effectiveness and security of the product being analysed. In particular, the assessment should cover the specific characteristics of the substance being analysed and establish an appropriate methodology for its correct assessment, taking the approach best suited to that type of substance, and one which should therefore vary depending on whether it is a complex natural substance or a substance obtained through chemical synthesis.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – subparagraph d – point iii a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 5 a – subparagraph d – point iii a (new)
(iiia) Correspondence between the expertise available within the group responsible for a given assessment and the expertise required for that assessment, so as to ensure satisfactory understanding of the field in question and appropriate choice of methodology, depending on whether the substance is a complex natural substance or a product obtained through chemical synthesis.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Article 28 – paragrah 5 b
Article 28 – paragrah 5 b
5b. When the AuthorityManagement Board identifies that specific expertise is missing in a Panel or several Panels, the Executive Director shall propose additional members of the Panel(s) for appointment to the Management Board in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 5.