Activities of Giulia MOI related to 2013/0435(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods
Amendments (22)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, as well as benefitting their social and economic interests. Differences between national laws concerning the safety assessment and authorisation of novel foods may hinder the free movement of such food, thereby creating unfair conditions of competition, as well as among agri-food business operators and SMEs.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The placing on the market within the Union of traditional foods from third countries should be facilitated, where the history of safe food use in a third country has been demonstrated. Those foods should have been consumed in a third country for at least 25 years as a part of the customarnormal daily diet within a large part of the population of the country. Their safety assessment and management must take into account their history of safe food use should not inin the third country, excludeing non- - food uses or, uses not related to normal diets and uses for medical purposes.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The safety assessment and post market monitoring shall consider whether the compositional parameters of novel foods are subjected to significant changing due to lower hygienic controls and poor agriculture practices.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Novel foods are subject to the general labelling requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers and other relevant labelling requirements in Union food law. In certain cases it may bet is necessary to provide for additional labelling information, in particular regarding the description of the food, its source or its conditions of use to ensure that consumers are sufficiently informed of the nature of the novel food, especially for those coming from third countries.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and should take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties should beall be harmonised, effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) genetically modified foods and their derivatives falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iva) food ingredients as botanical sources used or intended to be used for medical purposes falling with the scope of Directive 2001/83/EC;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘traditional food from a third country’ means novel food, other than the novel food as referred to in point (a)(i) to (iii), which is derived from primary production and processed derivatives as defined in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, with a history of safe food use and significant consumption in a third country;
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) ‘history of safe food use in a third country’ means that the safety of the food in question has been confirmed with compositional data and from experience of continued use and significant consumption for at least 25 years in the customarnormal daily diet of a large part of the population or geographical region of a third country, prior to a notification referred to in Article 13;
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) "compositional data" means detailed sets of information on the nutritionally important components of food and its chemical compositions which have to remain stable under different climatic and environment conditions in order to confirm the safety of foods, especially those coming from third countries.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Food business operators shall verify whether or not the status of the food which they intend to place on the market within the Union falls within the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where necessary, agri-food business operators may consult other competent authorities and the Commission which shall communicate the result of the consultation to all Member States.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish and update a Union list of novel foods authorised, which shall include a list of traditional food from third countries, to be placed on the market within the Union in accordance with Articles 6, 7 and 8 (‘"the Union list’").
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Union list shall be made public.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Only novel foods authorised and included in the Union list or in the list of traditional foods from third countries may be placed on the market within the Union as such and used in or on foods under the conditions of use specified therein.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) it does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, pose a safety risk to human health, under normal consumption conditions and under different climatic and environmental ones;
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) its use does not mislead the consumer, even to a material degree;
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The entry for a novel food in the Union list provided for in paragraph 2 shall include where relevant:
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) additional specific labelling requirements to inform the final consumer of any specific characteristic or food property, such as the composition, nutritional value or nutritional effects and, the intended use of the food and its origin, which renders a novel food no longer equivalent to an existing food or of implications for the health of specific groups of the population;
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) where applicable, the conditions of use and specific labelling requirements, which do not mislead the consumer.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
Article 26
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be harmonised, effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by …26 at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them. __________________ 26 Publications Office: please insert date: 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27a Review No later than 3 years after the date of application of this Regulation and in the light of experience gained, the Commission shall forward to Parliament and Council a report on its implementation and, in particular, of Articles 3 and 8, accompanied, where appropriate, by any proposals. The report shall be made public.