BETA

19 Amendments of Cristina MAESTRE related to 2023/0105(COD)

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) Annex I point (1) of Directive 2001/110/EC considers honey as a substance. In order to define honey more precisely, as well as to highlight its characteristics and nutritional properties, and to have greater legal certainty, honey should be legally defined as a food and not as a substance, since the latter term is ambiguous and lacks a legal definition.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

~~(3)~~ In light of the close link between ~~(3)~~ the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country in descending order. In the case of honey blends, the percentage of all individual countries of origin needs to be indicated.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) The results of the coordinated action undertaken in the EU 1a, have highlighted the need to make progress in the availability of methods for the detection of fraud linked to the marketing of honey. Therefore, in order to ensure the establishment of harmonised methods of analysis at Union level to provide methods for detecting fraud linked to the marketing of honey, a time limit should be set for the Commission to exercise the powers conferred on it by Article 4.1 of Council Directive 2001/110/EC. _________________ 1a https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/eu-agri- food-fraud-network/eu-coordinated- actions/honey-2021-2022_en

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)

(3b) Annex I point 2(b) of Directive 2001/110/EC establishes the type of honey according to the mode of production and/or presentation including in (viii) filtered honey. Since filtration implies a modification of the natural properties of honey, it would be necessary to categorize this type of honey as "honeys for industrial use".

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)

(3c) Since heating the honey may involve modifying the natural properties of honey, it is important to establish a threshold above which the baker´s honey is considered as overheated in Annex I point 3 Directive 2001/110/EC.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2

~~Article 2 of~~ Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows:

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2

(1a) Article 2-paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. The product names referred to in Annex I, points 2 and 3, shall apply only to the products defined therein and shall be used in trade to designate them. These names may be replaced by the simple product name ‘honey’, except in the case of comb honey, chunk honey or cut comb in honey and baker's honey. However:

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b

(1b) Article 2- paragraph 2 point (b) is replaced as the following: (b) except in the case of baker's honey, the product names may be supplemented by information referring to:

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) The country or countries of origin ~~where~~in which the honey hwas ~~been~~ harvested shall be indicated on the label~~. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label of packs contain~~ indicating, in the case of blends, the share of each in descending mor~~e than 25 g~~der;

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2– paragraph 4– point b a (new)

(ba) Paragraph (ba) new is added: (ba) For packs containing less than 30 grams of blended honey sourced from more than one country, the label may indicate the country of origin using the ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 3

Article 3 of Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: In the case of baker's honey, bulk containers, packs and trade documents shall clearly indicate the full product name, as referred to in Annex I, point 3.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 4 a (new)

New Article 4 (a) is added: In accordance with Article 4(1) the Commission shall adopt an implementing act in a period of 3 years from the entry into force of this Directive.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph -1 (new)

Directive 2002/110/EC
Annex 1

-1 Annex I to Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows:

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph -1 a (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 1 – paragraph 1

-1a Annex I, paragraph 1 is replaced as follows: Honey is the natural sweet food produced by Apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph -1 b (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 1 – paragraph 2 – point b – point viii

-1b Annex I- paragraph 2-point (b)(viii) is deleted

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph -1 c (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 1 – paragraph 3 – indent 3

-1c Annex I- paragraph 3- indent 3 is replaced as follows: – have been subjected to a heat treatment of more than 50 °C.

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph -1 d (new)

Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 1 – paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new)

-1d A new indent is added to Annex I- paragraph 3 – have been filtered, understanding as such honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matter to the honey in such a way as to generate a significant removal of pollen

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a

Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point a – indent 1 – subparagraph 3 – sub indent 1

– 4350 g as a general rule,

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI

Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a

Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point a – indent 2 – subparagraph 4 – sub indent 1

– 5450 g as a general rule,

2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI