4 Amendments of Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI related to 2008/0002(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) stated in its opinion nr. 23 on ethical aspects of animal cloning for food supply of 16 January 2008 “considering the current level of suffering and health problems of surrogate dams and animal clones, the EGE has doubts as to whether cloning animals for food supply is ethically justified”. The EGE added that it “does not see convincing arguments to justify the production of food from clones and their offspring”. In light of the conclusions of the EGE and the provisions of Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes1, food from cloned animals or their offspring should not be placed on the market in the Community.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) The cloning of animals is incompatible with paragraphs 20 and 21 of the Annex to Council Directive 98/58/EC. Paragraph 20 prohibits natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures which cause or are likely to cause suffering or injury to any of the animals concerned. Paragraph 21 prohibits the keeping of animals for farming purposes unless it can reasonably be expected that, on the basis of their genotype or phenotype, they can be kept without detrimental effect on their health or welfare. 1 OJ L 221, 8.8.1998, p. 23.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Food from cloned animals 6a. Food from cloned animals or their offspring shall not be placed on the market in the Community.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation − amending act
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
Directive 98/58/EC
Annex − paragraph 20
Annex − paragraph 20
Article 19a Amendment to Council Directive 98/58/EC In the Annex to Council Directive 98/58/EC paragraph 20 shall be amended as follows: 20. Natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures which case or are likely to cause suffering or injury to any of the animals concerned must not be practised. This provision shall not preclude the use of certain procedures likely to cause minimal or momentary suffering or injury, or which might necessitate interventions which would not cause lasting injury, where these are allowed by national provisions. Animals shall not be cloned for the purpose of breeding or the production of food.