Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2010/0098(CNS)
Plenary speeches (1)
Radioactive contamination of foodstuffs (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (recast) PDF (327 KB) DOC (371 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) 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; the soil was also contaminated with radioactive fallout, which increased the radioactivity of forest and agricultural foodstuffs obtained in the affected areas.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) On the basis of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in accordance with Articles 4 and 9 thereof, the Commission shall support research into the dangers of contamination of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs with radioactive isotopes and the effects of ionizing radiation (e.g. gamma rays) used for sterilisation on the quality of these products from the point of view of the chemical and radiological risk.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) The radiological safety of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs cannot be the subject of patents preventing the use of the appropriate safeguard technologies without purchasing licensed rights.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The criteria governing the placing on the market of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs should take into account the level of background radiation in the area concerned.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In the event of a nuclear accident or radioactive incident, consultation procedures should in each case determine whether dilution treatment is permitted, e.g. mixing of contaminated milk with uncontaminated milk.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. WThen submitting the proposal for a Regulation referred to in paragraph 1 , the Commission shall take into account the basic standards laid down Commission shall, on the basis of the latest medical research and expertise, extend and update Annexes I and III to this Regulation so as to ensure that the maximum level of contamination of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs with radioactive isotopes, in accordance with Articles 30 and 31 of the Treaty, including the principle that all exposures shall be kept as low as reasonably achievable, taking the aspect of the protection of the health of the general public and economic and social factors into accoun Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, complies with the permissible radioactivity measured in becquerels per kilogram of product.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Given the possibility of isotopes of solid elements escaping into the environment following a nuclear reactor accident, the list of maximum permitted levels of contamination of animal feed should be expanded and supplemented in accordance with Article 32 of the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community to include other isotopes in addition to radioactive stable isotopes of caesium, such as transuranium elements and isotopes of strontium and iodine.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Annexes I, II and III should take into account the effect of the partial decay of radioactive isotopes during the shelf life of preserved foodstuffs; depending on the type of contamination, e.g. with iodine isotopes, the radioactivity of these products should be constantly monitored.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II should be completely redrafted on the basis of a classification of the intermediate and minor foodstuffs to be found on the EU consumer market; the basic principle of that classification should be consistency with Annex I.