Activities of Donato Tommaso VERALDI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) This Directive should also cover embryonic and foetal forms of vertebrate animals, asin cases where there is scientific evidence showing that such forms in the last third of their development have an increased risk of experiencing pain, suffering and distress, which may also affect negatively their subsequent development. Scientific evidence has also shown that procedures on mammal embryonic and foetal forms at an earlier stage of development could result in pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm, should the developmental forms be allowed to live beyond the first two thirds of their development.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) The capture of non-human primates from the wild is highly stressful for the animals and increases the risk of injury and suffering during capture and transport. In order to gradually end the capturing of animals from the wild for breeding purposes, only animals that are the offspring of an animal which has been bred in captivity should be made available for use in scientific procedures as soon as possible. Establishments breeding and supplying non-human primates in the European Union should therefore have a strategy in place to support and facilitate the progressive ~~move towards that goal~~development of self- sufficient colonies.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory phrase

1. Member States shall ensure that an animal already used in a procedure, when a different animal on which no procedure has previously been carried out could also be used, may be subsequently re-used in a new unrelated procedure only when all of the following conditions are met:

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) the repeated use of animals shall be accompanied by veterinary checks.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – introductory sentence

1. Member States shall ensure that all breeding, supplying and user establishments keep, where possible, the following information on each dog, cat and non- human primate:

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that projects classified as 'severe' or any projects involving non-human primates are not carried out without a prior authorisation by the competent authority. All other projects shall be notified to the competent authority.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Projects required by law shall not need formal approval, provided that they do not involve 'severe' procedures or the use of non-human primates but are subject to favourable ethical evaluation.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 4

~~4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, all projects involving only procedures classified as "up to mild" shall be exempted from the requirement for a retrospective assessment.~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Where a project is required by law, the requirement under paragraph 1(b) should not be applied in the ethical evaluation. Equally, paragraph 2 should not be applied when a project is required by law.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 2

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, in exceptional circumstances and where the project is non-routine, multi-disciplinary and innovative, the decision to grant an authorisation shall be taken and communicated to the user establishment within 60 days from the submission of the application. In some cases, the user establishment must be notified of the existence of exceptional circumstances within 30 days from the submission of the application.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0152(COD)

Vincenzo AITA, Alessandro BATTILOCCHIO, Vincenzo LAVARRA, Armando VENETO, Donato Tommaso VERALDI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)

The present regulation shall not apply to the pharmaceutical products defined by Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community Code relating to Medicinal Products for Human Use.

2009/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2008/0146(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IVa – Subsection IIa – Article 103ga – paragraph 1

1. Under conditions to be determined by the Commission, from the 2009/10 school year, Community aid shall be granted for supplying to pupils in educational establishments certain products of the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and bananas sectors to, which shall be as fresh as possible, seasonal, and obtainable at low cost, and shall be determined by the Commission, and may also be granted for certain related costs of logistics, distribution, equipment, communication, monitoring and evaluation.

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0146(CNS)

Armando VENETO, Vincenzo AITA, Alessandro BATTILOCCHIO, Vincenzo LAVARRA, Donato Tommaso VERALDI

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IVa – Subsection IIa – Article 103ga – paragraph 1

1. Under conditions to be determined by the Commission, from the 2009/10 school year, Community aid shall be granted for supplying to pupils in educational establishments certain products of the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and bananas sectors to be determined by the Commission ~~and may also be granted fo~~; that Community aid must also cover certain related costs of logistics, distribution, equipment, communication, monitoring and evaluation.

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0108(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6a (new)

6a. Labelling should also indicate the origin of meat produced on the Community market.

2009/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2008/0108(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Vittorio PRODI

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Annex XIV – Part B – Part II – Point 2

2. .'fresh poultrymeat' means poultrymeat which has not been stiffened at any time by the cooling process prior to being kept at a temperature not below -2°C and not higher than +4°C. However, Member States may lay down different temperature requirements for a short period for the cutting and storage of fresh poultrymeat performed in retail shops or in premises adjacent to sales points, where the cutting and storage are performed solely for the purpose of supplying the consumer directly on the spotfresh poultrymeat intended for the production of meat preparations may be stiffened at temperatures below 2°C for a short period.

2009/02/23
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) Experience drawn from the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 shows that certain elements of the support mechanism need to be adjusted. In particular the decoupling of direct support should be ~~extended~~strongly extended with the aim of full decoupling, which should be taken into consideration on a case by case basis, and the functioning of the Single Payment Scheme should be simplified. It should also be noted that Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 has been substantially amended since its entry into force. In the light of these developments and in the interest of clarity it should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation.

2008/07/24
Committee: ENVI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Vittorio PRODI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 ~~1 2~~ OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by (insert reference to wine). OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by (insert reference to wine). established the principle that farmers who do not comply with certain requirements in the areas of public, animal and plant health, environment and animal welfare shall be subject to reductions of or the exclusion from direct support. This «cross- compliance» system forms an integral part of Community support under direct payments and should therefore be maintained. However, experience has shown that a number of the requirements under the scope of cross compliance are not sufficiently relevant to the farming activity or the farm land or concern national authorities rather than farmers. ~~It is therefore appropriate to adjust the scope of cross compliance~~At the same time water scarcity and climate change call for a new approach concerning all agricultural practices linked to social and environmental needs. It is therefore appropriate to adjust the scope of cross compliance while simplifying the procedure and avoiding further bureaucratic burden.

2008/07/24
Committee: ENVI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Vittorio PRODI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) Protection and management of water in the context of the agricultural activity has increasingly become a problem in certain areas. It is therefore appropriate to also reinforce the existing Community framework for good agricultural and environmental condition with the aim to protect water against pollution and run-off and to manage the use of water through better agronomic and water management systems.

2008/07/24
Committee: ENVI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Francesco FERRARI, Vincenzo LAVARRA, Vincenzo AITA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4

4. The remaining amount resulting from the application of Article 7(1) and the amounts resulting from the application of Article 7(2) shall be allocated (as a priority to operations which enable competitiveness to be increased and new jobs to be created) to the Member State where the corresponding amounts have been generated, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2). They shall be used in accordance with Article 69(5a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Vincenzo LAVARRA, Francesco FERRARI, Vincenzo AITA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – indent 1

In duly justified cases, Member States may decide, ~~by 1 August 2009 at the latest, and~~ acting in compliance with the general principles of Community law, to move as from 2010 towards approximating the value of payment entitlements established under Chapter I to IV of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. To this end payment entitlements may be made subject to progressive modifications according to at least three pre-established annual steps and objective and non- discriminatory criteria.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Francesco FERRARI, Vincenzo AITA, Vincenzo LAVARRA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)

In areas subject to public use requirements or other collective land management contracts, the value of payment entitlements may be redefined on the basis of the surface area of the farm, provided that the parameters of maximum environmental load are respected.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Vincenzo LAVARRA, Francesco FERRARI, Vincenzo AITA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2

2. Support for measures referred to in paragraph 1(a) may only be granted: (a) if: (i) as regards support for the specific types of farming referred to in its point (i), it respects the requirements for agri- environment payments set out in the first subparagraph of Article 39(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, (ii) as regards support for improving the quality of agricultural products referred to in its point (ii), it is consistent with Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Chapter I of Title II of Part II of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and (iii) as regards support for improving the marketing of agricultural products referred to in its point (iii), it respects the criteria laid down in Articles 2 to 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 and (b) only for coverage of the additional costs actually incurred and income foregone in order to fulfil the objective concerned.deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Francesco FERRARI, Vincenzo AITA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 7

~~7. Support for measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be consistent with other Community measures and policies.~~Deleted

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Francesco FERRARI, Vincenzo AITA, Vincenzo LAVARRA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 2

2. The aid shall be granted ~~for a maximum of five consecutive years as from the marketing year in which the threshold of 50% referred to in paragraph 1 has been reached but no later than for~~until the marketing year 2013/2014.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0045(COD)

Avril DOYLE, Donato Tommaso VERALDI, Iles BRAGHETTO

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 a (new)

Directive 2001/83/EC
Article 23 c (new)

(1a) The following Article 23c is inserted: “Article 23c The appropriate arrangements adopted by the Commission must take the following considerations into account: – For practical reasons of efficiency, the possibility should be extended to all the categories of change of submitting a single application for one or more identical changes made to the terms of a number of marketing authorisations; – In the framework of extensions of marketing authorisations, the possibility should be provided, on the basis of arguments in justification, of submitting a complete, separate application for authorisation for a medicinal product that has already been authorised under another name and with a different product characteristic summary. Nevertheless, this application will be regarded as belonging to the same global marketing authorisation defined in Article 6(1).”

2008/07/18
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) 'cosmetic ingredient' means any synthetic or natural substance or mixture intentionally added to a cosmetic product.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) ‘traces’ means the non-intended and technically inevitable presence of a substance stemming from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients, the manufacturing process, storage, migration from transport facilities or packaging;

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. The cosmetic product safety assessment, as set out in Part B of Annex I shall be carried out by a person in possession of a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications awarded on completion of a university course of study, or a course recognised as equivalent by a Member State, extending over a period of at least three years of theoretical and practical study in pharmacy, toxicology, medicine, chemistry or a similar discipline.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. When, in compliance with the previous paragraph, a notification concerns a product containing one or more substances in the form of nanomaterials as defined in point (e) of paragraph 1 and which are not included in Annexes III to VI to this Regulation, the responsible person is required to submit the notification at least 3 months before placing the product on the market.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)

Article 12a Nanomaterials Each year, the Commission shall mandate the SCCP to publish a report on nanomaterials used in cosmetics products. The report shall take into account: - notifications received during the year in conformity with Article 10 of this regulation; - a comprehensive review of newly available or published scientific safety data; - any opinion of the scientific committees in relation to nanomaterials. Following an assessment of the elements submitted by the SCCP, the Commission may if necessary propose measures in order to reinforce consumer safety.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 3 – subpoint 3

Possible interactions of the substances contained in the cosmetic product shall be assessed. ~~If such interaction is not expected, this shall be duly justified.~~

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) It is also important to provide consumers with information on the other alcoholic beverages. Specific Community rules already exist on the labelling of wine and on aromatized wines and other wine-based aromatized products. Council Regulation (EC) No ~~1493/1999 of 17 May 1999~~479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine and Council Regulation No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails1 provides an exhaustive set of technical standards which fully cover all oenological practices, manufacturing methods and means of presentation and labelling of wines, thus ensuring that all stages in the chain are covered and that consumers are protected and properly informed. In particular, this legislation describes in a precise and exhaustive manner the substances likely to be used in the production process, together with the conditions for their use via a positive list of oenological practices and treatments; any practice not included in this list is prohibited. Therefore, it is appropriate to exempt wine at this stage from the obligation to list the ingredients and to provide for a nutrition declaration. As regards beer and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […] of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89, and in order to ensure a consistent approach and coherence with the conditions established for wine, the same kind of exemptions shall apply. However, the Commission will produce a report after five years of the entry into force of this Regulation and may propose, if necessary, specific requirements in the context of this Regulation. 1 OJ L 149, 14.6.1991, p. 1.

2008/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – point e)

(e) wine as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, aromatized wines and all other wine-based aromatized products as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, beer, and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […] of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89. The Commission shall produce a report after [five years of the entry into force of this Regulation] concerning the application of Article 19 on these products and may accompany this report by specific measures determining the rules for labelling ingredients. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(3);

2008/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

This paragraph shall not apply to wine as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, aromatized wines and all other wine-based aromatized products as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, beer, and spirits as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No. […] of […] of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89. The Commission shall produce a report after [five years of the entry into force of this Regulation] concerning the application of this paragraph on these products and may accompany this report by specific measures determining the rules for a mandatory nutrition declaration for these products. Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49(3).

2008/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2007/2261(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that the differing tax systems in application in the Member States can have distorting effects on competition;

2008/03/07
Committee: ECON

2007/2261(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Emphasises the importance of funding physical activity in schools, which is fundamental to the psychological and physical growth of the youngest children, as well as being a major healthcare instrument for the young and less young;

2008/03/07
Committee: ECON

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

- having regard to the Lisbon Strategy, which is intended to make Europe, by 2010, the most competitive and the most dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world,

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls therefore on the Commission to come forward with proposals for the introduction of a European quality label, which will allow consumers to easily identify products that were produced in accordance with Europe's strict environmental, animal-welfare and food- safety standards;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls, furthermore, for increased efforts to be made in explaining the European agricultural model, with its high standards in the field of the environment, animal welfare and food safety, to the public;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop new (fiscal) measures to help young farmers carry the heavy interest costs they face following the procurement of their farms; calls on the Commission to come up with specific proposals to that end within the framework of the CAP reform;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reaffirms its opinion that rural development measures should be aimed directly at farmers;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls for all agricultural and rural development policies to be made fully coherent with the objectives the EU has set itself as part of the Lisbon Strategy, so as to enable young farmers to operate in a dynamic economic environment;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)