6 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2015/2259(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas particularly endocrine disruptors and genotoxic substances in FCMs are problematic both for public health and the environment; whereas currently, these activities cannot be reliably predicted from the chemical composition, and therefore biotesting should be encouraged as a an optional premonitory measure to ensure the safety of chemically complex FCMs; whereas research on the development of both analytical and toxicological testing should be encouraged to ensure robust and cost- effective safety assessment of FCMs for the benefit of consumers, environment and manufacturers;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that, given the prevalence of the materials referred to on the EU market and the risk they pose to human health, and in order to preserve the EU single market for food contact materials and food products alike, the Commission should prioritise the drawing-up of specific EU measures for paper, board, coatings, inks and adhesives;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that special attention needs to be paid to those food contact materials, whether in contact with food directly or indirectly, with a higher risk of migration, such as materials surrounding liquids and high-fat foods as well as to materials that are in contact with food for a long period of time;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the Commission's ongoing work on defining criteria for determining the endocrine-disrupting properties of chemicals; calls for the inclusion of these criteria in the risk assessment procedure of FCMs in order to eliminate genotoxic substances and endocrine disrupting chemicals from FCMs;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends the development of a single EU standard for analytical testing in order to ensure that FCMs are tested by companies and competent authorities across the EU using one and the same method; highlights that such EU single standards and tests have to be specifically developed for each food contact material according to its final use;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that it is the responsibility of each Member State to carry out controls on companies that produce or import FCMs; regrets, however, that some Member States do not impose the requirement for companies to register their business activity, thereby allowing such companies to circumvent conformity controls; calls on the Commission to revise the Framework Regulation, so as to require that all remaining Member States impose an obligation on all companies producing or importing FCMs to officially register their business activity; recognises the existence of suitable registration mechanisms in several Member States which can serve as examples for Member States who still have to put a registration obligation in place;