25 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2007/2285(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas more than 35 million children are obese and almost 22 million are overweight and these figures are rising rapidly, so that by 2010 a further 1.3 million children per year are predicted to become overweight or obese,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the socio-economic inequalities take on another dimension with the rise in raw material prices (such as cereals, butter, milk, etc.) which is unprecedented both in terms of the number of products concerned and the extent of the increases,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the conjunction of higher raw material prices and the opacity of the rules governing large-scale distribution in some Member States has led to an escalation in the prices of basic food products, such as fruit and vegetables and sugar-free dairy products, which is eating into the budgets of the majority of households in the EU, and whereas the EU needs to rise to this challenge,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. considering the importance of different traditional cuisines which should be preserved as part of our cultural heritage and which should be promoted, such as nutritious, molecular and slow food, as valid alternatives to fast-food or pre- cooked food eating culture to ensure a balanced diet,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. considering the worsening situation in the marketing sector and the fact that food advertising accounts for around half of all advertising broadcast during children’s TV viewing times and that theree quarters of it promotes high-calorie and low-nutrient food is clear evidence that TV advertising influences short-term consumption patterns of children aged between 2 and 11 years; noting with concern the use of new forms of marketing using all technological means and in particular the so-called ‘advergames’ including cell phones, instant messaging, video games and interactive games on the Internet,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the White Paper on nutrition as a starting pointn important step in a global strategy to stem the rise in obesity in Europe;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers a multilevel and comprehensive approach to be the best way to fight obesity among the EU population and points out that there are many European programmes (on research, health, education, life-long learning) that can help us to tackle this real scourge;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls once again on all Member States (following the example of Portugal) to recognise obesity as a chronic disease in order to prevent obese people from being stigmatised and discriminated against in any way;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the substantial role and effectiveness of self-regulation and considers with great interest 203 commitments undertaken by various actors in the food industry and NGOs which have started to be implemented in the context of the EU platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that effective self-regulation needs to be accompanied by clear and concrete targets for all parties concerned and by independent monitoring of the achievement of these targets;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is convinced that consumer information, nutritional education and food labelling should be a reflection of the wishes of consumers themselves;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for information campaigns to raise awareness among pregnant women about the importance of a balanced diet and about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for a minimum of six months; recalls that babies breastfed for nine months show an overall reduction of risk of 31%;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it essential that every kind of sponsorship of food and beverages and advertising for so-called HSSF products (high in sugar, salt, fat) should be progressively banned in schools; asks for a voluntary commitment by all sports organisations and teams in order to promote balanced nutrition and physical activity and urges them to avoid sponsorship and promotion of food of poor nutritional value with the agreement of school authorities and after cooperation with pupil parents associations and local shopkeepers; but at the same time welcomes some successful partnerships already put in place in schools between sporting associations and industries to promote balanced nutrition and physical activity;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the EU, and in particular the ECOFIN Council, to be more flexible over Member States’ application of lower VAT rates for necessities of a social, economic, environmental or health- oriented nature; in this respect, calls on those Member States which have not yet done so to cut VAT on fruit and vegetables, recalling that Community law authorises them to do so; calls, in addition, for the Community texts in force to be amended to allow fruit and vegetables to benefit from a very low rate of VAT (under 5%);
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a ban on trans-fatty acids and uUrges EU Member States to follow good practices in controlling the content of substances in food (e.g. salt content); nevertheless points out that special exemptions should be provided for PDO (protected designation of origin) and, PGI (protected geographical indication) and TSG (traditional speciality guaranteed) and other types of traditional products in order to preserve original recipes; to this end has high expectations of the future Green paper on quality policy in agriculture in terms of better quality and protection of GI schemes;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that the present state of scientific knowledge teaches us that an excessive consumption of trans fatty acids (over 2% of total energy intake) is linked to significantly higher cardiovascular risks; deeply regrets, therefore, that no European government to date has acted to reduce European consumers’ cumulative exposure to the artificial trans fatty acids and saturated fatty acids that are present in numerous processed products of low nutritional value;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. AskWelcomes the Commission to accelerate’s new proposal for the revision of Council Directive 90/496/ EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs1 taking ca, and urges it to ensure that labelling is meaningful and easily understandable to the consumer;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is aware of the importance of the media in informing, educating and persuading in connection with a healthy and balanced diet; nevertheless considers the voluntary approach adopted in the proposal for a dDirective on ‘Audiovisual media services without frontiers’3 insufficient; 1 COM(2005)0646 and COM(2007)0170 – 2005/0260(COD). 2 Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 27). 3 KOM(2005)0646 och KOM(2007)0170 – 2005/0260(COD). 4 Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and 4a step in the right direction and calls on operators to come forward with concrete actions at national level to implement ofr the Council of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ L 332, 18.12.2007, p. 27).o strengthen the provisions adopted in that Directive; Or. en
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out that advertising on new media and new marketing practices targeted at children such as text messaging to mobile phones, on-line games and sponsorships of playgrounds should not be exempt from the standards being developed for traditional media and calls for the rapid establishment of effective actions at EU level to cover these new practices;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Considers favourably at the same time the voluntary undertakings recently given by 11 ‘giants’ of the foodstuff industry (namely the EU pledge) to restrict food and beverage advertising on TV, in the printed media and on the Internet to children under the age of 12 in the European Union, but stresses the need to ensure that such commitments are effectively monitored by an independent body in order to be sure that progress can be adequately measured;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the inclusion of ‘diabetes and obesity’ as a priority within the 7th Framework Programme dedicated to health and calls on the Commission to fund basic research, such as identification and evaluation of multivariate biomarkers in subgroups of subjects, to elucidate the biological mechanisms leading to obesity;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and candidate countries and to the World Health Organization.