9 Amendments of Renate SOMMER related to 2011/0156(COD)
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure legal certainty, definitions laid down in Commission Directives 2006/141/EC, Commission Directive 2006/125/EC and Commission Directive 1999/22006/125/EC, 1999/21/EC and 2009/41/EC should be transferred to this Regulation. However, the definitions of infant formulae and follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes should be regularly adapted taking into account technical and scientific progress and relevant developments at international level, as appropriate.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) General labelling requirements are laid down in Directive 2000/13Regulation 1169/2011/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March5 October 200011 on the approximatvision of the law of the Member States relating to labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstufffood information to consumers1. Those general labelling requirements should, as a general rule, apply to the categories of food covered by this Regulation. However, this Regulation should also provide for additional requirements to, or derogations from, the provisions of Directive 2000/13Regulation 1169/2011/EC, where necessary, in order to meet the specific objectives of this Regulation. _________ 1 OJ L 18304, 17.7.199922.11.2011, p. 2318.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Currently, the statements 'gluten-free' and 'very low gluten' may be used for food intended for particular nutritional uses and for food for normal consumption under the rules specified in Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 concerning the composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten. Such statements could be construed as nutrition claims, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. For the sake of simplification, those statements should be regulated solely by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and comply with requirements therein. It is necessary that technical adaptations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, incorporating the nutrition claims 'gluten-free' and 'very low gluten' and their associated condGluten-free foods are the only food source for coeliac disease sufferers. The composition of foods is decisive in managing the condition. However, neither Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 nor Regulation (EC) No 1169/2011 takes account of the particular requirements for the compositions of use as regulated under Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 be completed prior to the entry into applicationthese foods. Foods intended for people intolerant to gluten should therefore come under the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) other foods for infants and young children;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) foods for people intolerant to gluten (gluten-free foods).
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) food intended to meet the requirements of extreme physical activity.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g – point ii
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the specific requirements on labelling, presentation and advertising of food referred to in Article 1(1), including the authorisation of nutrition and health claims thereof; special rules already in force for food referred to in Article 1(1) will be transferred;
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2