Activities of Renate SOMMER related to 2012/0260(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Honey (debate)
Honey (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of 6 September 2011 in case C- 442/09, pollen in honey is to be considered as an ingredient within the meaning of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs. When Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers enters into force on 13 December 2014, this Directive will be repealed and replaced. The judgment of the Court was based on the consideration relying on the facts brought before it that pollen in honey is mainly due to the centrifugation carried out by the beekeeper for the purposes of honey collection. However, pollen only enters into the hive as a result of the activity of the bees and it is naturally present in honey regardless of whether or not the beekeeper extracts the honey through centrifugation. It is necessary therefore to clarify, without prejudice to the application of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed to genetically modified pollen in honey, that pollen is a constituent of honey, which is a natural substance that has no ingredients, and not an ingredient within the meaning of Directive 2000/13/ECRegulation (EU) No 1169/2011. Therefore, Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey should be amended accordingly.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Annexes II to Directive 2001/110/EC contain technical elements which might have to be adapted or updated to take account of developments in relevant international standards. That Directive does not confer on the Commission appropriate powers to promptly adapt or update thoseis Annexes to take account of developments in international standards. Therefore, for the consistent implementation of Directive 2001/110/EC, the power to adapt or update the Annexes II to that Directive to take account not only of technical progress but also of developments in international standards should also be conferred on the Commission.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Therefore, in order to take account of technical progress and, where appropriate, the developments in international standards, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to adapt or update the technical characteristics related to the product descriptions and definitions in thein Annexes II to Directive 2001/110/EC.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
2001/110/EG
Article 6
Article 6
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 6a to amend the technical characteristics related to the names, product descriptions and definitions in Annex I and to the composition criteria for honey in Annex II, to take account of technical progress and, where appropriate, of the developments in relevant international standards.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
2001/110/EG
Artikel 6a – Absatz 2
Artikel 6a – Absatz 2
The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4 and 6 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timefive years from (…). (Publications Office is to fill in the date of entry into force of this amending Act) The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.