2 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2008/0035(COD)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to ensure product safety, prohibited substances should only be acceptable at trace levels if they are technologically inevitable with correct manufacturing processes and provided that the product is safe. Any technological innovation making it possible to avoid prohibited substances, even at trace levels, should be given priority and applied to ensure a high level of protection of human health.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. When a Member State or the Commission considers that a harmonised standard does not entirely satisfy the requirements set out in the relevant provisions of this Regulation or that an innovation would better satisfy the requirements set out in the relevant provisions of this Regulation and would enable a higher level of human health protection to be achieved, the Commission or the Member State concerned shall bring the matter before the Committee set up by Article 5 of Directive 98/34/EC, giving its arguments. The Committee shall deliver its opinion without delay.