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6 Amendments of Michèle RIVASI related to 2013/0435(COD)

Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Emerging technologies in food production processes may have an impact on food and thereby on food safety, consumer health and the environment. Therefore, it should also be clarified that a food should be considered as a novel food where a production process which was not previously used for food production in the Union is applied to that food or when foods contain or consist of engineered nanomaterials, as defined in Article 2(2)(t) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council16. __________________ 16 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, amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directive 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).
2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) When there is a significant change in the production process of a substance that has been used in accordance with Directive 2002/46/EC, Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 or Regulation (EU) No 609/2013, or a change in particle size of such a substance, for example through nanotechnology, it may haveit has an impact on food and thereby on food safety, consumer health and the environment. Therefore, that substance should be considered a novel food under this Regulation and should be re-evaluated first in accordance with this Regulation and subsequently in accordance with the relevant specific legislation. Where there is a change in the particle size of such a substance, for example through the use of nanotechnology, the substance shall be prohibited.
2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) As regards the possible use of nanomaterials for food use, EFSA considered in its opinion of 6 April 201121 on Guidance on the risk assessment of the application of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain that limited information is available in relation to aspects of nanotoxicokinetics and toxicology of engineered nanomaterials and that existing toxicity testing methods may need methodological modifications. In order to better assess the safety of nanomaterials for food use, the Commission is developing test methods which take into account specific characteristics of engineered nanomaterials. __________________ 21 EFSA Journal 2011; 9(5):2140.deleted
2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules for the placing of novel foods on the market within the Union in order to ensure the effective functioning of the internal market while providing a high level of protection of human health and consumer interests and prohibiting the placing on the market of foods in which nanomaterials are used.
2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) food containing or consisting of "engineered nanomaterials" as defined in Article 2(2)(t) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;deleted
2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii – indent 2
– such substances contain or consist of "engineered nanomaterials" as defined in Article 2(2)t of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;deleted
2014/10/20
Committee: ENVI