7 Amendments of Britta REIMERS related to 2013/0140(COD)
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) For the performance of official controls and other official activities on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material, and in the field of animal welfarehealth, the competent authorities should have access to updated, reliable and consistent technical data, to research findings, new techniques and expertise necessary for the correct application of Union legislation applicable in those areas. For that purpose the Commission should be able to designate, and rely on the expert assistance of, European Union reference centres for plant reproductive material and for animal welfareanimal health.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to ensure this consistency in interpretation and execution of official controls across Member States, this training shall include participating in visits to other Member States to observe the way in which official controls are performed;
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point aa (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point aa (new)
(aa) the protection of personal data of a natural person
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Official controls shall be performed as much as possible in a manner that minimises the burden on the operators. An independent appeal process should be available for operators who can reasonably claim, with evidence, to have suffered extensive and unnecessary burden.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4
Article 33 – paragraph 4
4. Where laboratory analyses, tests or diagnoses are urgently needed, in exceptional cases due to a developing emergency situation, and none of the methods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 exists, the relevant national reference laboratory or, if no such national reference laboratory exists, any other laboratory designated in accordance with Article 36(1) may use methods other than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article until the validation of an appropriate method in accordance with internationally accepted scientific protocols.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By derogation from point (e) of Article 36(4), competent authorities may designate the following as official laboratories, or laboratories acting under official supervision, irrespective of whether they fulfil the condition provided for in that point: