14 Amendments of Giancarlo SCOTTÀ related to 2013/0140(COD)
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) Member States should be required to ensure that adequate financial resources are always available in order to appropriately staff and equip the competent authorities performing official controls and other official activities. Although operators are primarily responsible for ensuring that their activities are carried out in compliance with Union agri-food chain rules, the system of own controls that they put in place for that purpose needs to be complemented by a dedicated system of official controls maintained by each Member State to ensure effective market surveillance along the agri-food chain. Such a system is, by its very nature, complex and resource demanding and should be provided with a stable influx of resources for official controls, at a level appropriate to the enforcement needs at any given moment. To reduce the dependency of the official control system from public finances, competent authorities should collect fees to cover the costs they incur when performing official controls on certain operators and for certain activities for which Union agri-food chain legislation requires registration or approval in accordance with Union rules on the hygiene of food and feed or rules governing plant health and plant reproductive material. Member States shall however retain the option not to apply such fees to food business operators solely providing local services, such as restaurants, local bakeries, local retailers, etc. Fees should also be collected from operators to compensate the costs of official controls performed in view of issuing an official certificate or attestation, and costs of official controls performed by the competent authorities at border control posts.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) put in place procedures to ensure efficient and effective coordination between all authorities involved, and the consistency and effectiveness of official controls or other official activities across its territory, preventing enterprises from being subject to the same kind of control by different competent authorities during a calendar year;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) set up a single controls register by establishing a single computerised management system to ensure coordination between the bodies involved in the control and the management of the controls.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) the register referred to in point (c) shall include cross compliance controls pursuant to Regulation [xxx.2013] (CAP horizontal regulation).
Amendment 159 #
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. Where various official controls are applied to operators, Member States shall ensure a coordinated approach with the aim of combining existing control measures.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) put in place procedures to ensure efficient and effective coordination between all authorities involved, and the consistency and effectiveness of official controls or other official activities across its territory, to ensure that, amongst other things, enterprises are not subject to the same kind of control by different competent authorities during a calendar year;
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) set up a single controls register by establishing a single computerised management system to ensure coordination between the bodies involved in the control and the management of the controls; this register shall include cross-compliance controls pursuant to Title VI of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXXX [Office of Publications, please insert number of the Regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy].
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – title
Article 77 – title
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 77 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) Member States may decide that the fees provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply to food business operators solely providing local services.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78
Article 78
Amendment 309 #
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. Where various official controls are applied to operators, Member States shall ensure a coordinated approach with the aim of combining existing control measures.
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 136 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 136 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The financial penalties deriving from the application of this article shall be used for information and training measures at the stage of production for which the penalty is being issued.
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78
Article 78
Amendment 1031 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 136 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 136 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that the revenue from financial penalties imposed pursuant to this article is used for information and training measures focusing on the stage of production in respect of which each penalty is imposed.