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2006/0117(COD) Circulation of compound feedingstuffs

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AGRI GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF Friedrich-Wilhelm (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
Committee Opinion ENVI
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 152-p4b

Events

2007/06/14
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2002/2/EC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council: Decision no 623/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs.

CONTENT: when adopted in 2002, Directive 2002/2/EC stated that manufacturers of compound animal feedingstuffs were required to indicate, at the customer’s request, the exact composition of a feedingstuff. (Article 1 (1) (b).

The United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands challenged, through the European Court of Justice, the essential validity of this provision. In its court rulings, the ECJ found that Article 1 (1) (b) was, on the principle of proportionality, invalid. As such, and based on Treaty requirements, the institutions are required to comply with the ECJ judgements.

The purpose of this Decision, therefore is to delete Article 1 (1) (b) requiring manufactures of compound animal feedingstuffs to indicate, upon a customer’s requires, the exact composition of a feedingstuff.

On the basis of the Commission’s simplification programme, the Commission has promised to draw up, by mid-2007, proposals to overhaul the EU’s feed legislation. The Decision, therefore, also specifies that by November 2006, the Commission will submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the indication of quantities, in the form of percentage by weight, of feed materials on the labelling of compound feedingstuffs, including the permitted tolerance. This report is to be accompanied by proposals designed to improve these measures should it be deemed necessary. The review will take account of both farmers’ interests on being provided with precise, detailed information on feed materials contained in feedingstuffs, and industry’s interest in ensuring that business secrets are adequately protected.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 15 June 2007.

2007/05/23
   CSL - Draft final act
Documents
2007/05/23
   CSL - Final act signed
2007/05/23
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2007/04/16
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2007/04/16
   CSL - Council Meeting
2007/01/24
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2006/12/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2006/12/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the draft by Friedrich GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, DE) approving the proposal to correct Directive 2002/2/EC, subject to a few amendments to the recitals. Parliament stated that the Council and the European Parliament are not at present making more far-reaching amendments to the basic legal act, as the Commission has promised, as part of the simplification programme, to draw up proposals by mid-2007 to overhaul feed legislation. They anticipate that the issue of the so-called 'open declaration' of ingredients will be fully reviewed in this connection, and expect new proposals from the Commission taking account both of the interest of farmers in being provided with precise, detailed information on the feed materials contained in feedingstuffs and the interest of the industry in ensuring that business secrets are adequately protected.

Furthermore, Article 1(5) of Directive 2002/2/EC, which added to Article 12 of Directive 79/373/EEC a new sub-paragraph, already provides for an obligation of manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs to make available to the authorities responsible for carrying out official inspections, on request, any document concerning the composition of feedingstuffs intended to be put into circulation which enables the accuracy of the information given by the labelling to be verified.

Documents
2006/12/11
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2006/11/24
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2006/11/24
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Documents
2006/11/22
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
Details

The committee adopted the report by Friedrich GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, DE) approving - under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure - the proposal to correct Directive 2002/2/EC, following on from the judgment of the Court of Justice, by deleting a provision whereby manufacturers of feedingstuffs are required to provide, upon a customer’s request, the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in compound feeding stuffs.

The committee adopted a few amendments, including a provision enabling the competent authorities to obtain the exact percentages used in feedstuffs in the event of calamities.

2006/11/14
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2006/10/26
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
2006/09/18
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2006/07/12
   EP - GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF Friedrich-Wilhelm (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2006/07/06
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2006/06/27
   EC - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to correct Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: this proposal concerns the deletion of a provision requiring manufacturers of feeding stuffs to provide, upon a customer’s request, the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in compound feeding stuffs.

Related legislative acts and provisions:

- Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feeding stuffs as regards labelling provisions;

- Directive 2002/2/EC amending the 1979 Council Directive (please refer to COD/2000/0015), of which the following Articles:

- Article 1 (4), providing for the compulsory declaration of the percentages of feed materials present in compound feeding stuffs, other than pet food, in descending order by weight, with a tolerance of +/- 15% of the declared value;

- Article 1 (1) (b) requiring a communication of the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in the compound feeding stuffs, upon a customer’s request.

The United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands challenged, through the European Court of Justice, the essential validity of Directive 2002/2/EC and in particular Article 1 (4) and Article 1 (1) (b) thereof. Manufactures of compound feeding stuff, as well as representatives of that industry, were seeking an annulment or suspension of the provisions enshrined in these two Articles.

In its judgement on 6 December 2006, the European Court of Justice rejected the arguments contesting the validity of Article 1 (4) and supported the position put forward by the institutions. However, based on the principle of proportionality, the Court ruled that Article 1 (1) (b) was disproportionate and therefore invalid. The Court decided that the obligation to inform customers, on request, of the exact quantitative composition of compound feeding stuffs could not be justified by the objective of protecting public health, which manifestly went beyond what is necessary to attain that objective.

Based on this judgement, the Commission is proposing to correct Directive 2002/2/EC by deleting Article 1 (1) (b). For the sake of consistency any reference made to the deleted provision should also be removed. The form of the draft proposal is a correcting Decision, taking account of the principle that amending acts should not be amended themselves but that they may be corrected. It is proposed to correct the Directive through a Decision, which will guarantee transparency and clarity of Community law, while at the same time not imposing a direct obligation on the Member States to change their national legislation, as they are in any case obliged to take all appropriate measures under their national legal system to ensure fulfilment of the Court’s judgement.

2006/06/26
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to correct Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: this proposal concerns the deletion of a provision requiring manufacturers of feeding stuffs to provide, upon a customer’s request, the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in compound feeding stuffs.

Related legislative acts and provisions:

- Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feeding stuffs as regards labelling provisions;

- Directive 2002/2/EC amending the 1979 Council Directive (please refer to COD/2000/0015), of which the following Articles:

- Article 1 (4), providing for the compulsory declaration of the percentages of feed materials present in compound feeding stuffs, other than pet food, in descending order by weight, with a tolerance of +/- 15% of the declared value;

- Article 1 (1) (b) requiring a communication of the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in the compound feeding stuffs, upon a customer’s request.

The United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands challenged, through the European Court of Justice, the essential validity of Directive 2002/2/EC and in particular Article 1 (4) and Article 1 (1) (b) thereof. Manufactures of compound feeding stuff, as well as representatives of that industry, were seeking an annulment or suspension of the provisions enshrined in these two Articles.

In its judgement on 6 December 2006, the European Court of Justice rejected the arguments contesting the validity of Article 1 (4) and supported the position put forward by the institutions. However, based on the principle of proportionality, the Court ruled that Article 1 (1) (b) was disproportionate and therefore invalid. The Court decided that the obligation to inform customers, on request, of the exact quantitative composition of compound feeding stuffs could not be justified by the objective of protecting public health, which manifestly went beyond what is necessary to attain that objective.

Based on this judgement, the Commission is proposing to correct Directive 2002/2/EC by deleting Article 1 (1) (b). For the sake of consistency any reference made to the deleted provision should also be removed. The form of the draft proposal is a correcting Decision, taking account of the principle that amending acts should not be amended themselves but that they may be corrected. It is proposed to correct the Directive through a Decision, which will guarantee transparency and clarity of Community law, while at the same time not imposing a direct obligation on the Member States to change their national legislation, as they are in any case obliged to take all appropriate measures under their national legal system to ensure fulfilment of the Court’s judgement.

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  • date: 2006-06-27T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2006/0340/COM_COM(2006)0340_EN.pdf title: COM(2006)0340 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2006&nu_doc=340 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to correct Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: this proposal concerns the deletion of a provision requiring manufacturers of feeding stuffs to provide, upon a customer’s request, the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in compound feeding stuffs. Related legislative acts and provisions: - Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feeding stuffs as regards labelling provisions; - Directive 2002/2/EC amending the 1979 Council Directive (please refer to COD/2000/0015), of which the following Articles: - Article 1 (4), providing for the compulsory declaration of the percentages of feed materials present in compound feeding stuffs, other than pet food, in descending order by weight, with a tolerance of +/- 15% of the declared value; - Article 1 (1) (b) requiring a communication of the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in the compound feeding stuffs, upon a customer’s request. The United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands challenged, through the European Court of Justice, the essential validity of Directive 2002/2/EC and in particular Article 1 (4) and Article 1 (1) (b) thereof. Manufactures of compound feeding stuff, as well as representatives of that industry, were seeking an annulment or suspension of the provisions enshrined in these two Articles. In its judgement on 6 December 2006, the European Court of Justice rejected the arguments contesting the validity of Article 1 (4) and supported the position put forward by the institutions. However, based on the principle of proportionality, the Court ruled that Article 1 (1) (b) was disproportionate and therefore invalid. The Court decided that the obligation to inform customers, on request, of the exact quantitative composition of compound feeding stuffs could not be justified by the objective of protecting public health, which manifestly went beyond what is necessary to attain that objective. Based on this judgement, the Commission is proposing to correct Directive 2002/2/EC by deleting Article 1 (1) (b). For the sake of consistency any reference made to the deleted provision should also be removed. The form of the draft proposal is a correcting Decision, taking account of the principle that amending acts should not be amended themselves but that they may be corrected. It is proposed to correct the Directive through a Decision, which will guarantee transparency and clarity of Community law, while at the same time not imposing a direct obligation on the Member States to change their national legislation, as they are in any case obliged to take all appropriate measures under their national legal system to ensure fulfilment of the Court’s judgement.
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  • date: 2006-11-22T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The committee adopted the report by Friedrich GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, DE) approving - under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure - the proposal to correct Directive 2002/2/EC, following on from the judgment of the Court of Justice, by deleting a provision whereby manufacturers of feedingstuffs are required to provide, upon a customer’s request, the exact percentages, by weight, of feed materials used in compound feeding stuffs. The committee adopted a few amendments, including a provision enabling the competent authorities to obtain the exact percentages used in feedstuffs in the event of calamities.
  • date: 2006-11-24T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2006-411&language=EN title: A6-0411/2006
  • date: 2006-12-11T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20061211&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2006-12-12T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=12997&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2006-12-12T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2006-546 title: T6-0546/2006 summary: The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the draft by Friedrich GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, DE) approving the proposal to correct Directive 2002/2/EC, subject to a few amendments to the recitals. Parliament stated that the Council and the European Parliament are not at present making more far-reaching amendments to the basic legal act, as the Commission has promised, as part of the simplification programme, to draw up proposals by mid-2007 to overhaul feed legislation. They anticipate that the issue of the so-called 'open declaration' of ingredients will be fully reviewed in this connection, and expect new proposals from the Commission taking account both of the interest of farmers in being provided with precise, detailed information on the feed materials contained in feedingstuffs and the interest of the industry in ensuring that business secrets are adequately protected. Furthermore, Article 1(5) of Directive 2002/2/EC, which added to Article 12 of Directive 79/373/EEC a new sub-paragraph, already provides for an obligation of manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs to make available to the authorities responsible for carrying out official inspections, on request, any document concerning the composition of feedingstuffs intended to be put into circulation which enables the accuracy of the information given by the labelling to be verified.
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  • date: 2007-06-14T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to amend Directive 2002/2/EC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council: Decision no 623/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs. CONTENT: when adopted in 2002, Directive 2002/2/EC stated that manufacturers of compound animal feedingstuffs were required to indicate, at the customer’s request, the exact composition of a feedingstuff. (Article 1 (1) (b). The United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands challenged, through the European Court of Justice, the essential validity of this provision. In its court rulings, the ECJ found that Article 1 (1) (b) was, on the principle of proportionality, invalid. As such, and based on Treaty requirements, the institutions are required to comply with the ECJ judgements. The purpose of this Decision, therefore is to delete Article 1 (1) (b) requiring manufactures of compound animal feedingstuffs to indicate, upon a customer’s requires, the exact composition of a feedingstuff. On the basis of the Commission’s simplification programme, the Commission has promised to draw up, by mid-2007, proposals to overhaul the EU’s feed legislation. The Decision, therefore, also specifies that by November 2006, the Commission will submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the indication of quantities, in the form of percentage by weight, of feed materials on the labelling of compound feedingstuffs, including the permitted tolerance. This report is to be accompanied by proposals designed to improve these measures should it be deemed necessary. The review will take account of both farmers’ interests on being provided with precise, detailed information on feed materials contained in feedingstuffs, and industry’s interest in ensuring that business secrets are adequately protected. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 15 June 2007. docs: title: Decision 2007/623 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32007D0623 title: OJ L 154 14.06.2007, p. 0023 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:154:SOM:EN:HTML
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  • body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm title: Health and Consumers commissioner: KYPRIANOU Markos
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  • 4.60.02 Consumer information, advertising, labelling
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  • date: 2006-06-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2006/0340/COM_COM(2006)0340_EN.pdf celexid: CELEX:52006PC0340:EN type: Legislative proposal published title: COM(2006)0340 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm title: Health and Consumers Commissioner: KYPRIANOU Markos
  • date: 2006-07-06T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: AGRI date: 2006-07-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Agriculture and Rural Development rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF Friedrich-Wilhelm body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee: ENVI
  • date: 2006-11-22T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: AGRI date: 2006-07-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Agriculture and Rural Development rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF Friedrich-Wilhelm body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee: ENVI type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2006-11-24T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2006-411&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A6-0411/2006 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: AGRI date: 2006-07-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Agriculture and Rural Development rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF Friedrich-Wilhelm body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee: ENVI type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2006-12-11T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20061211&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2006-12-12T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=12997&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2006-546 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0546/2006 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2007-04-16T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 2793
  • date: 2007-04-16T00:00:00 body: EP/CSL type: Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
  • date: 2007-05-23T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Final act signed
  • date: 2007-05-23T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 2007-06-14T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32007D0623 title: Decision 2007/623 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:154:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ L 154 14.06.2007, p. 0023
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  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee: ENVI
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  • body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm title: Health and Consumers commissioner: KYPRIANOU Markos
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