4. Circulation of compound feedingstuffs ***II
A5-0079/2001
European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a
view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 91/
357/EEC (13292/1/2000  C5-0002/2001  2000/0015(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
 having regard to the Council common position (13292/1/2000  C5-0002/2001) (
1),
 having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(1999) 744),
 having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2000) 780),
 having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty, having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,
 having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural
Development (A5-0079/2001),
1. Amends the common position as follows;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
COUNCIL
COMMON POSITIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
RECITAL 6
(6) Accordingly, it is appropriate, at this stage, to impose a
compulsory declaration of percentage brackets by weight for all
the feed materials in compound feedingstuffs for productionanimals.(6) Accordingly, it is appropriate, at this stage, to impose a
compulsory declaration of all the feed materials as well as
their amount in compound feedingstuffs for production ani-
mals.
Amendment 2
RECITAL 8
(8) The declaration of the feed materials in feedingstuffs con-
stitutes, in certain cases, an important item of information forstock farmers. It is therefore appropriate that , at the individual
request of the stock farmer, the person responsible for labelling
supply a detailed list of all the feed materials used and their
percentages by weight.(8) The declaration of the feed materials in feedingstuffs con-
stitutes, in certain cases, an important item of information forstock farmers. It is therefore appropriate that the compound
feedingstuff manufacturer or the person responsible for
labelling supply a detailed list of all the feed materials used
and their percentages by weight.
Amendment 3
RECITAL 9
(9) Moreover, it is also important that the manufacturer of com-
pound feedingstuffs should be able to choose voluntarily to supply adetailed list of all the feed materials used and their percentages byweight.Deleted
(1) OJ C 36, 2.2.2001, p. 35.
(2) Texts Adopted of 4.10.2000, Item 16.C 21 E/310 EN 24.1.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
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Amendment 4
RECITAL 10a (new)
(10a) The BSE crisis and the recent dioxin crisis have
shown once again that the safety of feedingstuffs canonly be guaranteed by a binding definition of permissiblefeed materials. The Commission should therefore submitto the European Parliament and the Council by31 December 2001 proposals for a positive list of permis-sible feed materials for feedingstuffs.
Amendment 5
ARTICLE 1, PARAGRAPH 1, SUBPARAGRAPH b
Article 5, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 (Directive 79/373/EEC)
(b) the following point (l) shall be added: Deleted
(l) In the case of compound feedingstuffs other than those
intended for pets, the indication a list of feed materials
used in this feedingstuff and their percentages by weightmay be obtained from:  (name or trade name, addressor registered office and telephone number of the personresponsible for the particulars referred to in this paragraph).
At a customers request, a manufacturer of compound
feedingstuffs shall inform that customer of the percentageof each feed material included in the compound feedingstuffin question.
Amendment 6
ARTICLE 1, PARAGRAPH 4
Article 5c, paragraph 2, subparagraph a (Directive 79/373/EEC)
(a) compound feedingstuffs intended for animals other than
pets:(a) compound feedingstuffs intended for animals other than
pets: listing of the feed materials with an indication, indescending order, of their percentages by weight;
(i) listing of feed materials for feedingstuffs with an indication,
in descending order, of the percentages by weight present inthe compound feedingstuff, expressed in accordance with thebrackets laid down in part C of the Annex, or
(ii) where Article 5(3)(g) is applied, listing of the feed
materials with an indication, in descending order, oftheir percentages by weight;
Amendment 7
ARTICLE 1, PARAGRAPH 7
7. The Annex shall be supplemented by the text given in the Annex
to this Directive.Deleted
(The Annex proposed in the common position is accord-
ingly deleted.)24.1.2002 EN C 21 E/311 Official Journal of the European Communities
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COUNCIL
COMMON POSITIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT