A4-0278/95

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain foodstuffs (COM(95)0126 - C4-0151/95 - 95/0085(COD))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

(Amendment 1)

Article 1, 1st paragraph

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Pursuant to Article 3a of Directive 89/107/EEC, as amended by Directive 94/34/EC, and under the conditions specified therein, the Member States listed in the Annex are hereby authorized to maintain in their legislation the prohibition on the use of categories of additives in the production of the corresponding foodstuffs listed in that Annex.

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Pursuant to Article 3a of Directive 89/107/EEC, as amended by Directive 94/34/EC, and under the conditions specified therein, the Member States listed in the Annex are hereby authorized to maintain in their legislation the prohibition on the use of categories of additives in the production of the corresponding foodstuffs listed in that Annex where the label, if such labelling is possible, states that the foodstuff has been produced using the traditional method of the named Member State.

(Amendment 2)

ANNEX, table, second column ('foodstuffs¨)

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beer

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traditional German beer ('Bier nach deutschem Reinheitsgebot gebraut')

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'feta' cheese

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traditional Greek 'feta' cheese

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'traditional French bread'

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'traditional French bread'

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preserved truffles

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traditional French preserved truffles

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preserved snails

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traditional French preserved snails

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goose, duck and turkey preserves ('confit')

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traditional French goose, duck and turkey preserves ('confit')

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Bergkaese

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traditional Austrian 'Bergkaese'

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'Maemmi'

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traditional Finnish 'Maemmi'

(Amendment 3)

ANNEX, table, new entries

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Denmark Traditional nitrite

Danish 'leverpostej¨

Denmark Traditional nitrite

Danish 'koedboller¨

Sweden Traditional food

Swedish fruit colours

syrups

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain foodstuffs (COM(95)0126 - C4-0151/95 - 95/0085(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(95)0126 - 95/0085(COD) ((OJ C 134, 1.6.1995, p. 20.)),

- having regard to Articles 189b(2) and 100a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0151/95),

- having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy (A4-0278/95),

1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament's amendments;

2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty;

3. Calls on the Council to incorporate Parliament's amendments in the common position that it adopts in accordance with Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty;

4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.