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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2177/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Demonstration methods (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1997-06-25
Institutions: BREYER, European Parliament
Subjects: crop production, food inspection, genetically modified organism, human nutrition, new product

C 174/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

8. 6. 98

(98/C 174/31)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2175/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Monitoring of products free of (cid:145)genetic engineering(cid:146)

1. Will  the  research  laboratories  also  be  available  to  manufacturers  not  supplying  products  produced  by
genetic engineering processes and who wish to have this checked?

2. Will such research be free of charge, in order not to place the manufacturers in question at a disadvantage?

On the other hand, will the tests cover not only those foods which manufacturers declare not to have been

3.
produced by genetic engineering?

(98/C 174/32)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2177/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Demonstration methods

In order to distinguish a genetically engineered product from a product which is not genetically engineered, will
only the proof of the protein created by the new gene be used?

(98/C 174/33)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2179/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Demonstration methods

1.
Is  the  intention  also  to  use  indirect  detection  methods  in  order  to  be  able  to  determine  the  changes
characteristic of genetically modified varieties (e.g. modified fatty acid samples in oil from genetically modified
soya beans)?

2. Will such significant changes be recorded and collected as alternative detection possiblities for monitoring
bodies?

(98/C 174/34)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2181/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Demonstration of genetic modification

How will the criterion of demonstrable genetic modification be applied to seeds if the new protein(s) is/are

1.
only formed, and can be demonstrated to exist, in plants?

2. What assessment methods are to be used in future to distinguish between different batches of seeds?

(98/C 174/35)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2183/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Application of sensitivity limit values

Are the sensitivity limits used to demonstrate genetic modification to be continuously updated in line with the
state of the art?
Council Regulation (EC) No 1191/97 of 25 June 1997 fixing, for the 1997/1998 marketing year, the intervention price for adult bovine animals
Date: 1997-06-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, beef, carcase, intervention price, marketing year













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Council Regulation (EC) No 1191/97 of 25 June 1997 fixing, for the 1997/1998 marketing year, the intervention price for adult bovine animals  


Official Journal L 170 , 28/06/1997 P. 0007 - 0007 





COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1191/97 of 25 June 1997 fixing, for the 1997/1998 marketing year, the intervention price for adult bovine animalsTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),Whereas it is desirable to retain for the 1997/1998 marketing year the intervention price fixed for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 by Council Regulation (EC) No 1189/96 of 26 June 1996 fixing, for the 1996/1997 marketing year, the intervention prices for adult bovine animals (5),HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 For the 1997/1998 marketing year, the intervention price for carcases of male animals in category R 3 of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 (6) shall be ECU 347,5 per 100 kilograms deadweight.Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1997.For the CouncilThe PresidentJ. VAN AARTSEN(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (OJ No L 296, 21. 11. 1996, p. 50).(2) OJ No C 101, 27. 3. 1997, p. 15.(3) Opinion delivered on 12 June 1997 (not yet published in the Official Journal).(4) Opinion delivered on 29 May 1997 (not yet published in the Official Journal).(5) OJ No L 156, 29. 6. 1996, p. 3.(6) OJ No L 123, 7. 5. 1981, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1026/91 (OJ No L 106, 26. 4. 1991, p. 2).
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2188/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Council. Novel food regulkation No 2587)7 - Submission of proof by applicants
Date: 1997-06-25
Institutions: BREYER, European Parliament
Subjects: exchange of information, food inspection, foodstuff, genetically modified organism, human nutrition, marketing, new product, originating product, product quality

C 82/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 3. 98

(98/C 82/75)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2190/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Submission of genetically modified basic varieties and varieties

bred from them

Is it intended for the manufacturer to submit, in parallels with the tests, both genetically modified basic vartieties
and  varieties  bred  from  them  (given  that  in  some  cases  significant  changes  are  apparent  only  from  a  direct
comparison)?

(98/C 82/76)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2194/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Recording the origins of novel food products

Are manufacturing firms obliged, as part of quality control, to keep a record of the origin of all ingredients used
in food production and, where required, to forward such records to the authorities?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-2188/97, E-2190/97 and E-2194/97

(28 October 1997)

Article 4(4) of the Regulation cited by the Honourable Member, with any supplements adopted in accordance
with paragraph 5 or, where applicable, Article 3(4) or Article 9(1) of the Regulation, covers the information to be
supplied in support of a request for the placing of products on the market.

This  information  does  not  prejudge  implementation  of  the  assessment  procedures  by  the  assessment  bodies
referred to in Article 4(3) of that Regulation.

(98/C 82/77)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2192/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258797 › Recording of, and safety guarantees for, novel food products

Is it intended that authorities should keep a record of the foods in which various manufacturers use genetically
modified products so that if, following consumption of such foods, there is an occurrence of a health problem
which cannot be foreseen at present, all the products in question can be recalled?

(98/C 82/78)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2204/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council

(25 June 1997)

Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Transparency of authorizations of novel food products

1.

2.

How will the requisite level of long-term public transparency and information be guaranteed?

Are the consumer organizations to be informed of all the products that have been authorized?

3. What guarantees are there that this information will be complete and up-to-date?