Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs (COM(1999) 388 - C5-0134/1999 - 1999/0168(CNS))
Date: 2000-02-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: animal health, animal nutrition, food additive, foodstuffs legislation

29.11.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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Wednesday 16 February 2000

(cid:1) having regard to Rules 86 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and
the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (A5-0008/2000),

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Gives its assent to the approval of the Treaties;

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council, the Commission, the gov-
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ernments and parliaments of the Member States and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

4. Additives in feedingstuffs *

A5-0015/2000

Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding-
stuffs (COM(1999) 388 ( C5-0134/1999 ( 1999/0168(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows (1):

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (2)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 152 thereof,

(Amendment 1)
Citation 1

(Amendment 2)
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) Whereas if, on 1 April 1998, there was more than
one person responsible for putting an additive into circu-
lation, each such person will hold a provisional authorisa-
tion linked to it during the re-evaluation procedure,
provided he makes an application for authorisation in
accordance with Article 9g(5);

(Amendment 4)
ARTICLE −1 (new)
Article 7a (Directive 70/524/EEC)

Article −1

Article 7a of Directive 70/524/EEC is replaced by the fol-
lowing:

Article 7a

1.
If an additive consists of or contains genetically
modified organisms within the meaning of Article
2(1) and (2) of Council Directive 90/220/EEC of
23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the envir-
onment of genetically modified organisms (1), it shall
be authorised only if it is safe for human health and
the environment.

(1) The matter was then referred back to committee pursuant to Rule 69(2).
(2) OJ C 307 E, 26.10.1999, p. 38.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

In the case of genetically modified organisms
2.
pursuant to paragraph 1, an environmental
impact
assessment shall be carried out in accordance with
Directive 90/220/EEC.

The procedures ensuring that the environmental
3.
impact assessment and other relevant elements meet
the requirements of Directive 90/220/EEC shall be
introduced, on a proposal by the Commission, in a
Council Regulation based on the relevant legal basis
in the Treaty. Pending the entry into force of such a
Regulation, genetically modified organisms in feeding-
stuffs may be authorised only if
they have been
authorised for placing on the market pursuant to
Directive 90/220/EEC.

4.
Articles 11 to 18 of Directive 90/220/EEC shall
no longer apply to genetically modified organisms
authorised in conformity with the Regulation referred
to in paragraph 3.

The technical and scientific details for carrying
5.
out the environmental
impact assessment shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure under Ar-
ticle 23.

(1) OJ L 117, 8.5.1990, p. 15, as last amended by Directive 97/35/

EC (OJ L 169, 27.6.1997, p. 72).

(Amendment 3)

ARTICLE 1
Article 9g(5), 2nd subparagraph (new) (Directive 70/524/EEC)

For persons responsible, on 1 April 1998, for putting an
additive into circulation, but not being the person referred
to in paragraph 2, the provisional authorisation referred
to in paragraph 1 shall be replaced by a provisional
authorisation in accordance with paragraph 4, which will
remain valid until the end of the evaluation of the dossier
submitted by that person in accordance with this para-
graph.

(Amendment 5)
ARTICLE 1a (new)
Articles 14, 15 and 16 (Directive 70/524/EEC)

Article 1a

The following paragraph is added to Article 14, Article 15
and Article 16 of Directive 70/524/EEC:

Genetically modified additives shall be clearly identi-
fied as such on any label or any document, official or
otherwise, which, under the provisions of this Direc-
tive, is affixed to or accompanies the additive, the pre-
mixture or the feedingstuff.