European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition (COM(1999) 654 — C5-0344/1999 — 1999/0259(COD))
Date: 2000-10-04
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: animal health, animal nutrition, food additive, food inspection, toxic substance

22.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 178/169

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
directive on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition (COM(1999) 654   C5-0344/
1999   1999/0259(COD))

Wednesday 4 October 2000

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:19) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(1999) 654) (1),

(cid:19) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 152 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted its proposal (C5-0344/1999),

(cid:19) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:19) having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer
Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A5-0257/2000),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended by Parliament;

Calls on the Commission to reconsult Parliament if it intends to make substantial modifications to

2.
this proposal or replace it with a new proposal,

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 70.

15. Official inspections in the field of animal nutrition ***I

A5-0256/2000

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 95/53/EC
fixing the principles governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutri-
tion and Council Directive 1999/29/EC on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition
(COM(2000) 162   C5-0165/2000   2000/0068(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 4

(4)
Serious dioxin contamination recently occurred twice in
feed materials and feedingstuffs. The experience gained from
these contamination suggests that it is necessary to improve the
procedures both in taking protective measures and in exchan-
ging information between Member States and the Commission
in the event of the detection of non-conformity of products
intended to be used in animal nutrition and in the event of
immediate risk to public health, animal health or the environ-
ment.

(4)
Serious dioxin contamination recently occurred twice in
feed materials and feedingstuffs. The experience gained from
these incidents suggests that it is necessary to improve the
procedures for taking protective measures and exchanging
information between Member States and the Commission in
the event of detection of non-conformity of products intended
to be used in animal nutrition and in the event of risk to public
health, animal health or the environment.

(Amendment 2)
Recital 6

(6)
In case of a serious and immediate risk to animal health
appearing in a Member State due to contamination of feed it is
indispensable for the Commission to be able to take all the
necessary precautionary measures to protect public and animal

(6)
In the event of a risk to human or animal health or the
environment appearing in a Member State due to harmful
feed it is indispensable for the Commission to be able to take
all the necessary precautionary measures to protect public and