European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Authority, and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (COM(2000) 716 — C5-0655/2000 — 2000/0286(COD))
Date: 2001-06-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, consumer protection, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation

C 53 E/82

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

28.2.2002

Tuesday 12 June 2001

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(cid:129) enable the Authority to work closely and efficiently with
those Commission services which deal with public health
and consumer protection;

(cid:129) be cost-effective and enable the Authority to start its

work immediately;

(cid:129) provide for the necessary social

infrastructure for the

staff of the Authority.

Existing food law shall continue to apply until amended to
ensure conformity with the provisions laid down in Chapters I
and II.

To the extent necessary, existing food law shall be amended to
ensure conformity with the provisions laid down in Chapters I
and II.

Amendment 189
Article 64

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
regulation laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the Euro-
pean Food Authority, and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (COM(2000) 716 (cid:129)
C5-0655/2000 (cid:129) 2000/0286(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council and the

amendments to the proposal (COM(2000) 716) (1),

(cid:129) having regard to Articles 251(2), 37, 95, 133 and 152(4) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0655/2000),

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy
and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Budgetary Control, the Committee
on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and
Energy, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Fisheries
(A5-0198/2001),

1.
Approves the Commission proposal as amended but considers that the financing for the Authority
should only be transferred from the reserve once a satisfactory solution for both its location and effective
operation has been agreed;

2.
Notes that this is a new action for which financing is not foreseen in the current budget; considers
that the financial statement of the proposal for a regulation put forward by the Commission is not com-
patible with the ceilings of heading 3 of the current Financial Perspective without a revision or a reduction
of other policies;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend the proposal substantially or

3.
replace it with another text;

4.

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

(1) OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 247.