European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption (COM(2004) 151 — C5-0128/2004 — 2004/0052(CNS))
Date: 2004-04-21
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: consumer information, fruit product, human nutrition, labelling, marketing standard, product designation

C 104 E/552

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

30.4.2004

Wednesday 21 April 2004

P5_TA(2004)0319

Fruit jams, jellies and marmalades *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Direc-
tive 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée
intended for human consumption (COM(2004) 151 (cid:1) C5-0128/2004 (cid:1) 2004/0052(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004) 151) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C5-0128/2004),

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

(A5-0251/2004),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC

2.
Treaty;

3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal sub-

4.
stantially;

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
RECITAL 3

(3)
In certain local markets in Austria, the term ‘Marmelade’
has also traditionally been used for the product name ‘jam’; in
such cases, the term ‘Marmelade aus Zitrusfrüchten’ is used for
the term ‘marmalade’ in order to distinguish the two product
categories.

(3)
In certain local markets in Austria and Germany, the term
‘Marmelade’ has also traditionally been used for the product
name ‘jam’;
in such cases, the terms ‘Marmelade aus Zitrus-
früchten’, ‘Orangenmarmelade’ and ‘Zitronenmarmelade’ are
used for the term ‘marmalade’ in order to distinguish the two
product categories.

Amendment 2
RECITAL 4

(4)
It is therefore appropriate that Austria should take into
account these traditions when adopting the necessary measures
to comply with the Directive,

It

(4)
is therefore appropriate that Austria and Germany
should take into account these traditions when adopting the
necessary measures to comply with the Directive,

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Wednesday 21 April 2004

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 3
ANNEX
Annex I, Footnote 2 (Directive 2001/113/EC)

In Österreich kann für den Verkauf an den Endverbraucher auf
bestimmten lokalen Märkten auch die Bezeichnung ‘Marmelade’
verwendet werden.

In Österreich und Deutschland kann für den Verkauf an den
Endverbraucher auf bestimmten lokalen Märkten auch die
Bezeichnung ‘Marmelade’ verwendet werden.

Amendment 4
ANNEX
Annex I, Footnote 3 (Directive 2001/113/EC)

In Österreich kann für den Verkauf an den Endverbraucher auf
bestimmten lokalen Märkten auch die Bezeichnung ‘Marmelade
aus Zitrusfrüchten’ verwendet werden.

In Österreich und Deutschland kann für den Verkauf an den
Endverbraucher auf bestimmten lokalen Märkten auch die
Bezeichnung ‘Marmelade aus Zitrusfrüchten’, ‘Orangenmarme-
lade’ und ‘Zitronenmarmelade’ verwendet werden.

P5_TA(2004)0320

Discharge 2002: European Agency for Reconstruction

1.
European Parliament decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Recon-
struction for the financial year 2002 (C5-0632/2003 (cid:1) 2003/2242(DEC))

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the financial statements of the European Agency for
Reconstruction for the financial year 2002, together with the Agency’s replies (1) (C5-0632/2003),

(cid:1) having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 9 March 2004 (C5-0149/2004),

(cid:1) having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

(cid:1) having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Arti-
cle 185 thereof, and to Council Regulation (EC) No 1646/2003 of 18 June 2003 amending Regulation
(EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (3) and in particular Article 8 thereof,

(cid:1) having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the
framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European
Communities (4) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 93a of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0212/2004),

Gives discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Reconstruction, in respect of the imple-

1.
mentation of its budget for the financial year 2002;

2.

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

(1) OJ C 319, 30.12.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.