Extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (recast version) ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 September 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (recast) (COM(2008)0154 — C6-0150/2008 — 2008/0060(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2008)0060 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 September 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2008/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (recast)
Date: 2008-09-23
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, codecision procedure, codification of EU law, drafting of EU law, food chemistry, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, resolution of parliament, solvent








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Tuesday 23 September 2008Extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (recast version) ***I
P6_TA(2008)0434
European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 September 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (recast) (COM(2008)0154 — C6-0150/2008 — 2008/0060(COD))
2010/C 8 E/34
(Codecision procedure — recast)

The European Parliament,
having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0154),
having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0150/2008),
having regard to the undertakings given by the Council representative by letter of 17 September 2008 to adopt the proposal as amended, in accordance with Article 251(2), second subparagraph, first indent of the EC Treaty,
having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (1),
having regard to Rules 80a and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0284/2008),






A.


whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance,










1.


Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and as amended below;










2.


Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;










3.


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






(1)  OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.


Tuesday 23 September 2008P6_TC1-COD(2008)0060
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 September 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2008/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive2009/32/EC.)