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29.11.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 339/129

**Wednesday 16 February 2000**

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

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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),

1. Gives its assent to the approval of the Treaties;

2. Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments 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

(Amendment 1)

_Citation 1_

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article _37_ thereof, Community, and in particular Article **152** thereof,

(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.

C 339/130 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 29.11.2000

**Wednesday 16 February 2000**

TEXT PROPOSED

BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS

BY PARLIAMENT

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

**3.** **The procedures ensuring that the environmental**
**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.**

**5.** **The technical and scientific details for carrying**
**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.**