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Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

ENVI-PR-757100 → A-9-2024-0038

From: ENVI-PR-757100 report parliamentary committee draft of 19 Dec 2023
To: A-9-2024-0038 Plenary report of 15 Feb 2024
Changes: 1 change to the text
Paragraphs: +0 added · −15 removed · 4 changed

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Title (from): on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/2/EC, 2000/14/EC, 2011/24/EU and 2014/53/EU as regards certain reporting requirements in the fields of food and food ingredients, outdoor noise, patients’ rights, and radio equipment
Title (to): on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/2/EC, 2000/14/EC, 2011/24/EU and 2014/53/EU as regards certain reporting requirements in the fields of food and food ingredients, outdoor noise, patients’ rights, and radio equipment

Title (from): on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/2/EC, 2000/14/EC, 2011/24/EU and 2014/53/EU as regards certain reporting requirements in the fields of food and food ingredients, outdoor noise, patients’ rights, and radio equipment
Title (to): on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/2/EC, 2000/14/EC, 2011/24/EU and 2014/53/EU as regards certain reporting requirements in the fields of food and food ingredients, outdoor noise, patients’ rights, and radio equipment

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RemovedRecital 1: (1) Reporting requirements play a key role in ensuring proper monitoring and correct enforcement of legislation. However, it is important to streamline those requirements, in order to ensure that they fulfil the purpose for which they were intended and to limit the administrative burden. Furthermore, the control of products in the European Single Market, especially in new Member States, is not sufficient and requires further improvement in legislation and standards.

RemovedRecital 2: (2) In its Communication on ‘Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030’13, the Commission has committed to rationalise and simplify reporting requirements, with the ultimate aim to reduce such burdens by 25%, without undermining the related policy objectives. Rationalisation and simplification of reporting requirements should not reduce or endanger food safety standards, in particular in light of recent research data that are used to determine and evaluate the potential harmfulness of irradiated food for human or animal consumption. The aim of a 25 % reduction should be achieved in other areas.

Removed~~Directive 1999/2/EC~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph -1 (new), Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new): In Article 6, the following point is added: / '3a. foodstuffs treated with ionising radiation covered by points 1 and 2 shall be labelled with the ISO 7010 symbol for ionising radiation in addition to any other required labelling.'

Removed~~Directive 1999/2/EC~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new): Furthermore, the Member States shall forward to the Commission every year: / (a) the results of checks carried out in the ionising irradiation facilities, in particular regarding the categories and quantities of products treated and the doses administered; / (b) the results of checks carried out at the product marketing stage. Member States shall ensure that the methods used to detect treatment with ionising radiation comply with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and are standardised or validated. Member States shall inform the Commission of the methods used and the Commission shall assess the use and development of these methods, having regard to an opinion of the Scientific Committee for Food; / (c) all recorded information as provided for in Article 8(1) from all Member State irradiation facilities for each source of ionising radiation used; / (d) all recorded information as provided for in Article 8(1) from irradiation facilities for imported foodstuffs treated with ionising radiation from a third country for each source of ionising radiation used. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (…

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Removed~~Directive 1999/2/EC~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 7 – paragraph 4: 4. On the basis of the data supplied in accordance with paragraph 3, the Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union: / (a) the details of the facilities as well as any changes in their status; / (b) all recorded information for each source of ionising radiation used; / (c) all recorded information for imported foodstuffs treated with ionising radiation from a third country for each source of ionising radiation used; / (d) a report based on the information provided every year by the national supervisory authorities.

RemovedCutting unnecessary red tape should be a key objective for us in the European Parliament. Despite my belief that less administration is somewhat paradoxical in the EU bureaucratic system, the question arises as to why these amendments to the Directive primarily reduce controls on food. Indeed, the deletion of certain provisions of Directive 1999/2/EC has no equivalent replacement in Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Therefore, I believe that it may favour the uncontrolled import of irradiated food and weaken the control of irradiated food within the EU. I am strongly against deregulation of the industry, lowering of standards and unclear labelling.

Removed~~Reading the proposal for a directive, I am disappointed that the Commission proposal lowers standards rather than raising them to the level of European excellence.~~

RemovedThis is an extremely important issue, not only in terms of consumer choice, but also because of potential health risks. The studies on the safety of irradiated foods for human and animal health referred to in this text are over thirty years old, dating from the 1980s and 1990s. The data should be up to date using new technology and science.

RemovedI am concerned about food quality, and rightly so. If we implement the “Farm to Fork” strategy in line with the Green Deal, consumers would certainly be interested in knowing where irradiation facilities and irradiated food are in this chain. Croatia is one of the few European countries that irradiates food independently, but does not control such food on the market. Citizens have the right to be protected from corporate greed.

Removed~~I am in favour of transparency. Consumer information must be published in one place and in all languages.~~

RemovedBased on all of the above, I believe that we should not only not reduce reporting and food control requirements, but that we must increase them in order to adequately protect consumers. Ultimately, consumers need to know whether the products they consume contain irradiated food or whether irradiated products are used in the animal food chain. As the Directives are being amended, some additional changes will need to be made and these changes should be for the better.

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BibTeX

@misc{epw-text-2024-02-15,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Changes between ENVI-PR-757100 and A-9-2024-0038}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-02-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ENVI-PR-757100/compare/A-9-2024-0038}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ENVI-PR-757100/compare/A-9-2024-0038},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. from ENVI-PR-757100, to A-9-2024-0038. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}