Considerations on COM(2014)246 - Repeal of Council Directive 93/5/EEC on assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food

Please note

This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.

 
dossier COM(2014)246 - Repeal of Council Directive 93/5/EEC on assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific ...
document COM(2014)246 EN
date February 11, 2015
 
table>(1)In the framework of the Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT), the Commission is committed to achieving a simple, clear, stable and predictable regulatory framework for businesses, workers and citizens.
(2)Council Directive 93/5/EEC (3) aims to ensure the smooth running of the Scientific Committee on Food by promoting the scientific support from the Member States to that Committee and by organising cooperation with the relevant national bodies on scientific issues regarding the safety of foodstuffs.

(3)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), the tasks of the Scientific Committee on Food referred to in Directive 93/5/EEC have been transferred to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and those tasks are currently provided for by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

(4)Commission Decision 97/579/EC (5) which established the Scientific Committee on Food has been repealed by Commission Decision 2004/210/EC (6).

(5)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, EFSA has also become the competent body to promote scientific cooperation with the Member States and relevant national bodies operating in the fields falling within EFSA's mission. In particular, Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 provides that EFSA is to act in close cooperation with the competent bodies in the Member States and that the Member States are to cooperate with EFSA to ensure the accomplishment of its mission.

(6)Directive 93/5/EEC has therefore become obsolete and should be repealed,