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Regulation (EC) No 298/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2008/298 |
| Original proposal | COM(2006)912  |
| CELEX number i | 32008R0298 |
| Document | 11-03-2008 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 09-04-2008; OJ L 97, 9.4.2008,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 13 Volume 038 |
| Effect | 10-04-2008; Entry into force Date pub. + 1 See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
9.4.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 97/64 |
REGULATION (EC) No 298/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 March 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 37, 95 and 152, paragraph 4, point (b) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) provides that certain measures are to be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4). |
(2) |
Decision 1999/468/EC has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, which introduced the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for the adoption of measures of general scope and designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty, inter alia, by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument with new non-essential elements. |
(3) |
In accordance with the statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (5) concerning Decision 2006/512/EC, for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty which are already in force, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures. |
(4) |
The Commission should be empowered to define whether a type of food or feed falls within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, to lower the thresholds for the labelling of the adventitious and technically unavoidable presence of material which contains, consists of or is produced from genetically modified organisms and for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk assessment in food and feed, and to adopt measures regarding certain labelling and information requirements incumbent on operators and mass caterers. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. |
(5) |
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendments
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
1. |
Article 3(2) shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. Where necessary, measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it and determining whether a type of food falls within the scope of this Section shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 35(3).’; |
2. |
Article 12(4) shall be replaced by the following: ‘4. Measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it and establishing appropriate lower thresholds, in particular in respect of foods containing or consisting of GMOs, or taking account of advances in science and technology shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in... |
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